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International Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center (EDC) in Support of Bioinformatics For the Inter-American Workshop on Environmental Data Access. Campinas, Brazil, March 2004 U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center By Eric van Praag, USGS EROS Data Center Department of the Interior Secretary DOI U.S. Geological Survey Office of Surface Mining Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Minerals Management Service Bureau of Reclamation National Park Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) One of 8 bureaus of the U.S. Department of the Interior Provides impartial, credible earth science information 10,000 employees in over 220 offices nationwide Disciplines: Geography Geology Water Biology Land Remote Sensing from Space: Acquisition to Applications Earth Observation Satellites USGS National Archive Challenge Data Applications • Land Cover • Declassified Systems • Preserve • Landsat 1-5 • Provide Access • Fire Danger Rating • NOAA - POES • Process • DOI Land Management • Shuttle Radar • Reproduce • Natural Hazards • Landsat 7 (1999) • Distribute • Coastal Zones • NASA-EOS (1999) • Hold in Trust • Environmental Monitoring • High Resolution Systems Expanding to over 18 million images of the earth! • Emergency Response EDC International Program Projects in support of bioinformatics Invasive species monitoring and modeling Conservation in Madagascar Land use/cover mapping in the Caribbean Famine and Early Warning System for Central America Spatial data cataloging (Clearinghouses) GIS Web Services for agricultural monitoring and environmental control Mesoamerican and Caribbean Geospatial Alliance Data integration: The National Map Basic data generation Data dissemination Integration / SDI Water Hyacinth on Lake Victoria, East Africa Case Study: Monitoring Rwandan lakes with high resolution satellite data Major Management Effort watershed management control measures water hyacinth management public sensitization water hyacinth utilization monitoring activities o Lac Mahindi, Rwanda was reported to be heavily infested by water hyacinth. This lake and others are scheduled for weevil release. IP ordered an Ikonos acquisition to confirm the infestation and establish a pre-biocontrol baseline Early warning and monitoring in Madagascar Activities: • Assist in the establishment of Clearinghouses and other data dissemination mechanisms. • Provide GIS/RS support to environmental agencies. • Develop land cover maps and other data products • Determine forest change. • Provide fire and cloud data. • Provide training in geospatial data visualization Sample products Caribbean-wide land use/cover mapping Dynamic Products: Digital (CD, Internet Map Server) Internet Map Server Applications for Diverse Clients (browser) Land Cover Land Use Urban Expansion Natural Vegetation Gap Analysis Agricultural Class. Forest Density Carbon Stocks Source Data and Rules for Specific Client Applications Landslide Risk Flood Risk Basin Delineation Vulnerable Populations Ridge to Reef Analyses Terrestrial/Marine DEMs Commodity/Parcel Certification Historical Land Change Sample product Dominica Network for Food Security in Mesoamerica MFEWS Products Main Objective: Support mechanisms to monitor, integrate and disseminate information for better decision-making related to food security Rainfall Estimates Rain Gauge Stations Water Satisfaction Index Natural Vegetation Index Other MFEWS products Basin Excess Rainfall Map Water Requirement Satisfaction Index Moisture Index Onset of Rains Soil Water Index Data cataloguing and dissemination Activities: • Assistance in establishing Clearinghouses in Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Venezuela, Dom.Rep., Nicaragua, Salvador, Peru, Costa Rica. • Clearinghouse temporary hosting at EDC. • Training in Clearinghouse implementation and metadata development. • Continuous technical assistance • Funding support to establish first systems. • Acquisition of hardware and software Search criteria: gateway Search results Metadata Clearinghouse web site GIS web services for crop marketing and environmental monitoring Project Profile: • Countries: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Dom. Rep. • Partners: National coffee and agricultural agencies. • Funding: $800,000 • Products: web site (national and regional) GIS web services Coffee maps Maps of source origin Assorted spatial products Environmental monitoring MACGA, a Mesoamerican and Caribbean Geospatial Alliance • Objective: Support better data integration and strengthening of national SDIs. • Partners: More than 30 agencies - in the region and outside. • Support: USAID – $230,000 ESRI – More than $1,000,000 in software donations, trainers OAS – $8,000 in travel support AED – $50,000 UNEP – Donation of satellite images NIMA – Trainers and DEM data EDC – Coordination National agencies – Development of products • Products/Results: GIS web services Spatial data catalogs Integration of products Planning sessions GIS training Technical support Standards SDI USGS, The National Map Layers: Topography, orthoimages, hydrography, transportation network, infrastructure, administrative boundaries, land cover, geographic names. Details: Data is available in several decentralized GIS web services, each agency maintains its own datasets. Scope: U.S. national coverage, seamless data, incorporates more than 20 partners and projects. Spatially-enabled environmental information: the way forward • Integration of spatial and environmental information offers great potential today. • Experiences of EDC, CONABIO, INBIO and CRIA offer a valid model. • There is a broad gamut of potential applications: • • • • • • Monitoring and prediction of epidemic outbreaks. Monitoring the spread of invasive species and agricultural pests. Species distribution prediction. Monitoring the impact of agricultural production. Evaluation of land cover change. And many more . . . • The hurdle, collecting some of the basic information, has been overcome. Spatially-enabled environmental information: opportunities for collaboration IABIN Biodiversity Information MACGA GIS Web Services SDI PAIGH Spatial data SDI SYNERGIES INTEGRATION COLLABORATION EDC Spatial information Clearinghouse/SDI CP-IDEA Spatial data SDI NASA/CCAD Geospatial center for Central America Links USGS: www.usgs.gov EROS Data Center: http://edc.usgs.gov EROS – International Program: http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov National Map: http://nationalmap.usgs.gov MACGA: http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/macga.html FEWS: http://www.fews.net Dominican coffee: http://www.dominicancoffee.com Clearinghouse El Salvador: http://clearinghouse.cnr.gob.sv/metadatos/index EROS DATA CENTER THANKS