1. USGS EROS Emergency Operations Management and Distribution Systems
Ryan Longhenry
USGS EROS Center
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey

2. USGS/EROS Remote Sensing Liaison
Provide Federal, State, and Local organizations with timely and relevant pre- and post-event remotely sensed imagery and information
24x7 on-call support and coordination for satellite and aerial image access, acquisition, reception, delivery, and archival
Facilitate data scheduling, availability, and image coordination as required
Host the Remote Sensing Working Group (RSWG) coordination calls for geospatial requirements and remote sensing activities (on request)
Image access and delivery through Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)
Collection requirements through Collection Management System (CMT)
US representation for International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’

3. Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)
Data Holdings
HDDS currently holds over 395 TB of data representing over 9.6 million files
Public: 262 TB (8.9+ million files)
Restricted: 177 TB (1.3+ million files)
Represents over 1200 baseline and disaster events
Data Distribution
Over the last 12 months, the HDDS systems have distributed over 65,000 files to the disaster response community.
5/19/2011 SPOT-5 of Rolling Fork, MS
Collected via the USAF Eagle Vision Program
© CNES 2011, Distribution Astrium Services / Spot Image S.A., France,All rights reserved

4. Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)
History of HDDS
The Hazards Data Distribution System was developed while supporting Hurricane Katrina in 2005
Consisted primarily of an directory structure which allowed the response to easily obtain imagery in an organized fashion via FTP delivery
Migrated to a web-based HTTP structure in 2006
Utilized the same directory-based searching mechanism as the previous version
Redesign as a graphical interface in 2010
Allowed users to input search criteria and obtain results interactively
In 2012, additional capabilities were added to support data export and registration
Migrated to the USGS “EarthExplorer” framework in April 2014
Shared code, architecture, and user interaction
Provides enhanced capabilities and functionality

5. USGS HDDS Explorer http://hddsexplorer.usgs.gov
Interactive map-based interface
EarthExplorer “look & feel”
Search by event, location, date
Includes multi-event searches
On-demand WMS delivery
Save previous searches and criteria
Standing request notification service
RSS feed for newly ingested data
Bulk delivery capability via downloadable web-based client
Metadata export in multiple formats (e.g. CSV, KML, SHP, etc.)
Directory-based access for all non-ingested (“ad hoc”) datasets
Graphical data viewing with browse and footprint area overlay
Overview Video

6. Bulk Distribution Capabilities
The Bulk Download Application is a Java-based client application that is utilized to stream data from EE/GloVis/HDDS to the end user.
EROS offers bulk media delivery for users with large volume requests or minimal bandwith throughput

7. Emergency Operations Ingest System (EIS)
EIS ingest provides:
Standardized product packaging and format (GeoTIFF)
Map-based, interactive searching and browse/footprint viewing capability on graphical HDDSExplorer requires ingested data
Metadata query and filtering capability
Georeferenced metadata and browse files to support user search and communications functionality (e.g. shapefiles, KML)
After ingest, all original (vendor-supplied ) files are stored and available via ad-hoc distribution area
Designated within HDDS ad-hoc directories as “NATIVE”
All original (vendor-supplied ) files that cannot be ingested are also stored and available via ad-hoc distribution area
Designated within HDDS ad-hoc directories as “NON_INGESTED”
Bullet two important b/c reprojected….

8. EIS Available Platforms
AERIAL                                  
LANDSAT
ALSAT                                       
MAP_PRODUCTS
AQUA                                      
NIGERIASAT
BEIJING                                  
PLANET
Civil Air Patrol
PLEIADES
COSMO                                 
QUICKBIRD
DEIMOS        
RADARSAT
DEM                                       
RAPIDEYE
ENVISAT
SENTINEL
EO                                              
SPOT
FORMOSAT
TERRA
GEOEYE
TERRASARX
GEOPDF
UKDMC
IKONOS
WORLDVIEW
International Space Station

9. Emergency Operations Ingest System (EIS)
Output Files from EIS
Full-resolution Imagery (reformatted to geotiff)
Image browse (thumbnail) graphic
Compressed low/medium quality imagery (40%/90% JPG-compressed)
includes .jpg and .jpw (world) file
Shapefiles (GIS-based representation of HDDS holdings; aggregated by dataset)
Metadata (aggregated by dataset except where noted below)
Comma Separated Values (CSV)
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) – file based
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format (v2.1)
Extensible Markup Language (XML) format (v1.0)
Native imagery – contains original file packaging and format from vendor
EIS file content definitions provided in the HDDS Quick Guide:

10. Collection Management Tool (CMT)
Released in February 2015
Allows users to submit and monitor Data Acquisition Requests (DARs)
Also allows users to view public image requests and areas-of-interest (AOIs) that have been submitted by other users
Includes direct linkage to HDDS, allowing users to view available imagery for active EO events.
Provides automated notification as imagery is collected in support of a request.
Includes DAR workflow management and communications functionality (approval, vendor submission, closure/cancellation, etc.)

11. Collection Management Tool (CMT)

12. Collection Management Tool (CMT)
Features
Interactive map-based interface
EarthExplorer “look and feel”
Search by event
Shared login credentials (user/password) with EE/HDDS
Manage user profile and settings
Enter, review, or update a Data Acquisition Request (DAR)
AOI can be entered as text coordinates, interactive map, or KML/SHP
View other submitted DARs (public only)
View HDDS coverage status
Request a new emergency event for HDDS (‘unsupported event’)
Change/view map layers or add your own (login required)
Close an image request and provide collection feedback
YouTube Video
Full HDDS2 functionality requires EIS ingest (discussed later)
Continuous development being planned to enhance performance, and usability - send your feedback or comments…

13. USGS EarthExplorer http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
Allows for searching across multiple data collections
Accepts user-defined input criteria
Modular design
Developed in 2008
300+ data sets currently available

14. Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis)
“Point and Click”user interface
Browse-based
Satellite centric
Utilizes existing EE capabilities
Distributable source code

15. QUESTIONS?

16. BACK UP SLIDES

17. USGS EO Portal hdds.usgs.gov

18. USGS HDDS Explorer hddsexplorer.usgs.gov – Based on Events

19. USGS HDDS Explorer Additional Criteria tab

20. USGS HDDS Explorer Results tab

21. USGS HDDSExplorer Bulk Order and Download

22. USGS HDDS Explorer Desktop Bulk Download Application (BDA)

23. USGS CMT cmt.usgs.gov

24. USGS CMT Active Events

25. USGS CMT Data Acquisition Request (DAR) Form

26. USGS CMT DAR modification options
Export as KML