Forest Service Geospatial Management Presented by: Carl Zulick, USFS Geospatial Information Officer April 1, 2014
USFS Mission "Caring for the Land and Serving People" The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and produc@vity of the Na@on s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future genera@ons. Our mission, as set forth by law, is to achieve quality land management under the sustainable mul@ple- use management concept to meet the diverse needs of people. 2
The Geospatial Management Office The GMO is responsible for the policy, oversight, direction, and delivery of the Forest Service geospatial program, including geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, UAV, cartography, photogrammetry, geodesy, and global positioning systems (GPS). GIO Brief, 1/2013 3
Components of the Geospa.al Management Office Geospa.al Informa.on Officer Carl Zulick Headquarters Program Leads Remote Sensing- EvereE Hinkley Geospa.al Services- Betsy Kanalley (Ac.ng) GIS- Lisa McBride Geospa.al Service and Technology Center (GSTC), Salt Lake City Barry Napier, Director Remote Sensing Applica.ons Center (RSAC), Salt Lake City Brian Schwind, Director 4
Geospatial Vision (Where do we want to be in 3-5 years?) Forest Service geospatial and information technology communities advance an enterprise architecture that provides ready access to authoritative, integrated geospatial data for use in spatial analysis and delivery of products and services to support all mission areas. 5
Forest Service Geospatial Strategy 2014-2018 Alignment USDA Mission FS Mission Geospatial Vision Geospatial Strategy Geospatial Goals Line of Sight Geospatial Objectives Geospatial Implementation Tasks 6
Alignment Strategies and plans IR Strategic Framework FS Enterprise Roadmap NRM GIS Strategy Other FS Strategies and Plans USDA Strategic Plan IM&A Strategy FS Strategic Plan FS Geospatial Strategy NSDI Strategic Plan 7
Structure Structure follows the classic model of Vision Goals Objectives Tasks Vision Phase I Phase Goals Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal n Objectives Objective 1.1 Objective 1.2 Objective 1.n Objective 2.1 Objective 2.n Tasks Task 1.1.1 Task 1.1.2 Task 1.1.n Task 2.1.1 Task 2.1.n Measures Measures Measures Measures Measures Measures Phase II 8
Goals and Objectives Goal 1 Data resources needed by the Agency are identified, accessible, and managed throughout their lifecycle. Goal 2 Agency geospatial technology solutions and infrastructures meet user requirements, and are secure, integrated, and managed throughout their lifecycle. Goal 3 Agency employees are informed, skilled, supported, and motivated. Goal 4 Agency geospatial governance authorities, structures and processes are established, integrated, transparent, understood, and business driven. Goal 5 Agency geospatial products and services meet user needs. Technology Data Forest Service Workforce Mission Products and Governance Services 9
FS Strategic Plan Word Cloud 10
Major HQ Data Acquisi.ons FY 13, FY 14, FY 15 NAIP (through FSA $1.3M) IFSAR in Alaska (through USGS/State of AK $350K) Data acquisi@ons may be contracted at Regional or Forest Level, such as the RIM Fire Lidar in CA UAV through NASA, US AF, or Homeland Security, mostly for fire 11
SW & HW Procurements ESRI Enterprise License through Dept Ag Arc GIS Ver 10.1 incl Server ERDAS, ecogni@on and other remote sensing tools Autocad Development of Raster Warehouse 12
Contracts- RSAC RSAC primarily supported by 2 vendors (about 40 staff) under contract, with small government management staff (12) Currently working on about 100 projects Restora@on Efficiencies Sustainability Partnerships Safety Fire Forest Health Contracts awarded for FY 14 work Supported by internal base funding (- 6%) and funding from external customers 13
Contracts GSTC FY 14 and FY 15 Planned- $2,500,000/year (about 10 vendors of all kinds) Cartographic support Project Management Training support Data Maintenance Helpdesk support FS Topo produc@on support Na@onal Photogrammetry Contract Na@onal GIS Support Contract Facility Note funds for contrac/ng reduced 14
Aerial Retardant Avoidance Mapping Annual production of approx. 10,500 quad maps using ArcGIS Data Driven Pages. 15
2014 Farm Bill Section 8204 Designation of Treatment Areas Information provisioned through the GSTC Map Viewer (ArcGIS Server). More information: Tim Love, 801-975- 3432, tblove@fs.fed.us 16
2011 NLCD Percent Tree Canopy Cover Depicts percent tree canopy cover Landsat 30 meter resolu@on Produced by the Forest Service in partnership with Mul@- resolu@on Land Characteris@cs Consor@um (a federal interagency group) 0% 100% Percent tree canopy 17
FS Strategic Growth Areas Mobile technologies and applica@ons development Land use planning and Inventory Monitoring and Assessment (IM&A) Fire geospa@al applica@ons Interna@onal, Research, Recrea@on, Restora@on, Lands, Hydro, and Engineering data and applica@ons Fire data acquisi@on support (UAV, aerial, satellite, Standardiza@on of cartographic products and services across the USFS Discovery and access to data (internal and external) Map usability improvements Data improvement and lifecycle management Geospa@al enterprise architecture Training and Helpdesk Interac@ve maps 18
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Contact Us Geospatial Management Office Carl Zulick Geospatial Information Officer, Asst. Director Engineering USDA Forest Service HQ 1601 North Kent Street, RPC5 Arlington, VA 22209 v 703.605.4599 e cazulick@fs.fed.us 20