Uses or Remote Sensing data by GCMRC projects

The quadrennial overflight has proven to be extremely valuable beyond the data processing / image 

classification objectives described in the remote sensing portions of annual work plans.

Over the last 10+ years, the digital imagery data sets (and associated DSM topography data sets) have 

been applied to many more projects than could have been imagined prior to the completion of the 

remote sensing initiative which recommended the quadrennial digitial imagery data collection effort.

Just about every piece of field work conducted by GCMRC in the past 10 years has relied heavily on the 

overflight data for navigation, orientation, site selection, field mapping, and spatial database 

development and analysis purposes. Below is a list of known projects that have used the imagery data 

for some or all of these purposes.

Biological Projects

Mainstem Fish Monitoring (AGF) 2002 – Present

Lees Ferry Trout Fisheries (AGF) 2002 – Present

Lees Ferry REDDS Study (Ecometrics) 2002 – Present

LCR Humpback Chub Monitoring (USFWS) 2002 - Present

RBT Fish Removal Project (GCMRC) 2002 – 2005

Near-shore Ecology (GCMRC, Univ. of Florida) 2007 – 2010

Natal Origins (GCMRC, Ecometrics) 2011 – Present

Backwater seining (GCMRC, USFWS, SWCA) 2005 – 2009

Aquatic Foodbase Monitoring (GCMRC, Univ. of Wyoming,

Loyola Univ.) 2005 – Present

Citizen Scientist Light Trap Study (GCMRC, Commerical Guides) 2012 – Present

Vegetation studies (GCMRC, NAU, others) Various years

Kearsley Veg. Transects, Gwen Waring Mesquite study

Vegetation Mapping (GCMRC & NPS) 2002 - Present

Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring 2004 – 2006

(GCMRC, NAU, Univ. of New Mexico,...)

Kanab Amber Snail Monitoring (GCMRC, USFWS, NPS) 2002 - 2008
Physical Projects

NAU Sandbar Monitoring (GCMRC, NAU) 2002 – Present

Fine-grained Sediment Team (GCMRC, NAU) 2002 – 2005

Channel Mapping Project (GCMRC, NAU) 2009 – Present

Aeolian Dune Monitoring & Research (GCMRC, USGS – Amy Draut) 2006 - Present

Arroyo Monitoring Trips (GCMRC, USGS – Brian Collins) 2006 , 2010

Survey Network Control Trips (GCMRC, NGS) 2003 – Present

Cultural Projects

Archeaology Site Monitoring and Analysis (NPS) 2008 - 2011

Campsite Atlas Monitoring and Mapping (GCMRC, NPS, GCRG) 2007 – Present

Ground-Based LiDAR Data Collection (GCMRC, USGS – Brian Collins) 2006, 2010, 2013

Maps for Tribal River Trips (GCMRC, NPS, Tribal Nations) 2010 – Present

External Requests for Imagery Maps and/or Data

Grand Canyon National Park (NPS)

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)

Google Earth Historical Imagery Tool (GCMRC’s May 2002 RGB data set)

LTEMP EIS Team (Bureau of Reclamation, Argonne National Labs)

Northern Arizona University (many users ranging from professors to researchers to students)

Utah State University (many users ranging from professors to researchers to students)

Karl Karlstrom (Univ. of New Mexico), Red Slide area

Ryan Crowe (Univ. of Arizona), Blue Springs rock slide

Kate Behn (Univ. of Idaho), LCR aquatic research
Private river runners during the High Flow Events of March 2008 and November 2012

Countless figures for publications using GCMRC’s imagery data holdings as reference

Anyone in the world who has visited GCMRC’s current web mapping sites and the former Internet 

Mapping Service (IMS) since 2003.