Abstract
 NAIP: Options and Challenges Track: Remote Sensing Imagery Author(s): Louise Mathews, David Davis The USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) provides ortho-rectified imagery for use in the Farm Service Agency as well as numerous other federal, state, and local governments, private business, and individuals. NAIP is one of the largest orthoimagery programs in the country as well as one of the fastest from image acquisition to field usability. The challenges of providing a quality and quick product are ever present. Many factors of the program are reevaluated yearly and changes made when justifiable and possible. Discussion will include: image compression issues, data formats, number of image bands, elevation data, control data, film and digital sensors, radiometric issues, inspection, data distribution, and web services. The key factor in acquiring this imagery is the timely delivery and ease of use by the thousands of USDA county office personnel in more than 2,000 county service centers using ArcGIS. Louise Mathews USDA FSA APFO Geospatial 2222 W 2300 S Salt Lake City , UT 84119 US Phone: 801-975-3500 E-mail: louise.mathews@slc.usda.gov David Davis USDA FSA APFO Geospatial 2222 W 2300 S Salt Lake City , UT 84119 US Phone: 801-975-3500 E-mail: david.davis@slc.usda.gov |
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