West Virginia ViewA West Virginia Remote Sensing Consortium

Timothy Warner1

M. Duane Nellis1,2

Christopher Whitmore1

1Geology and Geography2Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

West Virginia University

AmericaView

• Umbrella Organization• Established as a 501(c)(3) non-

profit in 2003• 15 StateView consortia

members• Sponsored by USGS, $1.6

million dollars funding annually

• Aim is to grow to 50 StateView consortia

• Mission… advance remote sensing… through education, research, outreach and … technology transfer

West Virginia View: Partners• Academic: WVU

– Geology and Geography– Biology– WV GIS Technical Center

• State– WV DEP

• Federal Non-Profit– Canaan Valley Institute

WV View is currently working with additional state colleges that have an interest in remote sensing

WV View: Long Term Aims

Vision: Build a WV remote sensing community• Statewide remote sensing cooperation• Infrastructure development: access to data,

computer resources, and field equipment.• Student education and opportunities• Community outreach activities• Theoretical and applied research relevant to

West Virginia.

www.wvview.org

On-line State Image Archive

77 Landsat Images of WV

WV County Data

County Satellite & DEM

Data Sets

Ohio County

Ohio County Landsat False Color Image30 meter pixels

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Web Access May 1 2003 to April 30 2004

• Average data transfer per day: 4.1 GB/day

• Users per day: 53 • Unique IP addresses:

5974• Hits on files: 33,450

Web Access May 1 2003 to April 30 2004

• Average data transfer per day: 4.1 GB/day

• Users per day: 53 • Unique IP addresses:

5974• Hits on files: 33,450

.edu24%

.com33%

.gov2%

.net

.org2%

.net34%

Appalachian Remote Sensing Conference May 14, 2003. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

You are invited to attend the 2003 Appalachian Remote Sensing Conference. The conference will

be of interest to geospatial professionals and students in government, the private sector, and

education.

Deadline for abstracts: April 4, 2003Sponsored by West Virginia View:

www.wvview.org

NASA Presentation to Dean Nellis, WVU

Future Developments• Grow the Image Archive

– Complete the County Data Sets– Add additional Landsat images

• Sponsor remote sensing education, internship, and research opportunities

• Add new academic remote sensing partners

• Let us know if there are ways we can serve you better