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WORKSHOP BACKGROUND:
-USGS/EDC Remote Sensing/Geospatial Data Hurricane Conference Calls prior to 2005 (Mostly DOI staff and few agencies-FEMA)
Brenda Jones/Ron Risty
-Example Hurricane Lili in 2002; Floirda in 2004
-Pre Hurricane Season 2005 Imagery/Geospatial Data Coordination
meeting (Stennis Space Center)
-Federal/State/Local agencies representing Louisiana & Mississippi
-Disaster Response Remote Sensing/Geospatial Data Coordination
Phone Conference Calls
-Recommended by Steve Ambrose/NASA/Emergency Response Office
-Katrina (Rita & Wilma)
-Calls went out initially to 15 people (Mostly to key
imagery/geospatial data coordinators involved in impacted
states or agencies)
-During the height of the phone calls had over 100 people
involved in calls.
-Coordinate conventional aerial imagery
acquisition/over flights coverage areas for post
Katrina/Rita/Wilma damage assessments and surveys.
-Coordinate or announce other available over flights
(Pictometry, Digital Globe, NASA, DOD,
International Satellites, other private sector)
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-Now there are over 120 people on the phone conf. call list
(Fed, State, Local, Universities including key DOD and
DHS/FEMA org.)
-Held daily (7 days/week) Conf. calls during the Hurricane Season
which ends about first part of November. On occasion went to
weekly calls. Meet one time in December. Will meet on
requested occasion
-Action Items for Disaster Response Phone Conf. Calls
-Remote Sensing Imagery Data Requirements (formats, projections,
compression ratios, minimum metadata, naming conventions,
etc)
-Unmanned Airborne Vehicle Platform Imagery for Emergency
(Disaster) Response. This workshop is a result.
-Infrastructure/web portals/web services needed for data and
product delivery during emergencies.
Next Scheduled Disaster Response Phone Conf. Call: Dec. 19, 2006 at 2:30 (1430) pm CST.
*Contact Brenda Jones if you would like to be added to the list.
Email: bkjones@usgs.gov or Phone: 605-594-6510
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UAV Workshop Planning Group:
-Brenda Jones/USGS
-Ron Risty/USGS
-Sherry Durst/NORTHCOMM
-Joseph Iandoli/DHS/FEMA
-Brent Yantis/Univ. of La. at
Lafayette/Regional Applications
Center
-Carol Giffin/USGS/GIO/CR/Federal
Liaison
-Godon Wells/Univ. of Texas/Texas Air
National Guard
-Sgt. John Harrington/U. S. Army/82nd
Airborne Div.
-Larry Handley/USGS/National Wetlands
Research Center/Geographer
-C. "Pat" O'Neil/USGS/Geospatial Liaison
for Louisiana