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DigitalGlobe Wins Contract To Update USDA Orthoimagery
Longmont CO (SPX) Aug 31, 2004 DigitalGlobe, provider of high resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced Monday it has been awarded a contract to update the orthoimagery base program of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The award was issued by the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 2004 Alaska Orthoimagery Project - and represents the first time satellite imagery has been used in the USDA's program. Under the contract, DigitalGlobe will provide 2-foot resolution, orthorectified, 1:12,000 Digital Ortho Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQs) from QuickBird imagery. The imagery will be collected over two sites in Alaska - the Northstar Borough/Southeast Fairbanks and Valdez-Cordova areas - covering about 2,167 square miles. These products will be used to create and update the USDA's orthoimagery database. The USDA has historically relied on film-based aerial photography, which can be time-consuming, costly and oftentimes dangerous to collect given the area's changing weather patterns. The remote, hard-to-reach areas of Alaska make aerial data collection even more difficult and dangerous due to changing weather patterns and rough terrain. The digital QuickBird satellite imagery will offer many benefits over aerial photography including cost savings, quicker turn-around and data delivery, and the availability of both true-color and false-color imagery. "DigitalGlobe is privileged to be part of this contract, because it marks the first time satellite imagery has ever been used as part of the program," said Brett Thomassie, director of civil government programs for DigitalGlobe. "This contract signals the acceptance of QuickBird as an information tool that can meet and exceed the USDA's requirements for program decision making." The FSA-APFO is responsible for acquisition of aerial photography and digital imagery to support multiple USDA agency programs covering natural resource inventories to farm commodities programs. According to Geoff Gabbott, contracting officer with FSA, "The agencies within USDA, including NRCS, rely heavily on current high-quality imagery to provide information used in program management." "Digital orthophotos provided by DigitalGlobe should allow the NRCS to more effectively and efficiently manage their natural resource programs in Alaska." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links NRCS DigitalGlobe SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
New Legislation Initiated To Support Commercial Remote Sensing Industry
New York NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2006The importance of remotely sensed data and technologies to support natural disasters has prompted attention and action in Washington. New initiatives and legislation authorizing appropriations to the remote sensing industry will be discussed at Strategic Research Institute's U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Industry conference, scheduled for February 9-10, 2006 in Washington D.C. |
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