1. Orthoimage Product Characterization Test American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado 26 May 2004

2. What? • An analysis of an orthoimage product compiled from imagery collected with a digital sensor

3. Where? • The John C. Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi

4. Why? • To provide an objective evaluation of the orthoimagery produced by a given sensor and operator. • The USGS will compare the results to its specifications for orthoimagery at the same ground sample distance and will consider utilizing that sensor for future work if the product meets or exceeds specifications.

5. Who? • The USGS Priority for testing: • Cartographic Services Contract primary contractors and approved sub-contractors • Contractors procuring 133 Urban Area orthoimagery for the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency • Other sensor operators

6. When? • Image collection requires good weather and advance scheduling in adherence to the “Remote Sensing Characterization Project Digital Camera Product Characterization In Situ Test Plan for Aircraft Flyover at NASA Stennis Space Center” (a.k.a. Test Plan)

7. How? • Contact the USGS Test Point-of-Contact • Read and follow the Test Plan • ftp://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/edcuser/stensaas/outgoing/

8. Current Status • Four evaluations completed • Emerge DSS 300 (now Applanix) flown by Emerge (January 2003) • Space Imaging Digital Airborne Imaging System flown by Space Imaging (November 2003) • Leica Geosytems ADS40 flown by EarthData International (November 2002) • IKONOS Satellite operated by Space Imaging (December 2003)

9. Current Status (Continued) • Two evaluations pending • Leica Geosystems ADS40 flown by Northwest Geomatics (October 2003) • Zeiss/Intergraph Digital Mapping Camera flown by Aerometric (February 2004) • Interest from ten other sensor operators: 3001, Inc.; DeLorme; Digital Aerial Solutions; GeoVantage; Horizons, Inc.; M7 Visual Intelligence; Photo Science, Inc.; Sanborn; Spectrum Mapping; and Titan

10. USGS Specifications for Orthoimagery *RMSE and CE values are in meters

11. Primary: Vicki Zanoni Mail Code MA20 NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate John C. Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 Phone: (228) 688-2305 e-mail: Vicki.M.Zanoni@nasa.gov Secondary: Mary Pagnutti Lockheed Martin Space Operations – Stennis Programs Building 1105NASA Stennis Space Center, MS 39529Phone: (228) 688-2135e-mail: mary.pagnutti@ssc.nasa.gov NASA Test Points-of-Contact

12. Primary: Phil Rufe USGS-MCMC MS 706 1400 Independence Rd Rolla, MO 65401 e-mail: prufe@usgs.gov Phone: (573) 308-3540 Fax: (573) 308-3652 Secondary: George Lee USGS-WRSC MS531 345 Middlefield Rd Menlo Park, CA 94025 e-mail: gylee@usgs.gov Phone: (650) 329-4255 Fax: (650) 329-4249 USGS Test Points-of-Contact