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3D Elevation Program (3DEP) NGAC MeetingSeptember 5, 2013

The National Map

+Terrestrial ElevationTarget State – 3DEP

Evaluated 10 alternatives Benefit to cost – 4.7:1 Total benefits - $690

million/year Publically accessible Partnership approach Multiple data products and

services Operational in January

2015 Complete one cycle of

data collection by 2023

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+2012 Inventory Update 3

Data that “meet or partially meet” 3DEP specifications

Meet Partially Meet

Do Not Meet

Quality* QL2 or better QL3 QL4 or

lower

AND OR

Current-ness

Less than or equal to 8 years

old

Older than 8 years

AND OR

Avail-ability Publicly available

Not publicly available

* Except Alaska where data meet 3DEP specifications at QL5 or better

+2012 Inventory Analysis

Data that meet or partially meet 3DEP specifications are available or in progress for 26.4% of the nation (includes AK, HI, PR & VI)

Bar chart depicts the amount of new data coverage that meets or partially meets 3DEP specifications by year since 2005

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What Have We Learned So Far?

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

0.4%

2.4%2.6% 2.6%

3.8%

5.0%

4.5%

5.2%

Of the data collected in 2012, 7% was repeat coverage; this equates to 0.4% of the nation’s area

Repeat coverage may include replacement of lower quality or older data, pre- and post-disaster coverage, collection for change detection, etc.

+Acquisition Plans – Examples

1 year operational plan 3 year acquisition strategy

identifying priority areas based on partnership funding and user needs

8 year target state objective

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Lidar and Ifsar coordinated through the National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP) Committee

Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Mitigation – Example Plan Alaska Mapping Initiative – Example Plan

+3DEP Acquisition Planning

Revise the acquisition approach with input from the 3DEP Executive Forum and NDEP

Establish a Broad Agency Announcement or other contract mechanism to streamline partnership development

USGS Geospatial Liaisons work with state and local partners to facilitate move to new planning strategy

Trial run of some steps (compiling agency requirements and plans against criteria) in FY14

Initiate 3 year planning in FY14

Implement new approach for FY15 (beginning in April, 2014)

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Next Steps

+Managed WorkflowTerrestrial Elevation Source Data and Product Management Modernization

Managed Database

Staged products Project-based DEMs Lidar Point Clouds Ifsar DSMs Metadata

Other Data Package• Deliverable• Deliverable• Metadata

Project Package• Source DEM• Lidar Point Cloud • Intensity Image• Breaklines• Metadata

Delivery Via Portable

Media

Real-Time AccessVia Web Service

Delivery Via Download

Ifsar Project Package• Source DEM• DSM• Intensity Image• Breaklines• Metadata

Lidar Project

Derived Products Pre-generated and Staged

or On Demand

Contour

Hillshade

Legacy Hydro Flattened DEMs1/9, 1/3, 1, 2 Arc second

Coordination

Contract

QA/QC

Receive

Outreach

Accept

PlanningDelivery Services

Legacy NED Data• 1/9 arc second DEMs• 1/3 arc second DEMs• 1, 2 arc second

DEMs• Metadata

Legacy Projects– source DEMs, Lidar point cloud, and Metadata

Create 3DEP Products

Hydro Flattened 1 meter DEMs

1/3, 1, 2 arc second

Future Products• Hydro

Enforced 1 meter DEMs

• Product TBD• Product TBD• Product TBD• Product TBD

Spot Elevation5 meter DEMs

Alaska

Ifsar Project

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+3DEP-Related Funding Increases

FY14 President’s 3DEP Budget +$9M to USGS National Geospatial Program + $1M for Alaska to USGS National Geospatial Program +$2M for coastal elevation to USGS Natural Hazards/Coastal

Marine Program +$750k for ecosystem data to USGS National Geospatial Program +$7M to NOAA +$500K to NPS for Alaska ifsar

Hurricane Sandy Supplemental +$3.1M approved, additional $4M requested Other agencies?

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FY13 and FY14

+Key Support

Endorsements National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP) – Member Federal Agencies National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

Appropriations Letters of Support National Society of Professional Surveyors American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. (ASFM) Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) (DRAFT – in process)

Capacity Statement - MAPPS

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+Key Milestones

Requirements and program recommendations – Complete

Establish Executive Forum - Complete

Implementation plan – November, 2013

Data acquisition transition to 3DEP specifications – Complete except for select planned projects

NED modernization – April, 2014

Lidar and ifsar services – September, 2014

New 3DEP products and services – January, 2015

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+3DEP Resources

NEEA Report

3DEP webpage

USGS Fact Sheets NEEA at a glance 3D Elevation

Program

Resources in work State information

sheets Journal articles

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http://nationalmap.gov/3DEP

+3DEP Review Questions

Is the content complete or are there any gaps or omissions in the plan?

Is USGS doing everything that it can to bring states into the fold and to support their efforts to secure partnership funds?

What are the programmatic and technical risks and what are some key strategies to mitigate those risk?

Are there funding opportunities or strategies that the plan should address?

Are there critical linkages to other organizations or efforts that we need to take advantage of?

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NGAC provided responses and recommendations relating to the following questions.

+3DEP Implementation Plan

Expand and consolidate the sections on the roles of states. Information about the states’ roles is included in the plan, but needs to be consolidated into one area that allows states to find this information more efficiently.

Expand the section on other federal agencies roles in the implementation of 3DEP, including information concerning the MAP 21 Initiative.

Expand the section on roles and responsibilities of the private sector.

Develop a risk section.

Consider adding information about the Administration’s Open Data Policy and its impact on the plan.

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NGAC Recommendations

+NGAC Statement of Support

“The NGAC approves the 3DEP Summary Paper, endorses the direction of the 3DEP Implementation Plan, and encourages the USGS with its partners to actively implement the plan. The NGAC welcomes other opportunities to provide input and feedback to the 3DEP Initiative.”

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3DEP Implementation Plan