1. 1 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey National Center for EROS Remote Sensing Technologies Group NOAA March 2005 Greg Stensaas USGS EROS stensaas@usgs.gov Greg Stensaas USGS EROS stensaas@usgs.gov

2. 2 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey IADIWG Inter-Agency Digital Imagery Work Group (IADIWG) established Cooperating agencies: BOR, BLM, COE, EPA, FSA, FWS, NIST, NGA, NOAA, NRCS, USFS, and USGS Kickoff meeting held and draft charter developed Draft specifications, guidelines, and standards for digital image acquisition being worked Host workshop to review draft specifications, guidelines, and standards – Summer 2005 Draft Final presented to ASPRS PECORA 16 - October 2005 Other potential efforts Other digital data types and data formats Help compile aerial data requirements and contract vehicles ASPRS PDAD Geospatial Image Quality Commission

3. 3 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey CORS: Constantly Operating Reference Station: National Geodetic Survey/NOAA http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/ GSOS: GPS Surface Observing System: Forecast Systems Lab/NOAA http://gpsmet.noaa.gov/jsp/index.jsp SURFRAD: Surface Radiation Budget Network: Surface Radiation Research Branch/NOAA http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/ SURFRAD consist of a tower and instrument platform. The requirements are the same. CRN: Climate Reference Network: National Climatic Data Center/NOAA http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/uscrn/index.html CRN consists of a rain gauge fenced area and a tower. The requirements are the same. NOAA Network Agreements @ EDC