**[NASA Earth Science Enterprise]{.smallcaps}**
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Crosscutting Solutions Program**

#### Geospatial Interoperability Office Program

***Program Plan: 2004-2008***

![](media/image1.pct){width="1.1902777777777778in"
height="0.9840277777777777in"}*Science for Society*

> *Accelerating the realization of economic*
>
> *and societal benefits from Earth science,*
>
> *information, and technology ...*

**Crosscutting Solutions Program Element**

**Geospatial Interoperability Office**

**FY04 -- FY08 Program Plan Signature Page**

The Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO) Program Manager and the
Crosscutting Solutions Program Manager have reviewed the GIO Program
plan and agree the FY04-FY08 plan appropriately reflects the goals,
objectives, and activities for the program to serve the Applications
Program, Science Enterprise, and NASA.

Approved:

Original signed by Myra Bambacus

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| Myra Bambacus                                  |    | Date          |
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| Geospatial Interoperability Program Manager    |    |               |
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| NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate    |    |               |
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Approved:

Original signed by Martin Frederick

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| Martin Frederick                               |    | Date          |
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| Deputy Director, Earth Science Applications    |    |               |
| Division                                       |    |               |
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| Program Manager (Acting), Crosscutting         |    |               |
| Solutions Program Element                      |    |               |
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| NASA Headquarters                              |    |               |
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***Contents***

Introduction [3](#introduction)

Purpose and Scope [3](#purpose-and-scope)

Project Goals and Objectives [4](#project-goals-and-objectives)

Geospatial Standards Leadership [4](#geospatial-standards-leadership)

Geospatial One-Stop [6](#geospatial-one-stop)

Standards Development & Implementation
[6](#standards-development-implementation)

National & NASA Activities [8](#national-nasa-activities)

Project Teams [9](#project-teams)

Role and Responsibilities [10](#role-and-responsibilities)

Implementation Approach [11](#implementation-approach)

Deliverables [11](#deliverables)

Schedule & Milestones [12](#schedule-milestones)

Budget [12](#budget)

Performance Measures [13](#performance-measures)

Appendix -- Project Plans [14](#appendix-project-plans)

Earth Science Gateway (ESG) [14](#earth-science-gateway-esg)

Leadership of Standards [14](#leadership-of-standards)

NASA-sponsored testbed management
[15](#nasa-sponsored-testbed-management)

Geospatial One Stop [15](#geospatial-one-stop-1)

NASA XML Working Group [15](#nasa-xml-working-group)

Virtual NASA Steering Committee [16](#virtual-nasa-steering-committee)

Synergy [17](#synergy)

WMS Global Mosaic [17](#wms-global-mosaic)

NASA Web Map Viewer [18](#nasa-web-map-viewer)

Space Time Toolkit (STT) [18](#space-time-toolkit-stt)

Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment (ROI) Study
[18](#geospatial-interoperability-return-on-investment-roi-study)

FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee)
[19](#fgdc-federal-geographic-data-committee)

Open GIS Consortium [19](#open-gis-consortium)

ISO Technical Committee 211 [19](#iso-technical-committee-211)

Education & Outreach [20](#education-outreach)

Appendix - Links [20](#appendix---links)

# Introduction

NASA produces vast amounts of information about the Earth from
satellites, supercomputer models, and other sources. These data are most
useful when made easily accessible to NASA researchers and scientists,
to NASA's partner Federal Agencies, and to society as a whole. A NASA
goal is to apply its data for knowledge gain, decision support and
understanding of Earth, and other planetary systems. The Earth Science
Applications Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO) Program leads the
development, promotion and implementation of information technology
standards that accelerate and expand the delivery of NASA's Earth system
science research through integrated systems solutions.

The GIO Program Plan describes the management procedures, goals and
objectives, and resource requirements necessary for the implementation
of the GIO Program. This document is intended to be used as a management
tool as well as to provide the direct linkage between the GIO Program
requirements, the NASA Integrated Budget and Performance Document, the
Earth Science Enterprise Applications Strategy, Crosscutting Solutions
Program Plan, and the Earth Science Enterprise geospatial
interoperability goals.

## Purpose and Scope

Our goal is to make it easy for decision-makers, scientists and citizens
to use NASA's science information. GIO, as a NASA Level-II Program, is
responsible for agency-wide leadership of the development, promotion and
implementation of geospatial interoperability, through open standards,
in the interest of increased access, use and understanding of NASA's
science data in support of the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)
Applications and the Federal partner's Decision Support Systems and
Tools.

Geospatial interoperability is the ability of autonomous systems to
access and manipulate geospatial data from multiple sources.
Interoperability can include standardization of data access protocols,
data formats, dataset descriptions (metadata), and terminology.
Standardization refers to the adoption of existing vendor-neutral
standards from recognized standards bodies and standards-developing
organizations (SDOs). The development and implementation of standards
that will allow seamless access to NASA's many science data and data
products, and the blending of these data sets with our Federal
partners\' data sets, will empower NASA, our partners and society to
enhance their knowledge of Earth Science and enable more informed
decision-making.

The GIO Program operates within the Earth Science Enterprise
Applications Crosscutting Solutions Geoscience Standards. As a Program
within the Applications Directorate GIO supports the ESE-wide
"...objective to expand and accelerate the economic and societal
benefits from Earth science, information, and technology.", through
accessible, seamless access to NASA's Earth science data. The
development and implementation of architectures, schemas and
open-standards interoperability allows any user of science data to
access and apply the desired data, through intuitive interfaces,
increasing efficiency and productivity and ultimately increasing the
demand for NASA data.

NASA's Federal partners currently participate with NASA and one another
in the development and implementation of geospatial standards to ensure
the most efficient and effective access to one another's data. Through
the GIO NASA participates with its Federal partners in implementing
interoperability standards in support of E-Gov and the associated
President's Management Agenda initiatives by collaborating on standards
development. GIO can ensure the success of integrated system solutions
by working closely with the ESE Applications Program Executives to
enable interoperable information flow from missions to models to
Decision Support Systems (DSSs). The integrated system solution
architecture is predicated on interoperability.

GIO contributes to the Integrated Budget and Performance Document (IBPD)
through improvements to national DSS's. Participation in benchmarking
the results of increased access and use of NASA data through advanced
technology implementation is incorporated into the GIO management
process and accomplished within the Crosscutting Solutions team.

# Project Goals and Objectives 

The GIO focuses on seamless access to data, applications of data, and
enabling technologies furthering the interoperability of distributed
data. Through teaming within the Applications Directorate and
partnerships with government, private industry, education and
communities, GIO works towards the data application goals of NASA, the
ESE Applications Directorate, and our Federal partners by managing
projects in four categories: Geospatial Standards and Leadership,
Geospatial One Stop, Standards Development and Implementation, and
National and NASA Activities.

## Geospatial Standards Leadership

GIO represents the agency in geospatial standards and policy
organizations, ensures standards meet the unique needs of NASA's data
characteristics and NASA's science goals and promotes the adoption of
standards by agency projects. Geospatial standards leadership is
attained and maintained through a sustainable agency-wide function that
manages and coordinates technical expertise and leadership, editorship
of technical specifications and international standards, chairmanship of
working groups, information dissemination and NASA membership funding in
applicable standards entities.

> [FGDC Standards Working Group]{.underline} -- GIO represents NASA's
> interests as a member of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
> Standards Working Group (SWG). The SWG provides guidance on policy and
> procedure in the area of FGDC endorsement of standards. SWG also
> reviews and makes recommendations on standards proposals and draft
> standards concerning FGDC endorsement.
>
> [Open GIS Consortium Strategic Management Advisory Committee, Planning
> and Technical Committees]{.underline} - The Open GIS Consortium, Inc.
> (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards
> organization that is leading the development of standards for
> geospatial and location based services. Through member-driven
> consensus programs, OGC works with government, private industry, and
> academia to create open and extensible software application
> programming interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS) and
> other mainstream technologies. NASA is a strategic member of the OGC.
> The OGC is organized into the Strategic Management Advisory Committee
> the Planning Committee and the Technical Committee. GIO formally
> represents NASA in each of these groups. GIO assesses the NASA
> position on each OGC issue using mailing lists and telecoms open to
> personnel from all centers. GIO fully participates in the OGC Planning
> Committee as representative of NASA and it's strategic membership. The
> OGC Planning Committee has ultimate responsibility for approving
> Technical Committee recommendations for the adoption and release of
> specifications, and for Specification Program planning.
>
> The Technical Committee is responsible for all aspects of the formal
> consensus specification process, including development and
> modification of Abstract Specifications, development and adoption of
> Implementation Specifications and evaluation and approval of documents
> and proposals. Within the Technical Committee GIO chairs groups, edits
> technical documents, develops specifications, and votes on adoptions
> of specifications. GIO then shares all OGC information within NASA.
>
> [XML Working Group]{.underline} - The GIO is a member of the NASA XML
> Working Group. The charter of the NASA XML Working Group is to advance
> the productive use of XML technology within NASA. Modern Geospatial
> Web Services, metadata standard, and data content standards are
> heavily dependant on XML technology. The scope of the Working Group
> includes all aspects (mission, engineering, and administrative
> applications) of XML within NASA. The Working Group\'s functional
> scope includes planning/policy, standards, security, and outreach
> activities related to XML. All NASA Centers and many programs and
> projects participate in the NASA XML Working Group in order to provide
> technical recommendations to the Office of the CIO, share lessons
> learned, and otherwise assist in making XML and related technologies
> more useful technologies within the Agency.
>
> [Virtual NASA Steering Committee]{.underline} - The GIO is a member of
> the Virtual NASA Steering Committee (VNSC). The charter of the VNSC is
> to establish a One-NASA common institutional picture. Virtual NASA is
> a geo-referenced visual tool that integrates information from multiple
> sources such as maps, pictures, text, and databases and delivers to
> the user information in an intuitive visual format. The VNSC
> encourages the use of common, industry-recognized, open,
> vendor-neutral data standards where the use of best available quality
> of data, maintenance of the integrity of data, and application of the
> appropriate level of security to the data are appropriate. The
> Steering Committee further promotes excellence and consistency in
> practice, increase potential use of data, simplify interfaces, improve
> cooperative efforts, and encourage interoperability of systems to
> reduce duplication of labor and data, and to reduce program management
> costs.
>
> [Leadership of Standards]{.underline} -- GIO represents NASA's
> interests in geospatial interoperability through organizing and
> chairing conference sessions, publication of papers and presentations,
> published articles in peer-reviewed journals, participation in the
> writing and editorship of standards papers and documentation. NASA's
> requirement for a leadership role within geospatial standards policy
> groups, i.e. FGDC, is addressed through GIO representation. The GIO
> Program also researches areas in which standards and standards
> policies are being developed that would affect NASA and tracks or
> becomes involved to influence the outcome as necessary.
>
> [NASA-sponsored testbed management]{.underline} - NASA, along with
> other federal agencies, collaborates with standards bodies such as the
> OGC that initiate pilot and testbed projects to develop and validate
> geospatial interoperability standards. Several groups within NASA may
> contribute resources to a testbed. GIO manages those resources by
> negotiating a consensus agreement on NASA's priorities and ensuring
> all NASA resources are directed to those priorities.

## Geospatial One-Stop

> GOS is an intergovernmental project in support of the President\'s
> Management Agenda within the E-government initiative to improve use,
> sharing and collaboration of geospatial information in government
> activities and decision-making.
>
> [Channel Stewardship/Functional Requirements]{.underline} -- NASA's
> contribution to Geospatial One Stop (GOS) is supported through the GIO
> program both in funding and participation. GIO is implementing the
> Earth Science Gateway (see below) as the means by which GOS will be
> able to search NASA data holdings. GIO participates in GOS procedural
> policy and functional requirements development. Finally, GIO is
> responsible for reporting NASA's advancements within GOS for the
> Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) agency scorecard tracking.

## Standards Development & Implementation

> Advancement of technology through development and implementation of
> interoperability standards in projects.

[Earth Science Gateway (ESG) --]{.underline} ESG is a prototype portal
accessing NASA's Science components. ESG is based on COTS software that
implements geospatial interoperability standards and protocols. ESG will
include the ability to search for Earth Science data to display it in a
map viewer and/or download it for further analysis. At the completion of
this prototype, GIO will benchmark through validation testing and
business case analysis.

[Synergy --]{.underline} GIO is actively managing a portion of the
Congressional mandates to Raytheon for Synergy V. GIO has scoped this
effort to align more closely with the NASA goal is to apply its data for
knowledge gain, decision support and understanding of Earth, and other
planetary systems. GIO has defined project requirements such that key
NASA datasets will be available to the National Applications and other
customers using OGC Web Services. In addition other development will be
performed by Synergy to provide image-processing services for decision
support and to allow high-end 3-D visualization clients to access NASA
data through ESG. GIO will work with National Applications to prioritize
data products for access. .

[WMS Global Mosaic --]{.underline} The WMC Global Mosaic provides access
to full-resolution Landsat 7 data through the OGC Web Map Service (WMS).
Users can select any combination of Landsat 7 bands to be returned as a
picture of the data from any locations on the globe. This development
demonstrates the maturity of the WMS technology and provides a key base
map for many applications internal and external to NASA. GIO used some
Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP) data for the WMS Global Mosaic
project.

[NASA Web Map Viewer -]{.underline} The GIO office developed the NASA
Web Map Viewer as interoperability proof-of-concept. The viewer accesses
multiple maps from different servers and overlays them seamlessly. The
viewer can be thought of as a precursor to ESG's more advanced viewer.
NASA has approved release of this software for government purposes.

[Applications Programs]{.underline} -- GIO has developed partnerships
with Federal agencies to enable access and use of NASA Earth Science
data sets. GIO works with the Applications Program Managers in an effort
to implement geospatial interoperability and to educate the partner
agencies in the benefits of interoperability. GIO's established Federal
partnerships enable facilitation within the community to advance
interoperability in the National Applications. GIO's technical
feasibility for the benefit of the National Applications is accomplished
through promoting consensus standards with large stakeholder and Federal
partner community, developing and participating in testbed and pilots to
validate standards, and GIO's focus on NASA's specific needs. GIO's
overriding goal is to minimize barriers to data access and to promote
interoperability in support of the National Applications initiatives.

[Crosscutting Solutions Projects -]{.underline} As a Program within
Crosscutting Solutions, GIO is relevant to all the other ESE
Applications Division Programs. As the development and implementation of
geospatial interoperability establishes more efficient and advanced
access to NASA's Earth science data GIO works with the National
Applications to promote NASA's geospatial interoperability technological
advances and their use. GIO also ensures NASA's geospatial technological
innovations are included in NASA's National priorities such as the Joint
Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) Program, Climate Change
Science Program (CCSP), Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP),
Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP) Geospatial One Stop (GOS), and
Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations (IWGEO). GIO builds the
implementation of Evaluation, Validation and Verification, Benchmarking,
Education and Outreach into each of its projects. GIO anticipates, and
is working to influence, the process and outcome of all benchmarking
activities within the Applications Division and System Solutions Network
to add value by providing interoperability expertise.

> [Space Time Toolkit (STT)]{.underline} - STT is a Java-based toolkit
> that provides advanced capabilities for integrating spatially and
> temporally disparate data within an interactive 3D display
> environment. STT can ingest swath, map-projected, station, event, or
> path data in whatever spatial and temporal domain it exists. STT
> allows the end-user to select the 2D or 3D display domain of interest
> and dynamically transforms data from the native domain into the
> display domain. STT is partially funded by GIO and is one of the 3-D
> clients to be studied by Synergy for possible integration with ESG.

## National & NASA Activities

> GIO National and NASA activities include NASA representation within
> Federal, national and international standards bodies, workshops,
> symposiums and Applications Directorate initiatives participation and
> leadership within education and outreach efforts.
>
> [Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment Study -]{.underline}
> The GIO Program is funding a return on investment study to assess the
> benefits of using geospatial interoperability standards to access
> data.
>
> The three principal standards bodies in which GIO is currently
> involved and acts as the NASA agency representative are ISO Technical
> Committee 211 for Geographic Information/Geomatics (TC211), the
> Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and the Open GIS Consortium
> (OGC).
>
> [ISO Technical Committee 211 -]{.underline} GIO represents NASA as
> part of the US delegation in ISO TC211. The TC211 program of work
> establishes a structured set of standards for information concerning
> objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a
> location relative to the Earth. GIO is directly involved in the
> following TC211 work items: ISO 19119 Service Architecture, ISO 19111
> Coordinate Reference Systems, ISO 19101-2 Imagery Reference Model, and
> ISO 19128 Web Map Service.
>
> [FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee) -]{.underline} The Federal
> Geographic Data Committee is an interagency committee composed of
> representatives from the Executive Office of the President and all
> Federal Agencies as mandated. FGDC is developing the National Spatial
> Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in cooperation with organizations from
> State, local and tribal governments, the academic community, and the
> private sector. The NSDI encompasses policies, standards, and
> procedures for organizations to cooperatively produce and share
> geographic data. GIO acts on NASA's behalf within the FGDC
> Coordination Working Group, the FGDC Geospatial Applications and
> Interoperability Working Group, the Standards Working Group and the
> Future Directions Committee. The Director of ESE Applications Division
> (Code YO) represents NASA on the FGDC Steering Committee and GIO acts
> as the alternate.
>
> [Open GIS Consortium -]{.underline} NASA is a Strategic Member of OGC,
> the highest level of membership. GIO represents NASA's interests in
> OGC Specifically GIO: participates in directing standards development;
> contributes to the writing, editing and voting process of
> interoperability standards; and directly sponsors and leverages funds
> for many of the testbed and pilot projects operated by OGC's
> interoperability program. GIO is currently involved in strategy and
> architecture development, Web Coverage Standards work and Web Mapping
> Standards work GIO is directly involved in the following OGC Standards
> activities: Web Map Context, OWS Common Implementation, OGC Service
> Architecture, Coordinate Reference Systems, Imagery Reference Model,
> Image Exploitation Services Working Group co-chair, WMS Revision
> Working Group chair, WCS Revision Working Group chair, ISO/OGC Joint
> Advisory Group co-chair, Style Layer Descriptor (SLD) Revision Working
> Group member.

[Agency Participation --]{.underline} GIO coordinates and participates
in applicable NASA center and program initiatives including ESDIS, the
SEEDS Working Groups, the NASA XML Working Group, the Virtual NASA
Steering Committee, ESTO, ESIP Federation, CIO offices, data management
efforts and Synergy. GIO provides the agency focus for Federal Mandates
and collaborates with IEEE, ISPRS/ASPRS, academia and industry as well
as coordinates and communicates information dissemination about
geospatial interoperability throughout NASA. GIO participates in
symposiums and workshops, convened under national and international
initiatives, aimed at the development of standards and 3-D Geobrowsers.
GIO's participation is coordinated with activities in the standards
development organizations.

[Education & Outreach -]{.underline} The education and outreach efforts
of GIO include standards awareness and training of interoperability
standards for Applications. GIO also performs some of its education and
outreach through leveraging its partnerships with other Federal agencies
and its professional memberships, as well as through web sites,
conferences, and presentations.

# Project Teams

Crosscutting Solutions Program Manager (Acting)

Martin Frederick, NASA HQ Code YO

Geospatial Interoperability Office Program Manager

Myra Bambacus, NASA, GSFC Code 900.2

Geospatial Interoperability Office Deputy Program Manager

Jeff de La Beaujardiere, NASA, GSFC Code 900.2

1.  Leadership of interoperability and standards Program -- Project
    Manager, Myra Bambacus; Project Participants, all NASA centers

2.  Earth Science Gateway (ESG) -- Project Manager, Jeff de La
    Beaujardiere; Project Participants, John Evans, George Percivall,
    NASA HQ, GSFC

3.  Leadership of Standards -- Project Manager, Jeff de La Beaujardiere;
    Project Participants, George Percivall, John Evans, all NASA Centers

4.  NASA-sponsored testbed management -- Project Manager, George
    Percivall; Project Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Patricia
    Weir, John Evans, Marge Cole, NASA Centers

5.  Geospatial One Stop Channel Stewardship/Functional Requirements --
    Project Manager, Marge Cole; Project Participants, Jeff de La
    Beaujardiere, NASA HQ

6.  XML Working Group -- Project Manager, Patricia Weir; Project
    Participants, George Percivall

7.  Virtual NASA Steering Committee -- Project Manager, Patricia Weir

8.  Synergy -- Project Manager, Paul Deminco; Project Participants, Jeff
    de La Beaujardiere, George Percivall

9.  WMS Global Mosaic -- Project Manager, George Percivall, Project
    Participants, John Evans, JPL, Ames

10. NASA Web Map Viewer -- Project Manager, Jeff de La Beaujardiere;
    Project Participants, GSFC

11. Space Time Toolkit (STT) -- Project Manager, George Percivall;
    Project Participants, Marge Cole, MSFC

12. Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment Study -- Project
    Manager, Patricia Weir

13. FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee) -- Project Manager, Myra
    Bambacus; Project Participants, Marge Cole, Starr Christian, Federal
    Partners

14. Open GIS Consortium -- Project Manager, Myra Bambacus; Project
    Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Patricia Weir, George
    Percivall, John Evans, Marge Cole, all NASA Centers

15. ISO Technical Committee 211 -- Project Manager, George Percivall;
    Project Participants, all NASA centers

16. Education & Outreach -- Project Manager, Patricia Weir; Project
    Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Marge Cole, George Percivall,
    John Evans, Starr Christian, all NASA centers

NASA Center Interfaces

> Ames Research Center Steve Hipskind
>
> Goddard Space Flight Center Shahid Habib
>
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dave Tralli
>
> John C. Stennis Space Center Vicki Zanoni, Kirk Sharp, Terry
> McPherson,
>
> Fritz Policelli, Craig Peterson
>
> Langley Research Center Greg Stover
>
> Marshall Space Flight Center Tim Miller

# Role and Responsibilities

Appendixes define individual Projects in greater detail including Roles
& Responsibilities of teams and partners.

# Implementation Approach

GIO's approach to implementing the program is based on evaluation,
verification and validation and benchmarking in a process designed to
ensure the progress of geospatial interoperability throughout NASA, ESE
and the partner agencies. The strategy behind this approach follows.

-   Evaluate the geospatial standards needs of NASA.

-   Verify the standards being developed are appropriate within NASA's
    scope.

-   Validate standards development through testbeds.

-   Benchmark standards progress through implementation of developed
    standards.

-   Assess the Agency position on individual standards and ensure that
    NASA speaks with one voice in the standards developing organizations
    (SDOs).

-   Collate resource contributions from individual projects; direct
    NASA-specific needs during the standards development process; ensure
    solicitations for testbeds, pilot projects and final results clearly
    enunciate NASA needs.

-   Seek out, evaluate and influence existing and emerging work from
    reputable software development organizations.

-   Ensure that the standards are generically applicable to all types of
    georeferenced measurement data and model results, rather than only
    for a specialized subset.

# Deliverables

GIO Deliverables:

GOS Functional Requirements for FY04 Version 2 Portal

GOS harvesting of NASA data

OGC Web Coverage Services revisions

OGC Image Handling and Decision Support Benchmark

OGC Web Services Benchmark

OGC Web Map Specification 1.3 Revision

ISO TC211 Imagery Reference Model Project

ISO TC211 US Delegation Participation and report

FGDC Geospatial Applications & Interoperability Working Group Meetings

FGDC GAI Geospatial Interoperability Reference Model maintenance

WMS Global Mosaic

NASA Web Map Viewer revisions and maintenance

Earth Science Gateway Prototype

Presentations and training for Applications Program Managers and
appropriate NASA employees

ISO 19128 International Standard issuance

GIO Return on Investment Study

# Schedule & Milestones

September 2004 GOS Functional Requirements for FY04 Version 2 Portal

July 2004 GOS harvesting of NASA data

September 2004 OGC Web Coverage Services revisions

November 2004 OGC Image Handling and Decision Support Benchmark

June 2005 OGC Web Services Benchmark

July 2004 OGC Web Map Specification 1.3 Revision

April 2005 ISO TC211 Imagery Reference Model Project

May 2005 ISO TC211 US Delegation Participation & Report

Ongoing FGDC Geospatial Applications & Interoperability Working Group
Meetings/Results

Ongoing FGDC GAI Geospatial Interoperability Reference Model
maintenance/updates

September 2004 WMS Global Mosaic

July 2004 Earth Science Gateway Prototype Beta Version

Ongoing Presentations and training for Applications Program Managers and
appropriate NASA employees

September 2004 ISO 19128 International Standard issuance

February 2005 GIO Return on Investment Study

# 

# Budget

This is a reflection of Procurement funds and does not include Full Cost
associated with this Program.

###### FY2004 Resources

Geospatial Standards Leadership \$375K

Geospatial One-Stop \$200K

Standards Development & Implementation \$725K

National & NASA Activities \$200K

Program Support [\$300K]{.underline}

FY2004 \$1,800M

# Performance Measures

The GIO Program Manager regularly assesses the individual projects to
ensure efficiency, effectiveness and progress and to establish
milestones are met. The Program Manager also works with the Projects to
accomplish Integrated Budget Performance Document (IBPD) measures.

The IBPD Fiscal Year 2004 and 2005 requirements have been established
and GIO works towards contributing to each of them including:

GIO's POP 04-1 Plan includes Performance Indictors for Fiscal Year 2006,
which are directly linked to the IBPD requirements.

POP 04-1:

-   Benchmark access to NASA Earth Science data by
    sponsorship/participant in an OGC initiative prototyping Decision
    Support tolls using open standards.

-   Enabling National Applications through access to Earth Science
    Results through Interoperable Solutions for Disaster Management and
    Energy.

-   Open Web Services Phase III

The GIO Program reports periodically on the status of its activities and
accomplishments of its objectives. The reports highlight: 1) objectives,
partners and decision support tools; 2) schedule; 3) budget and spending
plan; 4) deliverables & accomplishments, 5) IBPD measures; and, 6)
important issues.

# Appendix -- Project Plans

Costs associated with these projects are straight procurement funds and
do not reflect both Full Cost Accounting and Program Support.

## Earth Science Gateway (ESG) 

Project Manager, Jeff de La Beaujardiere

Project Participants, John Evans, George Percivall, NASA HQ, GSFC

Project Content:

Earth Science Gateway Portal (ESG) is the development of a prototype
portal accessing Earth Science components implementing geospatial
interoperability standards and protocols. ESG is in beta-test phase.

[http://esg.gsfc.nasa.gov](http://esg.gsfc.nasa.gov/)

Deliverables - Earth Science Gateway Prototype Beta version, May 2004

Schedule & Performance Data:

Risk: Commercial software is used so we do not have full control over
its feature set and development schedule

## Leadership of Standards

Project Manager, Jeff de La Beaujardiere

Project Participants, Patricia Weir, George Percivall, John Evans, Marge
Cole, NASA Centers

Project Content:

Provide overall integration and planning support to the Level II GIO
Program Office. Develop geospatial interoperability documents manage
editorship of standards papers and peer review. Represent NASA's
requirements in a leadership role within geospatial standards policy
groups, i.e. FGDC. Research areas in which standards and standards
policies are being developed that would affect NASA, and track or become
involved in appropriate projects.

Schedule & Performance Data:

In 2004 the leadership of standards and technical editorship will
continue to work with the appropriate personnel and groups. Regular
briefings to the GIO PM will continue through FY04 and created
documentation will be posted on the GIO web site.

Deliverables - OGC Web Coverage Service revisions, September 2004. OGC
WMS 1.3, July 2004, ISO Draft International Standard 19128, March 2004;
ISO 19128, May 2005.

Risk: N/A

## NASA-sponsored testbed management

Project Manager, George Percivall

Project Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Patricia Weir, John
Evans, Marge Cole, NASA Centers

Project Content:

NASA collaboration with standards bodies to initiate pilot and testbed
projects to validate the geospatial interoperability standards being
developed. Representation and participation in the ISO TC211 and FGDC
initiatives. Participation in and management of NASA sponsored
activities that focus on advancing the technology used in the, access
and display of geospatial information, and on promoting the use of
standards relating to those functions.

Schedule & Performance Data: Continued NASA sponsored testbed management
will take place throughout 2004. All documentation and progress will be
reported monthly to the GIO PM and appropriate information will be
posted on the GIO web site.

Deliverables - OGC Web Services Phase 2 testbed, November 2004; OGC Web
Services Benchmark, June 2005

Risk: Testbed process is primary method of standards enhancement. If
NASA is absent, NASA needs may not be addressed.

## Geospatial One Stop 

Project Manager, Marge Cole

Project Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, NASA HQ

Project Content:

Provide funding to and participate in, the GOS intergovernmental project
in support of the President\'s Initiative for E-government. Work with
NASA data holders and GOS to include NASA's data in the GOS portal.
Participate in procedural policy and functional requirements
development. Report NASA's advancements within GOS for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) agency scorecard tracking. Participate in
the management of two GOS Channels; Atmosphere / Climate and Imagery.

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continued participation in GOS development and management throughout
2004. Monthly reporting of changes and advancements to the GIO PM.

Deliverables - GOS Functional Requirements for FY04 Version 2 Portal,
September 2004; GOS harvesting of NASA data, July 2004

Risk: Reduced score on OMB Federal Agency Scorecard and fewer NASA data
seekers accessing the data they desire.

## NASA XML Working Group 

Project Manager, Patricia Weir

Project Content:

The GIO is a member and active participant on the NASA XML Working
Group. The charter of the NASA XML Working Group is to advance the
productive use of XML technology within NASA. The scope of the Working
Group includes all aspects (mission, engineering, and administrative
applications) of XML within NASA. The Working Group\'s functional scope
includes planning/policy, standards, security, and outreach activities
related to XML. All NASA Centers and many programs and projects
participate in the NASA XML Working Group in order to provide technical
recommendations to the Office of the CIO, share lessons learned, and
otherwise assist in making XML and related technologies more useful
technologies within the Agency. The NASA CIO appoints the chairs of the
NASA XML Working Group.

Schedule and Performance Data:

The NASA XML working group meets once a month. Past activities have
included providing input to the Business Case, The Program Plan and
related Standards and Guidelines documentation. The group just completed
an Agency-wide survey to collect data on what projects utilize XML.
Plans for 2004 include to continue GIO support to the working group and
to participate in monthly ViTS where various Agency personnel brief the
group on their current and future XML projects. It is also anticipated
that a vendor day will be held. Discussion continues on the appropriate
format for the event.

Risk: N/A.

## Virtual NASA Steering Committee

Project Manager, Patricia Weir

Virtual NASA Steering Committee Project Content:

The GIO is a member and active participant on the Virtual NASA Steering
Committee. The charter of the Virtual NASA Steering Committee is to
establish a virtual NASA, a One-NASA common institutional picture, as a
geo-referenced visual tool that integrates information from multiple
sources such as maps, pictures, text, and databases and delivers to the
user information in an intuitive visual format. The Steering Committee
encourages use of common, industry-recognized, open, vendor-neutral data
standards where the use of the best available quality of data, maintain
the integrity of this data, and apply the appropriate level of security
to the data. The Steering Committee further promotes excellence and
consistency in practice, increase potential use of data, simplify
interfaces, improve cooperative efforts, and encourage interoperability
of systems to reduce duplication of labor and data, and to reduce
program management costs. The Steering Committee seeks to provide a
common means for relating multiple institutional management databases
spatially. The intent is to permit a user to view information from
single or multiple NASA sites in a common manner without the need for
data interpretation or translation aids. The Steering Committee also
seeks to ensure that NASA maintains the geospatial data-sets essential
to support its operations and to enable users to visualize assets in a
shared, intuitive, situational, web-enabled manner, reducing their time
to integrate the information and make sound decisions. The following set
of principles are baselined: To use a core NASA data set supplemented by
additional data required by individual Centers, and to use commercially
available off-the-shelf software that supports the data standards.

Schedule and Performance Data:

The Virtual NASA Steering Committee meets approximately once per
quarter. Recent activities have included providing input and commenting
on the soon to be released Code JX/GIS NASA Program Directive (NPD)
document and providing a GIO Program Overview brief to the National
Science and Technology Council\'s Physical Structures and Systems
Interagency Working Group. NASA\'s Earth Science Enterprise\'s
Geospatial Interoperability Office Program (GIO) will continue to
provide geospatial standards leadership and to oversee the development
and promotion of geospatial interoperability through open standards. In
the interest of increased use, understanding and decision-making of
NASA\'s Earth Science data in to support the Earth Science Enterprise,
NASA\'s centers and Federal, State and Local Agencies, academia and
industry. In 2004, the GIO will continue to support the Virtual NASA
Steering Committee as required and to support conferences, working group
and meetings as appropriate.

Risk: N/A.

## Synergy

Project Manager, Open

Project Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, George Percivall

Project Content:

GIO is actively managing a portion of the Congressional mandates to
Raytheon for Synergy V. GIO has defined project requirements such that
key NASA datasets will be available to the National Applications and
other customers using OGC Web Services. In addition other development
will be performed by Synergy to provide image processing services for
decision support and to allow high-end 3-D visualization clients to
access NASA data through ESG. GIO will work with National Applications
to prioritize data products for access.

Schedule & Performance Data:

In 2004 a strategy and definition of responsibilities and efforts will
be developed with a plan for future years. In Phase I of Synergy V,
scope and requirements will be defined. In Phase 2 (July 2004 -- April
2005), software developed, integration and deployment will occur in
support of those requirements. GIO coordinates regularly with Raytheon
to ensure project success. Monthly reports to the GIO PM will take place
and any appropriate documentation will be posted on the GIO web site.

Risk: N/A Raytheon group has been very responsive despite the funding
being congressionally directed, lack of responsiveness would imperil
fulfillment of identified requirements.

## WMS Global Mosaic

Project Manager, George Percivall

Project Participants, JPL

Project Content: Develop a Web Map Service (WMS) that provides access to
full-resolution Landsat 7 data with OGC interoperability standards.
Users will be able to select any combination of Landsat 7 bands to be
returned as a picture of the data from any location on the globe. This
development demonstrates the maturity of WMS technology and provides a
key base map for applications internal and external to NASA.

Schedule & Performance Data: Work towards completion of the WMS Global
Mosaic in September 2004. There may be a maintenance aspect to this
project in out years. Reporting to the GIO PM of progress will take
place on a monthly basis, regular telecons with participants will occur
until completion. Demonstrations of the WMS Global Mosaic will take
place after completion.

Deliverables -- Completion September 2004

Risk: N/A

## NASA Web Map Viewer

Project Manager, Jeff de La Beaujardiere

Project Participants, GSFC

Project Content:

The NASA Web Map Viewer was developed as interoperability
proof-of-concept. Further development is on hold pending additional
contractor support.

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continued work throughout 2004

Deliverables - NASA Web Map Viewer revisions and maintenance, ongoing

Risk: N/A

## Space Time Toolkit (STT)

Project Manager, George Percivall

Project Participants, MSFC

Project Content:

Develop a robust and dynamic Java-based toolkit to provide advanced
capabilities for integrating spatially and temporally disparate data
within an interactive 3D display environment, allowing one to ingest
swath, map-projected, station, event, or path data in whatever spatial
and temporal domain it exists.

Deliverables -- Completion of revision in September 2004.

Schedule & Performance Data:

Work towards completion of Space Time Toolkit upgrades and advances in
September 2004. Reporting of progress will take place monthly and
documentation will be provided to the GIO PM.

## Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment (ROI) Study

Project Manager, Patricia Weir

Project Content:

The GIO Program will issue an RFP in FY2004 to conduct a return on
investment study to articulate the benefits of using Geospatial
Interoperable Open Interface Standards with emphasis on open standards
currently being implemented by the following Standards Bodies: ISO, FGDC
and OGC.

Schedule and Performance Data:

A Request for Information and a draft Statement of Work will be issued
in late February 2004. A full and open competition is intended with a
RFP being issued in mid-April 2004. Contract award is notionally
scheduled for early June 2004. A 4-6 month study is currently envisioned
with contractor mid-term and final briefings and a written report as
deliverables.

Risk: N/A.

## FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee)

Project Manager, Marge Cole

Project Participants, Federal Partners

Project Content:

The Federal Geographic Data Committee is an interagency committee
composed of representatives from the Executive Office of the President,
Cabinet-level and independent agencies. The FGDC is developing the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in cooperation with
organizations from State, local and tribal governments, the academic
community, and the private sector. The NSDI encompasses policies,
standards, and procedures for organizations to cooperatively produce and
share geographic data. GIO acts on NASA's behalf within the FGDC
Coordination Working Group and chairs the FGCD Geospatial Applications
and Interoperability Working Group. Federal Agencies are mandated to
participate in the FGDC. Cooperate and collaborate with partner Federal
Agencies to adopt the best standards and standard policies for all
Federal Agencies.

Deliverables - FGDC Geospatial Applications & Interoperability Working
Group Meetings and FGDC GAI Geospatial Interoperability Reference Model
maintenance.

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continue to work with the FGDC and our Federal Agency partners
throughout the year to share information and adopt best practice and
policy within the FGDC.

Risk: N/A

## Open GIS Consortium

Project Manager, George Percivall

Project Participants, NASA Centers

Project Content:

NASA is a Strategic Member of OGC for the purpose of participation in
protocol and standards development regarding access to data. Represent
NASA's interests in OGC and participate in directing standards
development based on the garnering of NASA wide interests. Contribute to
the writing, editing and voting process of interoperability standards in
NASA's interest. Sponsor and leverage funds for many of the testbed and
pilot projects operated by OGC's interoperability program. GIO is
directly involved in the following OGC Standards activities: Web Map
Context, OWS Common Implementation, OGC Service Architecture, Coordinate
Reference Systems, Imagery Reference Model, Image Exploitation Services
Working Group co-chair, WMS Revision Working Group chair, WCS Revision
Working Group chair, ISO/OGC Joint Advisory Group co-chair, SLD Revision
Working Group.

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continued work within OGC towards standards development and adoption.
Bi-monthly reporting on progress to the GIO PM and quarterly
participation in OGC meetings.

Risk: N/A

## ISO Technical Committee 211

Project Manager, George Percivall

Project Participants, GSFC

Project Content:

Represent NASA as part of the US delegation in ISO TC211. Participate in
INCITS Panel L1, which is chartered by ANSI to form the US Delegation of
ISO TC211.

Deliverables - ISO 19128 Draft International Standard issuance, March
2004; ISO TC211 Imagery Reference Model Project, April 2005; ISO TC211
US Delegation Participation and report, May 2005

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continued NASA representation within ISO TC211 and INCITS L1 and report
monthly to the GIO PM on advances. Documentation will be posted on the
GIO web site.

Risk: N/A

## Education & Outreach

Project Manager, Patricia Weir

Project Participants, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Marge Cole, George
Percivall, John Evans

Project Content:

Education and outreach efforts include standards awareness and training
of interoperability standards for Applications Division, information
shared through the GIO web site and conferences and presentations.

Deliverables - Presentations and training for Applications Program
Managers and appropriate NASA employees, ongoing

Schedule & Performance Data:

Continued development of presentations and education and outreach
efforts throughout 2004 will take place. Reporting to the GIO PM on
progress within the education and outreach efforts will take place
monthly.

Risk: N/A

# Appendix - Links

Links:

Ames Research Center: <http://www.arc.nasa.gov/>

Dryden Flight Research Center: <http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/>

Earth Science Gateway: esg.gsfc.nasa.gov

ESIP Federation and Synergy:
[[http://www.esipfed.org/aboutus.html]{.underline}](http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

FGDC Geospatial Applications & Interoperability Working Group:
<http://gai.fgdc.gov/>

Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA-PMO):
<http://www.feapmo.gov/>

Geospatial Interoperability Office: gio.gsfc.nasa.gov

Glenn Research Center: <http://www.grc.nasa.gov/>

GSFC ESTO: http://esto.nasa.gov/

GSFC ESDIS: <http://spsosun.gsfc.nasa.gov/eosinfo/Welcome/index.html>

GSFC E-Theater: <http://etheater.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html/>

GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio Immersive Workbench:
<http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html>

GSFC SEEDS: <http://lennier.gsfc.nasa.gov/seeds/index.html>

ISO TC211: <http://www.isotc211.org/>

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/>

Johnson Space Center: <http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/>

Kennedy Space Center: <http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/>

Langley Research Center: <http://www.lrc.nasa.gov/>

Marshall Space Flight Center: <http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/>

NASA Web Map Viewer: <http://viewer.digitalearth.gov/>

OpenGIS Consortium: <http://www.opengis.org/>

Space Time Toolkit: <http://vast.uah.edu/>

SSC ES Applications Directorat: <http://www.esa.ssc.nasa.gov/>

WMS Global Mosaic:
[http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/](http://onearthmapus.jpl.nasa.gov/)