# Presentation: 703385

## 2005 NAIP Post Season Meeting

***2005 NAIP Post Season Meeting***
***Lessons Learned***

**Jaymes Pardue, Senior Account Manager**
**Paul Currie, Project Manager**
*December 06, 2005*

- Presented to: USDA FSA APFO

## 2005 Project Summary

**2005 Project Summary**
-   2005 Project summary
-   Applying Lessons Learned in 2004
-   2005 Project Plan
-   2005 Results
-   2005 Lessons Learned
-   Looking Forward to 2006
-   Open Discussion and Questions

## 2005 Project Summary

**2005 Project Summary**
-   State of Pennsylvania (2 meter)
-   State of Maryland (1 meter)
-   4,294 DOQQs or 91 CCMs
-   18,546 Linear Miles
-   8,588 Frames
-   Natural Color
-   Season: June 1 – August 15.
-   Received 2 extensions
-   Season Extended to: September 30, 2005.
-   Film Capture Complete: September 24, 2005.

## “Translating our improved understanding of the NAIP program requirements into optimum results for 2005”

**“****Translating our improved understanding of the NAIP program requirements into optimum results for 2005”**
**Three Focus Areas:**
- Aerial Photography
- QA/QC
- Production

## Aerial Photography

**Aerial Photography**
-  Dedicated flight manager
-  Adequate aircraft allocations and full deployment
-  Experienced flyers only
-  Used aircraft with a greater capacity
-  Flight resources stationed as close as possible to 	coverage areas
-  Ensure flexibility in flight planning by providing each 	flying contractor with the same flight plan that is 	updated daily.

## QA/QC

**QA/QC**
-  Implemented more QA/QC steps to catch potential 	problems early
-  Made great strides in increasing our efficiency
-  Allowing greater long term capacity
-  Provided consistent product deliverables

## Production

**Production**
-   Investment in Technology
-   Team Approach to produce more useful imagery
-   Consolidated aerial processing and scanning 	procedures under one contractor to ensure 	consistent results
-   Resulted in better overall color quality
-   Manage expectations (subs and end customers)

## Flight Plan

**Flight Plan**
-  Aircraft Allocations and Deployment
- Groupe Alta (GA)
- 2 aircraft based in central PA
- Allocated western 3/4 of PA and 3⁄4 of MD
- Richard Crouse & Associates (RCA)
- 1-2 aircraft based in MD
- Allocated eastern 1⁄4 of PA and eastern 1⁄4 of MD
- Airborne Sensing Corp (ASC)
- 1 aircraft based in Toronto, Canada
- Allocated western 1/8 of PA

## Flight Plan (cont.)

**Flight Plan (cont.)**
-   Flight Management
- Daily supervision by VARGIS PM
-   Entire Film Processing by Groupe Alta
-   All Scanning by Groupe Alta
-   Film Review by VARGIS and Groupe Alta
-   Titling by Groupe Alta
-   QA of all materials by VARGIS

## Production Plan

**Production Plan**
-   Approved/Titled Film Sent To VARGIS Production 	Units For:
- AT
- Orthorectification
- Color Balance
- County Mosaics
- Metadata
- QA
-   Final Deliverables Sent To USDA

## Improvement in all areas

**Improvement in all areas**
-   Aerial Photography
- Collected more data in a shorter time frame
- 92% collected within season
- Took advantage of having contiguous states
- Great reduction in small gaps in coverage
-   QA/QC
- Caught many problems early in the process
- Very good acceptance rate (on products delivered)
-   Production
- Though behind we are on pace to complete delivery of all CCM’s (91) in December
- Currently at 68% complete (37% improvement over 04)

## 2005 Results

## Challenges and Causes

**Challenges and Causes**
-   Aerial Photography  Delays:
- Unable to capture photography within season due to poor weather in August
- Unable to get access to Aberdeen Proving Ground
-   QA/QC Delays:
- New QA/QC procedures could have been communicated better to subs
-   Production Delays:
- More stringent internal QA/QC procedures
- Initial rejection rate from subcontractors was very high
- Departure of a key VARGIS production staff member

## Looking Forward to 2006

**Looking Forward to 2006**
-   Aerial Photography Collection
- Performance greatly improved in 2005
- Continue to maximize aircraft allocations early in season
- Continue to rely on experienced firms with high capacity planes
-   QA/QC
- Initial results are very favorable
- Continue to refine process based upon final results
- Each production center will receive an updated QA/QC manual, project and risk management plan
-   Production
- Optimize production for rapid completion of county units
- Continue to improve production tracking tools.

## Looking Forward to 2006

**Looking Forward to 2006**
-   Production
- Optimize production for rapid completion of county units
- Continue to improve production tracking tools.
- Strive to improve efficiencies and economies throughout the process.

## Discussion Points - 2006 and Beyond

**Discussion Points - 2006 and Beyond**
-  Increased Resolutions – State of Virginia
- 42,817 sq. miles of 2-foot, 1-foot and 6-inch
- Collected in a 6-week season
- Delivered in 1-year
- Required 20 subs (survey, aerial collection, production)
- Needed eight planes to complete
- Demanded offshore labor resources
-  MrSID compression vs. Jpeg 2000

## Questions?

- Thank You