Welcome to the Satellite Imagery Archive Members Newsletter! Included in this issue:

• New Product Additions and Vendor Offerings
• A Welcome to New Vendors
• SIA Member Application Spotlight
• SIA Member Q&A

GDA Corp.

This month, Geospatial Data Analysis Corporation (GDA) released a new online ordering system to support Rapid Crop Mapping and Satellite Image Processing Products as defined within the GDA Prime Vendor Contract with the USDA. The online ordering system allows searching and selection of P6-AWiFS and P6-LISS-3 scenes within the USDA Satellite Image Archive, as well as Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 7 ETM+ scenes from the entire USGS archive, ordering GDA's products and providing an automated approval process.  The goal of the online ordering system is to provide a high level of automation in the selection, ordering and approval of image processing and agricultural intelligence products, greatly improving overall efficiency and reducing the potential for errors during this process. The system now supports GDA's 72 hour turnaround delivery commitment to FAS (Foreign Agriculture Service) for international crop mapping and image processing products.GDA's online ordering system is available, at no additional cost, in support of an annual subscription to GDA's Image Processing and Agricultural Intelligence products.

Key highlights of the new online ordering system include:

• Highly automated system from scene selection through approval process and notification of completed work.
  
• Ability to select imagery from multiple sensors including Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+, P6-AWiFS and P6-LISS-3.
• Directly ties to GDA's automated scene collection process allowing for real time updates of scene availability and easy access to new sensors in the future.
• Powerful spatial-temporal search engine, filtering and visualization tools to aid in scene selection. 
• Easy order placement for GDA's image processing and agricultural intelligence products by scene as well as multiple scene mosaics and composites.
• Full shopping cart functionality with ability to order multiple products simultaneously, update cart contents, review orders and submit for approval.
• Shopping cart includes visualization tools to review entire order for accuracy.
• Real time order status and approval process.
• Analytics for tracking approval status, order status and overall subscription usage.
  

A full presentation of GDA's Online ordering system is available at www.gdacorp.com/OOS

Digital Globe

WorldView-2 is the first 8-band multispectral satellite commercially available. Operating at an altitude of 770 kilometers, WorldView-2 will provide half-meter panchromatic resolution and 1.8 meter multispectral resolution. WorldView-2 will have an average revisit time of 1 day and will be capable of collecting up to 975,000 square kilometers (376,000 square miles) per day, doubling the DigitalGlobe collection capacity. The WorldView-2 system, offering unsurpassed accuracy, agility, capacity and spectral diversity, will allow DigitalGlobe to substantially expand its imagery product offerings to both commercial and international customers.

i-Cubed

DataDoors™ is a flexible framework that integrates distributed geographic data management - discovery, acquisition, processing, analysis & modeling, delivery. DataDoors™ seamlessly provides decision makers and analysts (not necessarily geospatial experts) with the geographic data and derivative information they require accomplish their missions. It typically takes less than 2 minutes for a user to discover and initiate acquisition of the data they need.

Russ Cowart will present a complete overview of the DataDoors™ Service during the Satellite Imagery Archive WebEx on January 5, 2010.

DMC International Imaging

RapidEye

Weather Predict Consulting Inc.

The USDA acquires more Orthoimagery in the United States than any Federal Government agency.  USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA) collects one meter, leaf-on natural color imagery thought-out the Continental United States in a 2-3 year cycle.  USDA-Nature Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has substantial experience on Imagery acquisition in Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Pacific Basin.  The USDA-NRCS presentation will focus on acquisition and distribution of Satellite based Orthoimagery.  Additional Information will be presented on how USDA-NRCS allow with USDA-FSA, USFS and USGS will distribute Satellite Orthoimagery in Hawaii and the Pacific Basin to meet business requirements including Imagery for the Nation (IFTN).

 

The presenter for USDA-NRCS is Tony Kimmet.  Tony Kimmet is an employee of USDA-NRCS-National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC) in Fort Worth, Texas.  Tony has worked at Center for Remote Sensing at Michigan State University and USDA-NRCS-NCGC in GIS/Remote Sensing since 1985.  Tony started working in NRCS Orthoimagery related activities since 1995.  Tony is a member of several Federal Government Geospatial coordination groups including the National Digital Orthophoto Program (NDOP).  Currently he is the chair of the Technical Subcommittee to NDOP.

As authors of the NOAA and USGS International Remote Sensing Studies, Global Marketing Insights, Inc. are the largest providers of Remote Sensing Customized Research to the US Federal Civilian and Federal Defense, Government and Commercial geospatial market.

Since 1988, Global Marketing Insights, Inc. President Dr. Shawana P. Johnson has worked with the USDA FAS focused on the timely, cost effective provision of satellite imagery and services.

Global Marketing Insights, Inc. is focused on providing the USDA with purpose driven, exceptional customer service and greatly appreciate the opportunity to support the SIA members.