LandSat 7 Pilot Project
Overview
Project Purpose
The purpose of Washington State Remote
Sensing Data Consortium pilot project is to create an organizational model and
structure for the coordinated long-term purchase, preliminary processing and
subsequent distribution of remotely sensed data.
Successful implementation will result in
widely available standardized data that will be use by the GIS community to
create end-user products that address a variety of high-profile issues like;
ESA listings, natural resource management, watershed protection, growth management,
public health and safety, and transportation planning.
Project Objectives
In support of the goal to make this powerful
technology more readily available and to bring it to bear on growth management,
salmon recovery, natural resource and water quality issues, the pilot project
participants will:
- Adopt a coordinated, collaborative approach to remotely sensed data
and information acquisition that is based on community developed standards
- Jointly acquire satellite imagery for the entire state of Washington
and,
- Over time make available standardized, value-added remote sensing
data products
- Build an effective community of value that results in long term
collaboration across jurisdictions to meet data and information needs
Project Deliverables
Building on work of the ad hoc LS7 technical
committee, the pilot project will:
- Develop and adopt organizational governance model
- Document consortium information needs that could be met with remote
sensed data
- Develop 18 month Operational Tactical plan for remote sensing
framework
- Acquire and distribute statewide coverage of terrain corrected LS7
data
- Develop prioritized list of additional data products for near term
acquisition and or development
Project Partners (Confirmed)
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WA State Departments of:
- Information Services
- Ecology
- Natural Resources
- Health
- Community, Trade & Economic Development
- Fish & Wildlife
- Transportation
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Federal:
- US Fish and Wildlife
- Forest Service Region 6
Regional & Local:
- City of Seattle
- Puget Sound Regional Council
- Spokane County
- Thurston Regional Planning
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Higher Education:
- University of Washington
- Central Washington University
- Western Washington University
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Example
Data Packaging available to Consortium Members