U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP) Briefing

Tom Cecere

USGS Land Remote Sensing Program

(703) 648-5551

Supporting the Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP)

“The fundamental goal of this policy is to advance and protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by maintaining the nation’s leadership in remote sensing space activities, by sustaining and enhancing the U.S. remote sensing industry.”

Near-Term RequirementsContinue use and development of current

tool

Long-Term RequirementsContinue use and development of current tool

• Civil-Industry Partnerships

USGS LedNOAA Led

CRSSP Civil/NGA Shared Execution

NGA Led

Senior Management Oversight Committee (SMOC)*

• Infrastructure/Architecture (NGA/USGS)– NGA provides for leveraging of its I/A and technology– USGS provides for leveraging of its I/A and technology• Contracts (NGA/USGS)– Coordinate procurement vehicles– Ensure broad distribution options for civil needs – Bonus off NGA contracts• Purchases (NGA/civil agencies)– Leverage NGA/civil purchases in areas of common interest– Upgrade licenses when additional needs can be met

* The SMOC provides strategic direction and policy guidance to all shared execution teams.

CRSSP Shared Execution TeamLeverage Infrastructure/Architecture, procurement

contracts and NGA/civil purchases

Senior Management Oversight

• NGA -- Doug McGovern (Chair)

• NOAA OSC – Ed Morris (Vice-Chair)

• USGS -- Barbara Ryan

• NOAA -- Richard Brooks

• NASA -- Ted Hammer

• DHS -- Dan Cotter

• USDA -- Brad Doorn

Other

Federal AgenciesCRSSP Shared Execution Team

Participating Agencies

What is the CRSSP Imagery Derived Requirements (CIDR) tool?

Designed to collect federal agency near-term land remote sensing data requirements

Provides query and

report capabilities on

data requirements

http://cidr.cr.usgs.gov

What is a CRSSP data requirement?

There are two types of data requirements:

Data Request Interested in obtaining imagery over a specific area, but

funding is uncertain

Planned Data Acquisition Currently planning to acquire (fund) new or archived imagery

over a specific area

USGS Commitment to the Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP)

Data requirements lifecycle

Entry CIDR

http://cidr.cr.usgs.gov

Data requirements lifecycle

Analysis Existing Imagery

AWiFS Imagery: U.S. Coverage

IKONOS Imagery: U.S. Coverage

High Resolution Example

NGA has offered to try to fulfill some Fed Civ Unfunded Requirements

• There is a clear mission and the observables are well defined

• The imagery will be used during the calendar year (2007), or there is a scientific significance for having the imagery available in the archive

• NextView licensing is satisfactory

• The Area of Interest is defined in such a way that the collection can easily be obtained (weather permitting) within 2 to 3 passes (note Quickbird has a 16km swath and Ikonos has an 11km swath)

• If repeat collections are needed, provide sufficient justification

• NITF format is acceptable for the raw imagery (imagery will be ordered such that the ephemeris data will be available -- equivalent to orthoready)

• The imagery would not otherwise be able to be obtained due to funding constraints

Guidelines

2007 Hi-res Validated -- AK

w/ All Hi-res CRS CSIL Holdings

w/ Post 2005 Hi-res CRS CSIL Holdings

Radar Examples

KILAUEA CALDERA

EAST RIFT ZONE

Makaopuhi Crater

Napau Crater

Pu`u `O`o

Mauna Ulu

Pauahi Crater

Halemaumau Crater

Kane Nui o Hamo

June 18/19 eruption site

May 13 (10:20PM HST) – June 17 (10:20 PM)

LOS lengthening (subsidence)

LOS shortening (uplift)

Ascending beam mode 2

May 24 EQ

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

ALOS Initial Prioritization - Americas

Alaska by Initial Priorities

Focus on Overlap Region

Central America – all single-HH polarization

Overlap Focus

Estimated needing most resources

Data requirements lifecycle

Feedback Existing Imagery

QuickBird-2QuickBird-2© Copyright DigitalGlobe© Copyright DigitalGlobe

San Diego, CA 03/09/2002

IKONOS-2IKONOS-2© Copyright GeoEye© Copyright GeoEye

Galveston, TX 11/11/2003

OrbView-3OrbView-3© Copyright GeoEye © Copyright GeoEye

AWiFSAWiFS© Copyright GeoEye© Copyright GeoEye

Anchorage, AK 03/05/2004

New Orleans, LA 8/15/2005

http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/

June 27,1966 Corona from USGS archive

N

Copyright 2003 Digital Globe

NextView License

Walled City of Baku

Walled City of Baku

1966 Corona

http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

3,015 Counties181,957 DOQQs2,601,081 Square Miles

1,077 Counties51,552 DOQQs767,091 Square Miles

39,600 DOQQs

11,952 DOQQs

REVISED REQUIREMENTS

Mechanism to directly access NGA acquired Hi-Res ClearView and NextView Licensed Imagery

Elevation

For More Information

USGS CRSSP Home Page: http://crssp.usgs.gov

CIDR tool: http://cidr.cr.usgs.gov

NGA WARP tool: https://warp.nga.mil

Email: tcecere@usgs.gov

Phone: 703-648-5551