Data Management Plan
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Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture
Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by
USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA
strategic goals centered on agricultural production.
These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources
while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities
are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to
increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by
acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected
during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP
ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a
fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation
programs. Ortho imagery provides an effective, intuitive
means of communication about farm program administration
between FSA and stakeholders.
New technology and innovation is identified by fostering and
maintaining a relationship with vendors and government
partners, and by keeping pace with the broader geospatial
community. As a result of these efforts the NAIP program
provides three main products: DOQQ tiles,
Compressed County Mosaics (CCM), and Seamline shape files
The Contract specifications for NAIP imagery have changed
over time reflecting agency requirements and improving
technologies. These changes include image resolution,
horizontal accuracy, coverage area, and number of bands.
In general, flying seasons are established by FSA and are
targeted for peak crop growing conditions. The NAIP
acquisition cycle is based on a minimum 3 year refresh of base
ortho imagery. The tiling format of the NAIP imagery is based
on a 3.75' x 3.75' quarter quadrangle with a 300 pixel buffer
on all four sides. NAIP quarter quads are formatted to the UTM
coordinate system using the North American Datum of 1983.
NAIP imagery may contain as much as 10% cloud cover per tile.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO)
Phone: 801-844-2922
Email: apfo.sales@slc.usda.gov
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Process Steps:
- 2012-05-07 00:00:00 - Digital frames captured with a ZI Intergraph DMC with a footprint of 7680 x 13824 pixels were used to create Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles. DMC Serial Numbers 001, 013, 033 and 137 installed in a Rockwell 690A Turbo Commander, a Gulfstream 840 Commander, a Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander, and a Piper Cheyenne 1; N771BA, N910FC, N167R, and N400CM were used to fly this area at 28,900'. Calibration reports are on file with the USDA. There are four camera heads which correspond to the bands captured. Their general spectral ranges are Blue: 400nm-580nm; Green: 500nm-650nm; Red: 590nm-675nm; and NIR: 675nm-850nm. 12 micron frames were captured at eight bits with 2.5 - 2.7 foot pixel using Windows Server 2003; ZI Mission Planning 6.2; Intergraph GeoMedia 6.0; DMC Image Analyst 6.2; DMC Post Processing 6.1; ZI Image Viewer 6.1; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Excel; Delorme XMap 4.5 and Adobe PhotoShop. Flights ASL was 28,900 feet. The state was flown in blocks for efficiency of capture and in order to accommodate the different elevations throughout the state. The camera firmware version is 2.1. Flight planning software includes Delorme 4.5; Delorme Photo Flight 2.1.6; ZI Inflight V06.01.20.16; ZI ImageView V06.01.20.16 ; ArcView 3.2; Microsoft Access; and POSAV 2.1. Ground control points were collected by Photo Science crews. External Orientation files created from ABGPS data in Applanix POSPac MMS Version 5.2 and are rectified using ImageStation Project Manager 5.2; Intergraph GeoMedia 6.0; and Intergraph OrthoPro 5.2. Extensive Quality Control checks are performed on the data throughout the production process. Processed RAW Frames are checked for spectral compliance. Rectified frames are checked for spatial accuracy and also spectral compliance. DOQQs are thoroughly checked for spectral and spatial accuracy in Iras/C and Adobe PhotoShop. CCMs are checked for overall spectral compliance and spatial accuracy in ArcGIS. Seamline shapefiles are checked for gaps, slivers, overlaps and multipart features by building a topology in ArcGIS. Ground control points are read off of rectified frames as a double-check and final DOQQs are used to calculate RMSE values in MicroStation and Excel. Frames are rectified with 10 meter NEDs in Intergraph OrthoPro. This surface is checked for errors at the mosaicked DOQQ level. If any areas presented problems, they are noted in a Digital Elevation Model Errors ASCII text file.
(describe or provide URL of description):
6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 3.1. Responsible Party for Data Management
- 4.1. Have resources for management of these data been identified?
- 4.2. Approximate percentage of the budget for these data devoted to data management
- 5.2. Quality control procedures employed
- 7.1. Do these data comply with the Data Access directive?
- 7.1.1. If data are not available or has limitations, has a Waiver been filed?
- 7.1.2. If there are limitations to data access, describe how data are protected
- 7.3. Data access methods or services offered
- 7.4. Approximate delay between data collection and dissemination
- 8.1. Actual or planned long-term data archive location
- 8.3. Approximate delay between data collection and submission to an archive facility
- 8.4. How will the data be protected from accidental or malicious modification or deletion prior to receipt by the archive?
(describe or provide URL of description):
7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
There are no limitations for access.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/imagery/search/where:ID=5067
https://coastalimagery.blob.core.windows.net/digitalcoast/GrandBay_NERR_2011_5067/index.html
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.