USDA Farm Service Agency National Agriculture Imagery Program

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USDA - Farm Service AgencyNational Agriculture
Imagery Program

• NSGIC 2008 Mid-Year Conference
• Shirley Hall
• GIS Program Manager
• USDA-FSA
• Shirley.Hall_at_wdc.usda.gov

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Farm Service Agency Imagery Acquisition

• About FSA
• The National Agriculture Imagery Program
• FSAs Aerial Photography Field Office -
  Supporting NAIP and Imagery Acquisition in USDA

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About FSA

• FSA administers farm commodity, credit,
  conservation, disaster and loan programs as laid
  out by Congress.
• 2,400 FSA county offices across the US.
• GIS is used for program management, program
  compliance, change detection
• Base Ortho Imagery has been updated on a 3-5 year
  cycle (ag. Lands, growing season, natural color)
• Digitized farm field boundaries called Common
  Land Units
• Imagery that meets FSA program requirements Ag.
  lands, annual/during growing season, natural
  color.

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National Agriculture Imagery Program

• Strategy
• Annual program
• Quarter-quad based orthos
• 1m and 2m resolution
• 5-year cycle for 1m base replacement
• Leaf-on, peak-growth
• Very rapid, aggressive collection

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NAIP Contract Description

• 5 year (07 - 11) Indefinite Delivery,
  Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract
• Contracts competed using best value procurement
  process
• Performance Based Contract defines end product
  rather than how to produce the product
• Awarded in May 2007 to 6 contractors

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NAIP Vendors

• 3001, Inc.
• Aerial Services
• North West Geomatics
• Photo Science
• Sanborn
• Surdex

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2003 NAIP
2004 NAIP
1,038 Counties
2,089 Counties
2005 NAIP
2006 NAIP
2,445 Counties
3,015 Counties
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REVISED REQUIREMENTS
1,077 Counties 51,552 DOQQs 767,091 Square Miles
39,600 DOQQs 11,952 DOQQs
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NAIP Contract Awards 2003 - 2007.
FSA 6M
FSA 14.3M
FSA 17.4M
FSA 21.6M
FSA 6.3M
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NAIP DOQQ Pricing History
Price estimate based on 6 increase
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2008 Acquisition - Priority States

• Base Replacement Priority
• Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
  New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
  Virginia, Vermont
• Out of Cycle - Partnership Funds
• Iowa, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, North
  Carolina, Kansas

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Changes, Improvements and On-Going Pilots

• Discontinued 2 Meter collection
• Radiometric improvements
• Implemented 4 histogram specifications
• Require pre-production sample from vendors
• Absolute horizontal accuracy
• Partners requesting change
• Dataset accuracy is better described
• Pilots were conducted in 2006 (UT) and 2007 (AZ)
• Future states will be phased in
• Once converted, state will not revert
• 7 new states are planned for 2008

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Changes, Improvements and On-Going Pilots

• Seamline shapefile
• FSA users require a CCM shapefile
• Not an issue with 140,000 film
• Direct digital acquisition requires mosaicking of
  several images
• Attribute is single field (majority date)
• Successful pilot was conducted in 2007 (Arizona)
  using ADS-40
• Expand seamline shapefile requirements in 2008
• Test different digital camera footprints
• Resolve issues before proceeding to all states
• 4-band imagery
• Requires new compression
• RFP CT, IN, MN, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, KS

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2009 and Out-years

• To respond to continued funding constraints, FSA
  is working to stabilize NAIP
• Provisions under discussion
• Update on a 3-year cycle
• Acquire imagery over agricultural program lands
  (as identified by CLU or other program
  requirements) on roughly one-third of the
  continental U.S. each year
• Upgrades based on partnership participation
• Accuracy, extending coverage, frequency

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FSA-Aerial Photography Field Office

• Located in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Primary source of aerial imagery for USDA
• Imagery vault has over 10,000,000 images from
  1955 to present
• Contract Services to USDA
• Small Area Contracts (NRI, WRP, Oregon
  Interagency Range Pilot Sites)
• Resource Contracts for USFS and NRCS
• NAIP Contracting, Inspection, Distribution and
  Data Management
• Website - APFO.USDA.GOV

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APFO Points of Contact

• APFO - NAIP Project Manager
• Kent Williams, 801-844-2908 kent.williams_at_slc.usd
  a.gov
• Contracting
• John Mootz Contracting Officer
• 801-844-2916 john.mootz_at_slc.usda.gov
• Technical
• Brian Vanderbilt Service Center Support Branch
  Chief
• 801-844-2930 brian.vanderbilt_at_slc.usda.gov
• Partnership Information
• Cindy Sessions Partnership Coordinator
• 801-844-2909 cindy.sessions_at_slc.usda.gov
• Quality Issues/Problems
• Brenda Simpson Quality Assurance Branch Chief
• 801-844-2960 brenda.l.simpson_at_slc.usda.gov
• Sales Office 801-844-2922