U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

USGS/EROS Emergency OperationsJoint NASA/USDA Forest ServiceWildfire Recovery Initiative Workshop

28-29 November 2007

Presented By:

G. R. Mah, SAICContract employee under U.S. Geological Survey contract 03CRCN0001

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Overview and Agenda

USGS/EROS Emergency Operations (EO) Project

FY2007 WorkData PopulationSystem Development and Implementation

Plans for FY2008

California Wildfires Response Activities

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USGS/EROS EO Project DefinitionSupport federal, state and local agencies by supplying

priority geospatial information over domestic and international areas of interest (pre- and post-event)

How ?Promote USGS’ role in supporting Disaster Response activitiesProvide training to the user community on USGS/EO capabilitiesOrganize and make USGS imagery and other geospatial data

available on a priority basisDevelop methods for efficient data ingest, discovery, and delivery

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EO Data Access and DistributionWeb Mapping Service (WMS) Users

Users require viewing access to data, but do not necessarily need to possess the data

USGS/EROS EO data holdings are accessed through user’s GIS client

EO will service these users through the prototype Pixia system as well as Seamless service capabilities

FTP or Download UsersUsers require access to data and want a local full-resolution

copy of dataData will be delivered in compressed image tile form (ZIP)EO will service these users through the Hazards Data

Distribution Server (HDDS)

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EO Technical Liaison ServicesSupport FEMA executive agent

Provide coordination for scheduling, acquisition, processing, archiving, and dissemination of all emergency image acquisitions according per Standard Operating Procedure for USGS Response to Requests for Emergency Acquisition of Imagery (Pre-Scripted Mission Assignments)

Provide information as requested for DHS IRSCC operations Provide information as requested for FEMA NRCC operations Support FEMA Joint Field Office operations by providing on-site

support by deploying subject matter experts as requested

Provide support to local, state, and federal agencies by attending telecons, meetings, workshops, gathering input for system requirements, and other activities as required Support the USGS State Liaisons with data needs

Support the International Charter

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Area-Of-Interest – All Data Combined

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Pixia Web Mapping Service (WMS) Lightweight Data Access Via WMS

IQ Viewer - http://iq.usgs.gov WMS Quick-Look Viewer and Interactive GIS Viewer in EO Portal Direct WMS Access from GIS Client -

http://iq.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/nuiwms.exe? Pixia WMS Uses NUI File Format for Rapid Data Access and Larger Number

of Concurrent Users ~42 GetMaps per sec Measured Using Pixia WMS Test Tool with 30

Concurrent Users Same Performance Serving NUIs from Either Direct-Attached SCSI RAIDs or

from Storage Area Network (SAN) NUI Encoding

~80-100 GB/Hr for Single Job; ~240-280 GB/Hr for Up to Four Concurrent Jobs End-to-End Throughput

1 GB/Hr Loading Data from USB Hard Drive to SAN Process Time of ~5 Hours for 100 GB of Data from Ingest to WMS Availability,

Longer for Larger Data Sets…

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Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)Now Available from EO Portal Quick Downloads

http://hdds.usgs.govAdvertise and disseminate the same holdings as Pixia to

users that want full-resolution imagery downloadsHDDS also holds imagery not suitable for WMS access

LIDAR, RADAR and other derived products such as DEMs and Landcover maps

Restricted and/or licensed data Coverage for areas not currently included in Pixia, i.e. – International,

Non-CONUS Moderate and/or low-resolution data (non-aerial data sets)

Added Capability to Search/Discover by Either Event/Disaster Response Data or Baseline/Pre-Event

Plan to Implement Graphical Search/Discovery – Tiled Data Delivery System (TDDS)

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Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)

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EO PortalProvide comprehensive front-end to USGS/EROS EO

project data and resources Single point of entry for Emergency Response user community Access to documentation as well as to data Replace current HDDS “Welcome” screen

Provide consolidated access to: Pixia Viewer and WMS HDDS via Tiled and direct FTP downloads Seamless and other IADD services

Provide EO specific information, i.e. – presentations, announcements, special projects

Possibly distribute USGS “Hurricane Maps”

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EOportal.cr.usgs.gov or hdds.usgs.gov

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EO Portal – WMS Quick-Look Viewer

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EO Portal – Interactive GIS Viewer

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EO Portal – GIS Resources, WMS Links

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FY2008 New Initiatives National Guard Bureau (NGB) Interface for Data Distribution

Provide Data Access Via National Guard Satellite Communications Network GeoPDF and GeoTIFF Product Distribution

Pixia WMS Re-Projection Capability Prototype Tested During California Files – Conversion-on-the-Fly Between

NAD83 to WGS84 Datums

Pixia Web Coverage Service (WCS) Prototype Prototype WCS Developed by Pixia – Awaiting Test Client Development

NUI File Exchange with DHS/FEMA EO Portal Phase II – Implement Tiled Data Delivery System (TDDS)

Graphical Selection of Image Tiles Replace FTP with HTTP Data Access for Web Downloads Direct FTP Access to Directories Still Available

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EO Project CA Fires Response Activities

Loaded Pre-Event Data for Los Angeles, San Diego, and Ventura Counties High Resolution Aerial Data, Satellite Data, GeoMAC Fire Perimeters

Activated International Charter (IC) to Receive Foreign Moderate-Resolution Satellite Data

Worked with FEMA, USGS State Liaison, USFS, NASA, and State/Local Agencies to Identify Data to be Loaded and Provide Status Via Daily Telecons

Loaded Event/Disaster-Response Data High-Resolution and Moderate Resolution Satellite Data NASA Ikhana UAS Data Sanborn Aerial Data into HDDS Only – Not Orthorectified…

Moved Up EO Portal Release Date to Support Disaster-Response Activities

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Pre-Event/Baseline Data Loaded

Public Access Data- Landsat 5- USDA NAIP- High-Resolution Urban Area Aerial Data

Restricted Access Data- Ikonos and QuickBird from NGA/WARP- ALOS AVNIR and PALSAR (JAXA via IC)- ResourceSAT AWIFS (ISRO Via IC)

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NAIP and High-Resolution Aerial Data

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Post-Event Data Loaded

Public Access Data Restricted Access Data

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Post-Event QuickBird Data

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Mission Viejo Base Layer with Fire Perimeters

Mission Viejo Base Layer- 2007, 1 foot Resolution- Acquired by AirPhoto USA

Fire Perimeters- Current Shown in Yellow- Updated Daily (or More Often)- Historical Shown in Gray- From GeoMAC- wildfires.cr.usgs.gov

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Pre-Event/Baseline Data Loaded PIXIA WMS

200601_los_angeles_county_ca_1ft 200601_san_diego_county_ca_1ft 2006_naip_ca_1m (USDA) 200704_san_bernardino_ca_1ft 2007_mission_viejo_ca_0x3048m

HDDS (FTP Access) 200601_los_angeles_county_ca_1ft 200601_san_diego_county_ca_1ft 2006_naip_ca_1m (USDA) 200704_san_bernardino_ca_1ft 2007_mission_viejo_ca_0x3048m 1 scene IKONOS - restricted access (GeoEye – NGA) 5 scenes of Quickbird - restricted access (Digital Globe – NGA) 6 scenes Landsat 5 Multi-scene 2007 L5 special mosaic product (USFS/BARC) 1 scene AWIFS – estricted access (ESA – International Charter) 2003 IFSAR data (NOAA) 2 scenes SPOT – restricted access (SPOT Image – International Charter) 11 scenes ALOS – restricted access (JAXA – International Charter)

3 AVNIR-2 8 PALSAR

14 MERIS Scenes – restricted access (ESA – International Charter)

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Event/Disaster-Response Data Loaded PIXIA WMS

Loaded all historical and current fire perimeter data 14 scenes QuickBird RGB from Oct 22-25 13 scenes QuickBird PAN from Oct 22-25

HDDS (FTP Access) 10 EO-1 Images (NASA – USGS)

5 Hyperion 5 ALI

11 scenes Landsat 7 Updated fire perimeters/shapefiles daily (RDDS – USGS) 1 scene AWIFS Oct 26, 2007 – restricted access (ESA – USDA) 8 BARC datasets listed by fire 1 scene TerraSAT-X (TerraSAR-X) Oct 29, 2007 (German Prototype – International Charter) 7 NASA/Ikhana UAS files, listed by fire 1 scenes SPOT – restricted access (SPOT Image – International Charter) 7 scenes ALOS – restricted access (JAXA – International Charter)

3 AVNIR-2 4 PALSAR

12 scenes QuickBird – restricted access (Digital Globe – NGA) 10 scenes IKONOS – restricted access (GeoEye – NGA) ~1300 Raw images of San Diego (Sanborn LLC – San Diego County) 20 scenes ASTER (NASA/ERSDAC – USGS)

10 L1A 10 L1B

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Questions/Discussion