# Presentation: 780144

## FSA State Office NAIP Training

- Kent Williams
- Cindy Sessions
- David Davis
- Brian Vanderbilt

- June 15, 2006

## National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)

- Initiated in 2002 to support programs in USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- GIS and Common Land Unit (CLU)
- Farm field boundaries
- Aerial Compliance
- Cost Share Partners
- USDA NRCS, USFS
- DOI USGS, BLM
- State government

## NAIP Program Highlights

- 2 sets of product specifications, similar acquisition parameters (natural color and peak agricultural growing seasons)
- Compliance
- 2 meter GSD (Ground Sample Distance – resolution)
- 10 meters from image base
- Annual requirement
- Ortho Base Replacement
- 1 meter GSD
- 5 meters from image base
- Suitable for both aerial compliance and base replacement
- 3-5 year cycle

## NAIP Program Highlights

- Large format mapping quality camera systems
-  supports CLU maintenance and partner requirements
- Rapid acquisition (in terms of mapping quality) to meet FSA compliance requirements
- Trade offs exist
- 6-8 week flying seasons
- State based projects
- Up to 10% cloud cover
- Ortho rectified
- GIS ready

## Definitions 

- _Large Format_
- Mapping Camera
- 9”x 9” film
- 25 sq. miles@20,000 feet

- _Small Format_
- 35mm Camera
-  3 sq. miles@8,000 feet

- Definitions

*Imaging Format*

## Rectified vs. Orthorectified 

- _Ortho Rectified_

- _Rectified_

## NAIP Annual Cycle

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Annual Cycle**
_**Acquisition**_

- Flying season established in coordination with State GIS Specialists
- 6 to 8 weeks typically
- Large states may be split into multiple seasons
- NAIP vendors
- 2-3 aircraft per state
- Go for cloud free coverage
- High performance aircraft

## NAIP Annual Cycle

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Annual Cycle**
_**Delivery of Interim CCM**_

- “Interim” Compressed
- County Mosaic

- Delivery of “Interim” Compressed County Mosaics
- Has not been inspected yet
- “naip” prefix on file name
- Goes in “compliance” sub folder

- FSA State Office and Partners

- CD/DVD

## NAIP Annual Cycle

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Annual Cycle**
_**Public Access to Interim CCM**_

- “Interim” Compressed
- County Mosaic

- USDA Geospatial Data Gateway

- _[http://nrcs.gateway.usda.gov](http://nrcs.gateway.usda.gov/)_

- _Downloads only_

## NAIP Annual Cycle

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Annual Cycle**
_**Quality Assurance Process**_

- Compressed
- County Mosaic

- Full Resolution
- Quarter Quads

- Quality Assurance

## Quality Assurance

- How it is used
- Used in Contract Reconciliation
- Contractor rework
- Price reduction
- Past performance evaluation of vendor
- Metadata
- Program Improvement
- Indicate areas of problem DEMs (for example)
- ID trends

## NAIP Problem Reporting

- Contact Quality Assurance Supervisor
- _[brenda.simpson@slc.usda.gov](mailto:brenda.simpson@slc.usda.gov)_
- Please provide the following information
- Location of problem, such as: Image file name, UTM coordinates, Screen capture.
- Description of problem
- Contact Information: phone number, name, email address
- Future web-based solution for reporting/logging all quality issues
- Implementation within 6 months

## NAIP Annual Cycle

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Annual Cycle**
_**Rework of CCMs**_

- Compressed
- County Mosaic

- Rework (if necessary)

## NAIP Delivery Timeline

- Image Acquisition

**NAIP Delivery Timeline**
_**Availability of Quarter Quads**_

- Full Resolution
- Quarter Quads

- Quality Assurance

- Partners

- ArcIMS web service
- http://gdw.apfo.usda.gov

- Hard Disk Drive

- Product
- Acceptance

## “Final” CCMFor FSA Base Replacement

- 1 meter only
- Any rework vendor
- Metadata on CD for state
- Memo for use as replacement imagery
- Move to “ortho” folder, rename to “ortho” prefix

## NAIP Delivery to Public

- Full National Coverage of CCMs on HDD
- Approximately $10,000 for NAIP 2005
- 10% of current cost
- Working on costs for states
- USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
- RFP for Web Based Delivery System (September/October 2006)
- Full resolution
- Quarter quads
- Custom Area of Interest
- Custom Formats
- “Clip and ship”

## Changes to NAIP under consideration

- 4 band image
- Currently 3 band RGB (red, green, blue, or natural color)
- Add color infrared band (CIR)
- Partners like it, attracts cost share
- Supports better information extraction
- Digital acquisition only
- 1 meter only
- Costs for 1 meter vs 2 meter are similar
- Support continual CLU maintenance
- Increase partnership interest
- Horizontal accuracy in terms of ground position
- Currently in terms of original base imagery

## NAIP Status Information

- Interactive Web Site (in testing)
- Static Status maps on APFO web site
-  _[www.apfo.usda.gov/naip.html](http://www.apfo.usda.gov/naip.html)_
- Daily progress (updated daily)

## Why Partner?

- Best value for the dollars spent
- State acquisition priority
- Immediate delivery of interim CCMs
- Potential for derivative products
- No contract administration charge

## APFO FacilitatedPartnership Opportunities

- Cost share for existing or expansion of FSA required state coverage of 2 meter imagery
- Cost share for full state coverage of 1 meter imagery (see schedule)
- Digital acquisitions: 4 band imagery possible option for 2007 and beyond

## FSA 1 Meter Schedule

## Partnership Deliverables and Schedule

- Interim CCMs on DVD or CD-ROM:  No later than 30 days after the end of the flying season or any granted extension
- Full resolution DOQQ tiles on portable disk drives, DVD or CD-ROM (after APFO inspection and acceptance):  No later than September 30 of the following year
- Replacement CCMs upon DOQQ tiles acceptance (if necessary)

## Derivative Products

- Purchased by partners directly from the vendor
- Separate contract that partners are required to administer and QA
- Potential derivative products are:
- Sub Meter Imagery Resolutions
- Reprojected Imagery (state plane)
- Raw Data
- Color Infrared (digital acquisitions)

## Partnership Requisites

- Standard reimbursement agreement
- Established no later than December 31 year preceding imagery collection
- Establish single partnership representative for state/county agencies, responsible for:
- Communications with APFO
- Coordination of internal agreements (funding, technical issues, and data distribution)
- Cost share minimums vary dependent upon requested products

## NAIP Points of Contact

**Program Coordination/Management**
- Kent Williams – Program Coordinator
- 801-975-3500 x261 email: kent.williams@slc.usda.gov** **
**Quality Issues/Problems**
- Brenda Simpson – Quality Assurance Branch Chief
- 801-975-3500 x 219  email: Brena.simpson@slc.usda.gov
**Technical Questions**
- David Davis – GIS Specialist – Service Center Support
- 801-975-3500 x 278 email: david.davis@slc.usda.gov
- Brian Vanderbilt – GIS Specialist – Service Center Support
- 801-975-3500 x240 email: brian.vanderbilt@slc.usda.gov
**Partnership Information**
- Cindy Sessions – Partnership Coordinator
- 801-975-3500 x208 email: cindy.sessions@slc.usda.gov
**Contract Questions**
- John Mootz – Contracting Officer
- 801-975-3500 x284 email:john.mootz@slc.usda.gov
**CCM Delivery**** Questions**
- Bridget Barlow – Contracting Staff
- 801-975-3500 x243 email:bridget.barlow@slc.usda.gov

## NAIP Information  Resources

- APFO Web Site
- http://www.apfo.usda.gov
- Information Sheets
- Contract and task order documents
- Status maps
- Powerpoint files