National Digital Orthoimagery Program (NDOP)

Update to Coordination Group

December 9, 2014Coordination Group

Meeting

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NAIP 2014 - 201525 States collected in 2014MOA with Interior Signed for 2015-2017Moving toward 2 year cycle, based on funding and costs

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Opportunity in AlaskaBackground: A broad range of state and federal agencies are cooperating in the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee (AMEC) and the recently formed Alaska Geospatial Council (AGC) to produce new map products and geographic data for the state of Alaska.  The current focus is on topographic (elevation) data collection efforts.   

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Opportunity in Alaska 

Nick Mastrodicasa from the State of Alaska reported to the National Digital Orthoimagery Program (NDOP) on November 4, 2014 that the state has identified $1.4 million for a refresh of existing SPOT ortho-imagery for the entire state with new imagery.  This imagery (5-meter resolution, multiband) was collected during 2012 and 2013 with 95% collected in 2013. This imagery is being offered by BlackBridge from the RapidEye system under a very flexible license that permits all unrestricted non-commercial use; commercial for-profit use would not be permitted under the license agreement.  Alaska is seeking partners to provide an additional sum of $610,000 to complete the purchase and provide the flexible license. 

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Opportunity in AlaskaResolution:Acknowledging the high priority need to continue Alaska’s topographic data collection activities, the NDOP supports this opportunity to obtain new orthoimagery for Alaska.  This type of activity reflects several of the goals and objectives of the NDOP in that it provides orthoimagery for a large section of the country that has been difficult to acquire and the activity is the result of a partnership of Federal, State and Commercial entities. Owing to the critical nature of the activities in Alaska, the multi-agency requirements being addressed, the relative low cost to the federal government for this imagery, and the desirable licensing arrangement, the NDOP endorses acquiring such imagery for Alaska.