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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center
U.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Geological SurveyDepartment of the InteriorDepartment of the Interior
EROS Data CenterEROS Data Center
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center
Who Are We?Who Are We?
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center PeoplePeople Who Fly Satellites Who Fly Satellites
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center
PeoplePeopleWho Archive Earth ImagesWho Archive Earth Images
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center
PeoplePeopleWho provide dataWho provide datato the publicto the public
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data CenterPeoplePeopleWho Think and Work Who Think and Work GloballyGlobally
19731973 20002000
Loss of Wetland in Southern IraqLoss of Wetland in Southern Iraq
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data CenterPeoplePeopleWho Respond to DisastersWho Respond to Disasters
May 2001May 2001 June 2002June 2002
Hayman Fire, Hayman Fire, COCO
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data CenterPeople People Who Study Earth ChangesWho Study Earth Changes
Las Vegas in 1973 Las Vegas in 1973 (population 358,400)(population 358,400)
Las Vegas in 2000 Las Vegas in 2000 (population 1,563,280)(population 1,563,280)
Urban SprawlUrban Sprawl
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data CenterPeople who reach out & People who reach out & educateeducate
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Who Are We?Who Are We?
Computer Scientists GeographersComputer Scientists Geographers
Network Engineers Info TechnologistsNetwork Engineers Info Technologists
Geologists Data Base AdministratorsGeologists Data Base Administrators
Records Managers System EngineersRecords Managers System Engineers
Accountants Electrical EngineersAccountants Electrical Engineers
Foresters Biologists PhysicistsForesters Biologists Physicists
Hydrologists Chemists Project ManagersHydrologists Chemists Project Managers
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data Center
Who Are We?Who Are We? 680 People 680 People
Located in over a dozen locations worldwideLocated in over a dozen locations worldwideWorking for 14 employersWorking for 14 employers
Working together: Working together: To promote new users and uses of land To promote new users and uses of land
remote sensing data remote sensing data To ensure ready access to land remote To ensure ready access to land remote
sensing datasensing dataTo safeguard and expand the National To safeguard and expand the National
Archive of land remote sensing data Archive of land remote sensing data
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Changes to USGS Geospatial Programs and ServicesChanges to USGS Geospatial Programs and ServicesAugust 17, 2004August 17, 2004
1.1. Geospatial Information Office (GIO)…unify and Geospatial Information Office (GIO)…unify and integrate the elements of our geospatial programs and integrate the elements of our geospatial programs and servicesservices
2.2. National Geospatial Programs OfficeNational Geospatial Programs Office
3.3. EDC “will be elevated to the status” of “national EDC “will be elevated to the status” of “national capability”capability”
4.4. Geography Discipline will focus efforts on….research Geography Discipline will focus efforts on….research and applicationsand applications
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USGS EROS Data CenterUSGS EROS Data CenterNational Capabilities: “National Capabilities: “activities that represent unique science activities that represent unique science
capabilities that are not replicated elsewhere in the bureaucapabilities that are not replicated elsewhere in the bureau.” .”
Unique: EDC’s combination of engineering and scientific Unique: EDC’s combination of engineering and scientific
expertise collocated with the National Satellite Land Remote expertise collocated with the National Satellite Land Remote
Sensing Data Archive. Sensing Data Archive.
As a national capability, EDC will have As a national capability, EDC will have increased visibility increased visibility
and opportunity to work across the organization in support and opportunity to work across the organization in support
Bureau and Department programs.Bureau and Department programs.
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CapabilitiesCapabilities Interdisciplinary scientific investigations from local to Interdisciplinary scientific investigations from local to
international scale and scopeinternational scale and scope
Multi-mission, land remote sensing data collectionMulti-mission, land remote sensing data collection
Data preservation, access, and distributionData preservation, access, and distribution
Remote sensing education, training, and technical Remote sensing education, training, and technical
assistanceassistance
Integrated information technology and systems Integrated information technology and systems
engineeringengineering
Synthesis and analysis of geospatial information and Synthesis and analysis of geospatial information and
on-line support serviceson-line support services
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““The time is now right and urgent The time is now right and urgent to apply space technology towards to apply space technology towards
the solutions of many pressing the solutions of many pressing natural resource problems natural resource problems
being compounded by population and industrial being compounded by population and industrial growth.”growth.”
Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, 1966Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, 1966