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Kevin Gallagher,

Associate Director, Core Science Systems

Vicki Lukas,

Chief, NGP Topographic Data Services

January 26, 2015

3D Elevation Program

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Presentation Overview

■ 3DEP Vision, Accomplishments

and Call to Action! – Kevin

■ NGP Updates – Vicki

■ 3DEP

■ Hydrography

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Core Science SystemsC

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The National MapGeospatial products and services support key priorities

Area of National

Leadership

Program

Emphasis

DOI/Administration

Priorities Supported

A-16 Lead for

Terrestrial

Elevation

3D Elevation

Program (3DEP)

• Climate Plan

• Building a Landscape-

Level Understanding of

our Resources

• Ensuring Healthy

Watersheds and

Sustainable, Secure

Water Supplies

• Powering Our Future and

Responsible Use of Our

Resources

• Enhancing America’s

Great Outdoors

A-16 Co-Lead for

Inland Waters

National

Hydrography

Dataset and

Open Water Data

Initiative

National

Coverage of

Topographic

Maps

U.S. Topo and

Alaska Mapping

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Light Imaging Detection and Ranging

Inertial Measurement Unit

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Light Imaging Detection and Ranging

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Conventional and Alternative Energy Resources

From NEEA Study, 2011

Lidar are essential for:

Calculating wind potential

Planning, construction and operation of

hydro power

Routing transmission lines and pipelines,

construction planning, encroachment

control, and asset inventories

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Renewable Energy Resources

Los Angeles County Solar Map informing homeowners about

home solar potential - lidar provides roof pitch/aspect, etc.


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Understanding of our Resources

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Solid Earth

• landscape

evolution

• climate/tectonics/

erosion

interactions

• natural hazards

Vegetation

• carbon storage

• structure

• disturbance

• biodiversity

• fire fuel loads

Cryosphere

• glacier mass -

balance

• ice flow

dynamics

Water Cycle

• storage

• snow depth

• river discharge

• flood models

Lidar-supported science: understand, model, predict

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Aerial photo image (top)

Lidar image (bottom) of

same area provides

visible evidence of

landslide activity

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Landslide hazards

John Day, OR area

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Oso, WA Landslide March 22, 2014

Post-landslide

High-resolution lidar reveals

historic and potential slides

Pre-landslide

SR 530

Landslide

+Aviation Navigation and Safety

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Detect Obstacles to Air Navigation


+Forest Habitat and Biomass with Lidar

Canopy closure, width and height

Tree Stem density

Total tree volume (m3/ha)

Biomass

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Habitat Suitability is Closely Related to Forest

Structure

All of the above metrics can be estimated from lidar for forestry inventory and habitat assessments

Forest Cross Sections from LiDAR

Tsunami Inundation

Severe Storm Impacts, PI: Abby Sallenger

Hurricane IsabelIsland breach in Hatteras, NC

Core Science Systems17

Lidar and Geologic MappingTwo primary ways in which lidar assists geologic mapping• Higher spatial resolution

base maps• Better demarcation of

geological features– Surficial geomorphology– Bedrock outcrops– Structural feature (e.g.

Faults)– Previously undetected subtle

features like debris flows or end moraines

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Seattle

Victoria

Scarp found with lidar

Scarp found other means

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Geomorphic evidence

of shoreline uplift

Holocene Tectonism PI: Ralph Haugerud, USGS

Olympia

3DEP

Applications -

Detecting

Faults

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Lidar Improves Data Quality And Enables Precision Agriculture

10 meter resolution

Courtesy of NRCS

2 meter resolution

3DEP and Derived DatasetsAdvanced Applications

Carbon Cycle and Accounting

Infrastructure Management

Archaeology

Precision Forestry

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■ 3D data include surface elevations

and natural and constructed features

■ 3DEP increases the quality level of

lidar being acquired to enable more

accurate understanding, modeling,

and prediction

■Goal to acquire national coverage in

8 years

Applies ground-

breaking lidar

technology to acquire

and distribute 3D data

Addresses a broad

range of critical

applications of national

significance

3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

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What is the 3D Elevation Program?

■ Address the mission-critical requirements of 34 Federal agencies, 50 states,

and a sampling of local governments, tribes, private and not‐for profit

organizations documented in the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment

■ Increase the overall investment in 3D data from about $45 M to $146 M

annually to return more than $690 million annually in new benefits

■ Leverage collaboration among Federal, states, local and tribal partners to

systematically complete national 3D data coverage in 8 years

■ Leverage the capability of private industry mapping firms, create jobs

■ Achieve a 25% cost efficiency gain by collecting data in larger projects

■ Completely refresh national elevation data holdings with new lidar and ifsar

elevation data products and services

3DEP is a call for community action to…

Natural Resource Conservation

Infrastructure Management

Flood Risk Mitigation Precision Farming Land Navigation

and Safety

Geologic Resources and Hazards Mitigation

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3DEP 2012-2015READY for a national, 8-year program

Developed 3DEP infrastructure■ Documented comprehensive requirements and

benefits in the National Enhanced Elevation

Assessment (NEEA)

■ Designed 3DEP based on NEEA and to

maximize return on investment

■ Developed the NEEA inventory into the annual

U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory in

partnership with NOAA and others

■ Published plan for action based on

extensive stakeholder input

■ Issued the first Broad Agency

Announcement in 2014, with funding

partnerships with FEMA and NRCS

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Developed 3DEP infrastructure■ Consolidated and modernized IT systems, ready

to initiate first phase of cloud implementation

■ GPSC3 to be in place in FY15 to address

increased data volume

■ Revised the base lidar specification to include

3DEP quality levels

■ New products and services being made available

in 2015 from The National Map

Lidar Point Cloud1 meter DEMs5 meter Alaska DEMs Alaska Ifsar ORIs Alaska Ifsar DSMs

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Leadership, Coordination, and Outreach

■ Formed the 3DEP Executive Forum

■ Emerging Lidar Technology Federal Roundtable

■ Working to align NDEP to coordinate at the operational level

■ Collaborating with

NOAA on A-16 co-

leadership and

joint messaging

■ Executive outreach

to key Federal

agencies

USGS Director Kimball briefing on 3DEP at the White House Conference Center

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Leadership, Coordination, and Outreach

■ NGAC Subcommittee 2012 and 2015

■ Letters of endorsement and budget support:

■ American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

■ Association of American State Geologists (AASG)

■ Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)

■ Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)

■ Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors

(MAPPS)

■ National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)

■ National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

■ National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

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Leadership,

Coordination,

and Outreach

■ Successful

Congressional

briefings –

Thank You

MAPPS!

■ State factsheets

(39 available

online) –

Thank You

MAPPS!

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3DEP 2012-2015

Reports, Recommendations,

and Announcements

Peter Colohan, OSTP, briefing on the significance of lidar

in the National Plan

“Establish and maintain a national program to

standardize the regular collection of nationwide, high-

resolution, three-dimensional data for surface modeling

and volumetric analysis for multiple requirements (e.g.,

airborne light detection and ranging or LIDAR).” p.18

READY for a national, 8-year program

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Reports, Recommendations,

and Announcements

■ NAPA Report Recommendation

15: “The Office of Management

and Budget should use the 3DEP

implementation plan for nationwide

elevation data collection to guide

the development of the President’s

annual budget request”

■ 3DEP under discussion in the

Technical Advisory Mapping

Committee (TMAC)

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Recommendations,

and Announcements

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Reports, Recommendations, and Announcements

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USGS Current Acquisition Budget

* Funding leveraged via partnerships: approx. 1:6 for lidar, 1:1.8 for AK ifsar in FY14; additional

$4.5M Sandy Supplemental funding in FY14 not included

** Increase to 3DEP is redirected, NGP overall budget is approximately $2M reduced from FY14

FY14

Lidar + AK Ifsar

FY15

Lidar +AK Ifsar

President’s

BudgetEnacted President’s Budget Enacted

Increase to

elevation$10M $764k

$5.2M + $800k

ecosystems lidar$5.2M

Total NGP

acquisition funding$15M $6.2M $12.2M $9.7 est.**

Total acquisition* NA $24.4M NA TBD

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3DEP 2015-2018Call for ACTION!

■ We are ready to increase throughput to reach a steady-state operational status

■ Today, an annual average of around $45M is invested in lidar and ifsar data, and our

FY14 inventory shows that only 6.8% of the lower 49 States has lidar data that meet

3DEP quality levels

■ An additional $100 million among 3DEP stakeholders is needed annually to

implement the national, 8-year program

■ Would result in a nearly 5:1 ROI, save lives,

and improve our environment through informed

decisions

■ Presents a unique opportunity for collaboration

between all levels of government, to leverage

the services and expertise of private sector

mapping firms that acquire the data, and to

create jobs

■ The 2015-2018 “3DEP Call for Action” is

to build the investment needed to

establish a steady state program for a

nationwide elevation program

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■ To move from the opportunitistic, patchwork approach that is enforced by current funding

levels, investments must increase among USGS, Federal and other partners

■ To reach a viable, fully systematic 8-year program, recommend USGS provide half of the

costshare

■ To move away from the opportunistic approach, recommend USGS provide a minimum

of 1/3 of the cost share – numbers below are rough estimates subject to refinement and

do NOT include AK Ifsar

■ Need feedback and input

USGS Annual 33% Share

Other Feds Annual

33% Total Share

State/Local/Other Annual

33% Total Share

AnnualTotal

QL2 - 2026 12 years

$25M-$9.7M est. base= $15.3 M GAP

$25M $25M $76M

QL2 - 2022 8 years

$38M-$9.7M est. base= $28.3M GAP

$38M $38M $113M

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THANK YOU MAPPSLet’s Make 3DEP a Reality!

■ Our dialogue has evolved into a strong partnership that shapes our vision and

contributes to the design of a successful 3D Elevation Program

■ Guiding principles of that vision include that we recognize and value:

■ The role of public/private partnerships

■ The inherently governmental responsibility of maintaining a lean core competency,

while leveraging the expertise and capacity of the private industry

■ As part of the critical infrastructure of the Nation, the necessary role for the USGS in

acquiring critical public domain data that can be accessed, value-added, and underpin

a host of new and evolving uses and technologies.

■ The role of the private industry in provisioning the data, maintaining the operational

expertise and capacity, future sensor development, and increasing, new and

innovative applications

■ The USGS role as the lead Federal agency for elevation and its responsibility for

creating a National program that results in quality and consistency while

reducing/eliminating duplication

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THANK YOU MAPPSLet’s Make it a Reality!

■ USGS has benefited immensely from our partnership with

MAPPS - together we have crafted are and implementing a vision

that is a model public/private partnership and a good government

story:

■ Creating value for citizens

■ Contributing to the economy

■ Doing so with efficiency, consistency and quality

■We owe a lot to MAPPS and its members for its role in getting us

to this point

■We look forward to your continued cooperation and mutual

support as we work together to achieve the bold goals of the 3D

Elevation Program

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NGP Update

■ 3DEP

■ Broad Agency Announcement

■ GPSC

■ Emerging Lidar Technology Roundtable follow up

■ Hydrography

■ High Resolution NHDplus

■ Open Water Data Initiative

Status and Plans

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Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

■ As follow-up to the President’s announcement, the USGS issued a BAA via

FedBizOps that provides information on how to partner with the USGS and other

Federal agencies to acquire 3D data

■ The USGS’ preferred method of data acquisition is through the GPSC. Firms on

GPSC have been selected based on their qualifications and performance in

providing the professional services needed for 3DEP. To ensure data quality

and efficient development of standard products and services, the USGS prefers

that partners use the GPSC when possible and practical.

■ Proposals may contribute funds toward lidar data acquisition via GPSC or they

may request 3DEP funds toward lidar data acquisition where the requesting

partner is the acquiring authority; in both cases 3DEP makes use of the

commercial sector to do the acquisition

■ Federal agencies, state and local governments, tribes, academic institutions and

the private sector are eligible to submit pre-proposals

■ FEMA and NRCS contributed funds to the BAA

■ A learning process!

Background

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■ 72 pre-proposals submitted, requested funds over $50M

■ Invited 33 to submit full proposals; 31 full proposals were received, with 29 funded

■ Note that many of the 29 were re-scoped (reduced) due to availability of funds

■ Early estimates (to be refined via the IGCE):

GPSC: ~62,212 sq. mi., ~$6.3M 3DEP funds, ~$17M total value

Other: ~31,903 sq.mi, ~ $3.2M 3DEP funds, ~$9.6M total value

■ Total estimated funds being committed is $9.8M (burdened), with a total estimated value of

$26.5M (estimates will be refined via the IGCE)

■ The $9.8M is comprised of NGP, FEMA and NRCS funds (54%, 34%, 12% respectively)

■ The average cost share is 36% (offerors are covering an average of 64%)

■ Total square miles is estimated at 94,114, with average project size of 3,245 sq mi

■ Projects will collect lidar in the following states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, KS, LA, MA,

ME, MI, MO, MS, NE, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, PR, TN, VA, VT, WI

■ Additional funding and/or rounds will follow with remaining funding as project estimates are

refined and FY15 funding is clarified

Summary of Results

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Competitive grant structure resulted in changes to the liaison

role in developing partnerships and forming projects

Strategy for future rounds is to make all information publicly

accessible and facilitate open dialogs about forming projects

Enhance Federal input of requirements and areas of interest,

and provide a process for other stakeholders to share theirs

Formalize structure and roles of NDEP with regard to the BAA

Build on NDEP/IWG-OCM (SeaSketch) tracker as tool for

sharing potential projects

Leverage Geospatial Platform as “homebase” for data

acquisition

Strategies

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Geospatial Platform as

“Homebase” for Data

Acquisition via the

Elevation Community

BAA process and

timelines

Publish requirements,

allow ongoing updates

Access to US

Interagency Elevation

Inventory

Data Acquisition as a

Service

Invite MAPPS input

National A-16 Leadership

Requirements Portal

Inventory

BAA Info

Data Acquisition as a Service

Geospatial Platform 3DEP Community “Mock Up”

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Federal priorities and funding partnerships developed through NDEP

– requirements system in place, agencies provide consolidated

requirements - April 15

Federal requirements coordination meeting, publish Federal

requirements ~May 1

Gather State/local/other, regional Federal requirements and AOIs –

prior to public meetings and on ongoing basis

All requirements are made publicly accessible

USGS host public meetings for project formation, May – June, 2015

BAA Announcement July, 2015 to enable awards in early FY16

(depending on budget status)


DRAFT Target Dates

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USGS and stakeholders coordinate public meetings to discuss

3DEP status, BAA steps and potential partnerships

Meetings will be in-person with remote participation available

Inputs: draft consolidated Federal Requirements and

requirements/AOIs submitted by State/local/other stakeholders

Joint interests and potential projects will be identified and

discussed

NDEP will use results to further refine Federal requirements


Public Meetings

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Jan 22 – Brief NDEP, get buy-in, assess agency readiness and schedule

Jan 26 – Brief MAPPS, seek feedback

Jan 27 – Brief Liaisons, get buy-in, determine liaison preferences for managing BAA requirements, hosting public meetings

Feb 12 – Brief Executive Forum

Feb 25 – Brief NSGIC, get buy-in, determine state interest in hosting services, hosting meetings, etc.

Feb 26-27 – Finalize strategy

Near Term Actions

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3DEP Executive Forum

Purpose - to facilitate executive dialog and collaboration on strategies to

implement and sustain 3DEP for the benefit of all its stakeholders

Leadership – USGS Associate Director for Core Science Systems, Chair

Objectives

Monitor status, plans and coordination actions for 3DEP implementation

Strategize on significant developments regarding elevation or related geospatial activities, for

example, legislation, GAO studies, supplemental funding, etc.

Share insights and develop strategies to communicate with industry and other stakeholder

groups that could play a role in 3DEP funding

Provide executive direction and input to NDEP as the operational coordinating body

Membership FEMA

NASA

NGA

NOAA

Governance and Executive Outreach

BLM DHS DISDI EPA Others

NPS NRCS USACE USFWS USFS

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3DEP Governance Structure

3DEP Executive Forum – Executive NGDA Theme Co-Champion

NDEP 3DEP Steering Committee – (FGDC Elevation Subcommittee)

Decision Making Representative from each agency

Meet quarterly / semi-annually

Focus on policy / direction

Program Coordination Subcommittee

3DEP business processes, data requirements, project coordination

Meet monthly

Focus on day to day decisions and work

Technical Subcommittee

Emerging technologies, specifications, product definitions, etc.

Meet monthly

Separate Technical Subcommittee meetings

Formalizing NDEP under 3DEP and FGDC

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Geospatial Products and Services Contract 2

GPSC 2 – negotiated and in place - FY 10 6 prime contractors

Quantum Spatial; Dewberry & Davis, LLC; Northrop Grumman Info Systems; Woolpert, Inc.; Fugro Earthdata, Inc.; Digital Aerial Solutions, LLC

$250M delegated procurement authority over 5 years

FY14 summary

58 tasks awarded totaling $25.4M

30 orthoimagery, 20 lidar, 3 ifsar, & 5 other tasks

Partners included: NGA, other USGS, BLM, FEMA, BIA, NRCS, NPS (multiple regions), BLM, BOR, USFS, TVA, AK DOT, VT RPC, DE GS, IL DOT, LA CPRA, MD DNR, Mass GIS, ME GIS, NJ DEP, RI DEM, SRWMD(FL), VA (various) WA DNR, other USGS organizations

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GPSC Funding History

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Process Step Planned Date

IT Approval (exemption) April 2, 2014

SF1992 Approval July 30, 2014

FedBizOpps Synopsis Published October 8, 2014

SF330’s Submitted November 24, 2014

Solicitation Issued to Selected Firms April 3, 2015

Proposals Due May 1, 2015

Complete Negotiations June 10, 2015

Contracts Signed July 22, 2015

DRAFT Schedule for Establishing GPSC3

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Status of GPSC Hurricane Sandy Lidar

Acquisition & Processing* 01/13/15

Project Name Size % complete

New Jersey 1,312 55

DE/MD 3,069 45

NY CMGP 304 90

NE CMGP,NRCS,NPS 2,120 55

NCR VA,MD,DC 2,002 45

New York 2,846 90

Connecticut 1,455 75

Pennsylvania 1,899 51

Virginia 4,607 64

North Carolina 9,396 78

* Acquisition and

processing done

by the contractor;

these projects

have not yet been

accepted by the

USGS

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Emerging Lidar Technology

■ Roundtable co-sponsored by 3DEP Executive Forum, the Civil Applications

Committee and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

■ Share lessons learned in the Federal defense/intel communities and explore how

they may apply to Federal civilian applications

■ Determine next steps for commercialization of emerging technology for use in

3DEP and its full range of stakeholder applications

■ Develop ongoing coordination to promote the advancement of new technology

■ Photon counting/Geiger mode lidar systems developed primarily for the

Defense applications allow for high-resolution data acquisition at higher

sensor altitudes, and may eventually decrease acquisition costs for 3DEP

■ Action Items

■ Formation of Emerging 3D Technologies Working Group (E3D-WG)

■ Interaction with Lidar Community of Practice in the Defense community

Federal Roundtable Meeting – September 16

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Emerging Lidar Technology

E3D-WG will be established under the re-chartered NDEP as an

unclassified forum for building collaboration between Federal Civilian and

Defense agencies to explore the utility of emerging 3D technologies for

future use in 3DEP

Draft Objectives

■ Provide an unclassified forum for Defense and Civilian communities to learn

from each other others’ activities

■ Assist Federal Civilian agencies in obtaining and testing data.

■ Define and agree to a process and/or maturity level scale that will help

determine when the data are useable in 3DEP

■ Publish a report documenting the E3D-WG analysis of and additional steps

required to incorporate appropriate emerging technologies into 3DEP

■ Collaborate and coordinate with industry groups such as ASPRS and

MAPPS to leverage their capabilities, networks and goals for advancing

lidar technology

Emerging 3D Technologies Working Group (E3D-WG)

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■ The NHD represents the drainage

network with features such as rivers,

streams, canals, lakes, ponds, coastline,

dams, and stream gages

■ The WBD represents drainage basins at

8 scales

■ A powerful database that contains a flow

network that allows for modeling and

tracing water downstream or upstream

■ Use an addressing system based on

reach codes and linear referencing to link

information such as water discharge

rates, water quality, and fish population

National Hydrography and Watershed

Boundaries Datasets (NHD and WBD)

National Hydrography Dataset

Surface water layers of The National Map

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and Benefits Study

■ Next phase in the A-16 lifecycle to update functionality of the NHD data model to leverage

technology and meet emerging user needs

■ Document major uses of geospatial water information by Federal, State, and local

government; water utilities and other private sector industries; tribal; not for profit; and the

academic research community

■ Document benefits that will be realized from a Hydrographic Analysis Framework – not

just a dataset, but a system

■ Identify the data types, quality, organization, and delivery mechanisms required to

achieve those benefits

Determine the next generation of hydrography data

Develop a menu of proposed program approaches with associated costs

and benefits

Timeline Kickoff meetings with Federal and State agency POCs – December, 2014

Questionnaire and interviews – January - March, 2015

Data compilation and results – Summer, 2015

Recommendations – Fall, 2015

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NHDPlus High Resolution

■ Builds on success of NHDPlus Medium Resolution

(1:100K-scale) - Integrates NHD, WBD and elevation

■ Addresses need for a single hydrographic frame of

reference

■ User community currently divided:

NHDPlus (100K) regional/national applications

NHD HiRes (24K or better) local/state applications

■ NHDPlus HiRes provides both higher resolution data and

ability to generalize to many different scales so that all

users can link their data to the same core network

■ Initial timeframes

■ Tools and procedures – Target is Q3 FY15

■ Production will proceed by Sub-region

■ FY15 Goal: 1/3 of CONUS done (6 Sub-regions)

Integrating the Landscape with the Stream Network at 24K

NHD

WBD

Elevation

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■ "Foundational to [meeting the global water challenge] is the need to

improve access to and exchange of water data and information,

including better modeling of the hydrologic cycle, to include the impact of

human-use decisions” – John Holdren

■ Focus on development of data standards, services, and accessibility

■ Joint FGDC/ACWI Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data to scope the

requirement for, and design of, a national open water data infrastructure

that supports a variety of needs across the water sector (Chair, USGS and

Co-Chair, NWS)

■ SSWD has defined use cases to identify and prioritize efforts■ The National Flood Interoperability Experiment (NFIE)

■ A regional water supply decision support system to support longer-term water

management decisions in a major river basin

■ An emergency spill response use case

Open Water Data Initiative (OWDI)Ensure Access and Interoperability to Water Data

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Thank you!

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