Imagery for the Nation

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Imagery for the Nation
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Understanding Imagery for the Nation
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What is Imagery for the Nation?

• Organized national effort to acquire imagery over
  the entire USA
• Multi-Resolution Products (6, 1, 1-meter)
• Repeat cycles of 1 to 5 years depending on
  location and resolution
• Imagery stays in public domain
• Consistent national standards (image type,
  quality, format security concerns)
• States can manage part of the program through
  development of business plans
• Federal government funds basic program
• Users fund buy-up options and cost-share to
  complete coverage of high-resolution products

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Current Problems

• Incomplete coverage of the Nation
• Inconsistent data formats
• Data access restrictions
• Poor archival practices
• Varying quality of products
• Duplication of effort due to limited coordination
• Inefficient contracting
• Poor documentation

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Future Improvements

• IFTN solves these problemsand more
• Creates a national aerial imagery program to
  collect and disseminate standardized
  multi-resolution products on set schedules
• Federal, state, and local partners can exercise
  cost sharing options for any required
  orthoimagery enhancements
• Provides a reliable business model for
  orthoimagery production and the remainder of the
  NSDI
• IFTN imagery will be placed in the public domain
  and archived for historical purposes

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Other Direct Benefits of IFTN

• Eliminates the need at state and local levels
  for
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Quality Assurance Quality Control
• Archive and Distribution Systems
• Results in an additional 17.5 savings when
  applied to the Contracting Costs
• Free up staff to do other work

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6 products meet local, state and Federal needs
Highly detailed 3 imagery (below) is a buy-up
option
50 cost share in Urbanized Areas with
populations gt50,000 and more than 1,000 people
per square mile
Imagery Not Shown at Correct Scale
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1 products meet local, state and Federal needs

• Typical Law Enforcement and Homeland
  Security Uses
• 911 Dispatch Systems as above
• Aid in search and rescue operations as above
• Use during incidents and preplan for containing
  escaped offenders from crime scenes and at
  correctional facilities
• Determine ingress and egress points when serving
  warrants and during incidents
• Determine staging areas for back-up and special
  operations units
• Use as the base for digital gunshot microphone
  location systems (i.e. ShotSpottertm)
• Identify weaknesses in border security
• Depict critical infrastructure features and their
  location to populated areas
• Use for crime scene analysis, trends and pattern
  recognition

Imagery Not Shown at Correct Scale
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1-m products meet local, state and Federal needs

• Typical Agriculture Uses of Imagery
• Compliance and crop monitoring
• Agricultural land delineations
• Monitoring the spread and eradication of invasive
  species
• Determine need for and plan spraying programs
  (e.g. Mosquito and Gypsy Moth abatement)
• Plan re-vegetation programs
• Determine the health of forests, grazing and
  multiple use areas
• Use for farmstead activities (e.g. routing
  driveways, and locating new feedlots and
  buildings)
• Use in precision agriculture to assure maximum
  economic return to farmers while reducing
  environmental problems associated with
  over-fertilization
• Use in developing conservation plans, nutrient
  management plans, tile drainage plans, wind break
  plans, and manure management plans
• Identify grazing issues and rangeland health

Imagery Not Shown at Correct Scale
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Buy-Up Options

• Vary according to product type
• Color Infrared
• Increased Frequency
• Increased Footprint
• Increased Horizontal Accuracy
• Sampling to Lower Resolutions
• Increased Resolution (6 to 3 and 1 to 6)
• Improved Elevation Data Products
• Remove Building Lean (True Ortho)
• Stereo Imagery

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Cost Benefit Analysis
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Cost Benefit Analysis

• Beginning in October 2006, the U.S. Geological
  Survey and U.S. Department of Agriculture jointly
  funded a comprehensive Cost Benefit Analysis
• The results were published in July 2007
• Goal was to Develop a comprehensive Imagery for
  the Nation (IFTN) Business Case that accurately
  communicates program goals, objectives, benefits,
  and other value propositions.

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Purpose Scope of Cost Benefit Analysis

• The Purpose of the IFTN Cost Benefit Analysis was
  to
• Respond to FGDC tasking to NDOP
• Assist with IFTN program and budget decisions
• Provide justification for future planning
• Demonstrate the need for consistent federal
  funding
• Identify lead federal agencies to facilitate
  coordination mechanisms
• The Scope of the Cost Benefit Analysis consists
  of
• A study that is modeled after OMB Circular A-94,
  and follows USDA and USDOI 2007 Information
  Technology Capital Planning guidance
• An assessment of the baseline and four IFTN
  proposed alternatives
• Evaluation of the proposed alternatives to
  include calculation of financial metrics (ROI,
  NPV)
• Recommendations based on statistically valid data
  gathered from representatives of the orthoimagery
  community

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Methodology
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Description of Alternatives

• Alternative 1 Original IFTN Concept
• Nationwide coverage of 1-m resolution imagery
  that is federally funded
• 1-ft resolution imagery that is federally funded
  with coverage that is determined by a population
  model
• 6-in resolution imagery of identified urbanized
  areas that is acquired through a mandatory 50
  cost share program
• Frequency
• 1 M. Every Year in Lower 48 States, 3 Years HI
  and Insular Areas, 5 Years AK
• 1 Ft. 6 In. Every 3 Years
• Alternative 2 Original IFTN Concept with Full
  Federal Funding for 1-ft Program/No population
  model
• Alternative 3 Original IFTN Concept with
  Mandatory 50 Cost Share for 1-ft Program/No
  population model
• Alternative 4 Original IFTN Concept with
  Optional 50 Cost Share for 1-ft Program/No
  population model

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Assessment of Alternatives

• The alternatives were evaluated using the
  following criteria
• Business Processes Current and future state
  approach to examine the concept of operations.
• Non-Quantifiable Benefits Those which cannot be
  assigned a numeric value, and can be related to
  improvements in quality of service, improved
  decision making, and enhanced products.
• Cost Comparison Cost effectiveness of each
  alternative. Determined using several financial
  metrics (ROI and NPV).
• Business Requirements Ability of each
  alternative to meet the expected user
  requirements.
• Risk Ability of the alternative to achieve
  overall investment objectives within defined
  financial, technical, operational, legal and
  contractual, and organizational constraints.

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Comparison of the Current State and Alternatives
Rating Scale 1-Lowest value 2-Marginal
value 3-Good value 4-Best value
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Findings Preferred Alternative
The Preferred Alternative is 4 Original IFTN
Concept with Optional 50 Cost Share for 1-ft
Program

• This alternative presents a positive ROI and NPV
  while providing an equitable program to all
  federal, state, and local agencies.
• This is particularly appealing to western states,
  since most of their less populous areas require
  higher resolution imagery to support industries
  such as, utility corridors, transportation,
  energy development, and tourism.
• The rate of adoption of such a program is also
  estimated to be higher than that of Alternative
  1 due to the population requirements which limit
  the national coverage of 1-ft imagery.
• Alternative 4 offers the flexibility that will
  allow statewide coordinating councils (with
  federal representation) to determine the exact
  land area of coverage for the 1-ft program.

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Breakout of Total Costs by Agency (Alt. 4)
Other Surveyed Programs includes costs of
federal, state, and local programs adopting IFTN
between FY07 and FY12. The total costs assume a
90 adoption rate for these programs by 2012,
with 10 residual for the remainder of the
lifecycle.
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Financial Viability of Alternative 4

• The estimated ROI of 0.371 for Alternative 4
  means that benefits from cost savings and
  avoidance will accrue at a rate estimated at
  0.37 for each 1 of non-recurring investment
  funding.
• The Net Present Value of the estimated lifecycle
  benefits (31M) represents 2 of the total risk
  adjusted life cycle costs of Alternative 4.
• There is a positive correlation between
  quantifiable benefits and identification of
  additional baseline programs. This translates to
  a direct increase in both ROI and NPV for every
  additional program respondent.
• Bottom line financial conclusion demonstrates
  program consolidation and IFTN adoption decreases
  costs for federal, state, and local programs.

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Program History and Milestones
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How Imagery for the Nation Began

• September 2004 at NSGIC Annual Conference in
  Austin Texas
• Presentation by Ted Koch, NSGICs representative
  to the NDOP Committee http//www.nsgic.org/events
  /2004annual_presentations/
  Wednesday/NDOP_WhatsNext.ppt
• Described initial vision and suggested 100
  Federal funding
• Created some interesting dialogue

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Program Milestones

• NSGIC established a committee to research program
  costs and make a recommendation at its September
  2005 Conference in Rochester, New York
• Developed a marketing brochure
• Not sensitive to the good work of NDOP NAIP
• Widespread acceptance
• Asked to present program to FGDC Steering
  Committee in October 2005
• Steering Committee interested in concept
• Asked NDOP Steering Committee to further research
  proposal, make sure it accounted for Federal
  needs, and review costs

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Program Milestones

• NDOP recommended a modified program to FGDC
  Steering Committee in January 2006
• FGDC Steering Committee showed continued interest
  and appointed an Executive Committee (Feb. 06)
  to review (DHS, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture)
• No activity before April 2006 lost opportunity
  for FFY 08 submission
• Executive Committee did request agencies to put
  line item for IFTN in FFY 08 budgets

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Program Milestones

• Remanded to Geospatial Line of Business (GLoB)
• last chance for FFY 08 budget
• GLoB only provided for Federal participation
• Stakeholders were not apprised of initial
  activities until February 2007
• IFTN was not positioned in the GLoB for FFY 08
  initiative there was not time to gather
  additional support for FFY 09
• NSGIC developed an Advocacy Strategy with goal of
  enhancing program in FFY 09
• NSGIC worked during 07 to introduce language in
  the Farm Bill Reauthorization effort failed

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Program Milestones

• FGDC Steering Committee shows continued interest
  and has appointed an Executive Committee (Feb.
  08) to review the program and consider funding
  options
• (DHS, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture, Defense,
  EPA and NASA)
• NSGIC refines advocacy strategy (Dec. 07) and
  meets with private sector to solicit support for
  funding the 1-meter program in the FFY 09 budget
  budget deficits and Congressional rules will
  make it very difficult to secure funding for the
  Hi-Res program at this time
• Congressional contacts by member states will
  proceed during the spring of 08

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NSGICs IFTN Advocacy Strategy
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NSGIC Advocacy Strategy

• Assumptions
• Local, regional, state, tribal and federal
  agencies will have to join with the private
  sector, utilities, academia, and others to ensure
  the success of this initiative
• Success on this initiative is critical to the
  continued success of NSGIC
• Everyone wants this initiative If we cant make
  it happen, then there cant be a National Spatial
  Data Infrastructure as it is currently envisioned

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NSGIC Advocacy Strategy

• NSGIC GOAL The Nation will have a sustainable
  and flexible digital imagery program that meets
  the needs of local, state, regional, tribal and
  federal agencies.
• NSGIC OBJECTIVE To ensure that IFTN is
  mentioned and partially funded in the Agriculture
  and Interior budgets for FY08, and that it be
  fully funded in the FY09 Budget.

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NSGIC Advocacy Strategy

• Elements of the Strategy Address
• Federal Activities
• Congressional Support
• Internal NSGIC - actions through States
• Grass Roots Support - local government and all
  other sectors
• Stakeholders organize all major organizations
  and sectors to gain solid support

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Other Information on IFTN
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Want More Information?
This document was sponsored by USDA and USGS to
compare the current state of imagery programs
with four IFTN alternatives
This document will be updated after any major
modifications to the program are agreed to.

• These and other materials are available at
  http//www.nsgic.org
• Choose Hot Topics and then IFTN

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Other Information Available on the Web

• Briefing Sheets
• Slide Show
• Letters of Support from States and National
  Organizations
• Additional Background Information

These and other materials are available at
http//www.nsgic.org Choose Hot Topics and
then IFTN
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