1. An Orthoimagery Program for ME GeoLibrary Geospatial Work Group

2. 2009 Geolibrary Strategic Plan  Stakeholders input gathered through forums, on-line surveys and personal interviews  Government  Academia  Business  Not-for-profit organizations  The need to provide current and accurate geospatial data was at the top of the list of stakeholder needs  Current high resolution orthoimagery was on everyone’s list  The Geolibrary established a subcommittee to make recommendations for new statewide orthoimagery

3. Orthoimagery Subcommittee  Dan Walters - Chair, US Geological Survey  Sarah Tucker - Town of Bethel  Tom Marcotte - Maine DOT, Office of Information Technology  Brett Horr - Town of York  Greg Miller - Maine Forest Service  John Root - City of Rockland  Larry Harwood - Maine Office of GIS, Office of Information Technology  Brian Norris - James W. Sewall Company  Ken Murchison - Northern Maine Development Corporation  Sean Gambrel - City of Bangor

4. Phase 1 – getting the committee up-to-speed  Review the users needs  Understand the state-of-the-art for orthoimagery production  Review Existing Standards and Specifications  National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS)  Content Standards for Digital Orthoimagery  National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA)  Model USGS Orthoimagery specification published for the ARRA Orthoimagery program

5. Phase 2 - What’s Realistic  Reasonable annual budget  Not practical to acquire entire state in one year  Must break state into groups  Not all areas need new imagery at the same rate  Need to consider varying refresh cycles  All major stakeholders must help fund the work  There needs to be a schedule so organizations can budget

6. Phase 3 - Program Recommendations  Letter of support for federally sponsored “Imagery for the Nation”  11 groups flown on a rotating cycle of 3 years (groups 1-3) or 5 years (groups 4-8 & groups N1-N3)  Base resolutions of 2 foot (groups 1-8) and 3.3 foot (groups N1 – N3)  Published schedule of when each group would be flown  Facilitate buy-ups with funds from organizations interested in high quality products  The imagery would be natural color and flown leaf-off in the spring without snow  Airborne GPS and IMU will be used for control  10 meter USGS DEMs will be used at a minimum for orthorectification  Use USGS base orthoimagery specifications will be used as a guide for all contracts

7. Specifications: 11 groups flown on rotating basis Groups 1-3: every 3 years Groups 4 – 8: every 5 years Groups N1 – N3: every 5 years Groups 1 – 8: 2 foot resolution Groups N1 – N3: 3.3 foot resolution Example: Groups 1, 4 and N1would be flown in year 1. Group 1 would be flown again in year 4 while groups 4 and N1 would be flown again in year 6. About $500,000/year Local buy-ups to upgrade products

8. Program Status  Program to start 2012  2012 > Groups 3, 4 & N1  2013 > Groups 2, 5 & N2  2014 > Groups 1, 6 & N3  2015 > Groups 3 & 7  2016 > Groups 2 & 8  Working with federal, state and county agencies for base program funding  Towns can buy up  Need commitments before 10/1/11, but sooner is better

9. Program Status (continued)  Exploring 3-way split between federal, state and county  Will be year-to-year until program gains momentum, value is realized and appears as regular item in stakeholder budgets  Positive meeting with county administrators  County administrators established subcommittee to initiate discussions with county commissioners  GeoLibrary applied for return on investment grant from FGDC with support letters from 4 state agency commissioners  GeoLibrary plans to apply for USGS Partnership funds

10. area sq. mi.area $annual $ N11,911$57,330 group 43,006$210,420 group 32,486$174,020$441,770 N25,335$160,050 group 53,277$229,390 group 21,817$127,190$516,630 N35,701$171,030 group 64,167$291,690 group 12,569$179,830$642,550 group 72,181$152,670 group 32,486$174,020$326,690 group 82,949$206,430 group 21,817$127,190$333,620 Projected cost for 5 year statewide contract

11. TOTAL COST PER YEAR BY COUNTY FOR BASIC PROGRAM USING VENDOR ESTIMATES COUNTYSECTORSQUAREANNUALTOTAL ANNUALCOUNTY COST MILESCOST AT 33.3% Androscoggin2497$11,594 $3,860.65 Aroostook1316$7,363 42850$39,903 N2966$5,794 N32691$16,147 $69,207$23,046.02 Cumberland31217$28,393 $9,454.78 Franklin81312$18,373 N2431$2,584 $20,956$6,978.51 Hancock5475$6,644 71262$17,671 N1606$3,638 $27,954$9,308.71 Kennebec2950$22,176 $7,384.69 Knox11119$26,115 $8,696.25 Lincoln1699$16,312 $5,431.88 Oxford81637$22,914 N2538$3,230 $26,144$8,705.94

12. Penobscot1436$10,164 4157$2,194 5608$8,507 61389$19,445 767$944 N1245$1,469 N3653$3,920 $46,641$15,531.45 Piscataquis61163$16,278 N2926$5,553 N32286$13,718 $35,550$11,837.99 Sagadahoc2370$8,628 $2,873.14 Somerset61616$22,624 N22475$14,849 $37,473$12,478.50 Waldo7852$11,929 $3,972.41 Washington52196$30,739 N11060$6,362 $37,102$12,354.85 York31269$29,617 $9,862.30

13. How do towns benefit?  Orthoimagery subsidized by base program  Economies of scale of statewide program provide additional savings  Administrative costs of program are shared across all communities  Financial participation from other stakeholders for buy- ups

14. What can you do to support the program?  Letter to county commissioners encouraging county financial participation  Letter of financial commitment to buy-up as soon as possible to build momentum for program  Explain importance of state government participation as the opportunity arises

15. Comments or Questions?