Esri PCI Natural Resources Grant Program Punarvasu(vasu) Pillalamarri

Introduction

• 2012 Forestry User Conference- announced grant program

• $100,000 worth of software and data given to each winner • PCI and Esri are the lead • Data providers were also included; MDA and RapidEye

Fast-forward to now

• January 2013 winners announced • 24 winners selected- mixture of private, public, and

education • The goal of the Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program

is to show the value of GIS and image processing for natural resource management.

• Each winner was selected because they showed fusion between GIS & Imagery and also leveraged use of SAR

• Applications will be deployed in ArcGIS.com • Case studies to will be developed and made public

The Winners

• Murray State University Department of Geosciences • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS),

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies • The San Francisco Estuary Institute • San Juan Country Public Works - GIS Division • Smithsonian Institution • Texas A&M Forest Service • Texas Southern University Department of Urban Planning

and Environmental Policy • University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Geomatics,

School of Engineering • Bronx Community College of the City University of New York

The Winners

• Catholic Relief Services • City of Russellville, Kentucky Waste Water Treatment Plant • Department of Computer Information Systems and

Technology (CIST), University of West Alabama • First Tennessee Development District • Geospatial Group at WSP • GIS Department at the Madison County Council of

Governments • Global Forest Partners LP • Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission • Metropolitan State University of Denver • Michigan Technology University, Michigan Tech Research

Institute

The Winners

• University of Connecticut • Yurok Tribal Government. • Washington State Department of Natural Resources,

Division of Geology and Earth Resources • NatureServe

Example of Winner Applications

• Florida Geological Survey, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

• Enhanced Geomorphic/Geologic Mapping in Four National Park Service Units, Northeast Florida Utilizing Hyperspectral Imagery

• Using Radar and RapidEye data to map bedrock classifications • PCI will be used for satellite preprocessing and radar analysis

fusion • ArcGIS will be used for cartography , integrated GIS analysis,

and serving applications

Who are we

• PCI Geomatics is a world leader in geo-imaging systems • 3 tiers of offering • ArcGIS addon- GeoImaging Tools for ArcGIS- Image

Correction Module and Radar Analysis Module • Geomatica 2013 • GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL)- Esri to go solution for

processing 50 million SQ Km of imagery onto ArcGIS.com • Esri Gold Partner

• Geomatica Discover • Stand Alone web application • Geospatial data crawling to display footprints • Supports 100 + data formats , including shapefile and file

geodatabase • Default basemap is streamed from ArcGIS.com • Access to open source road basemap for behind firewall

scenario • Robust import and searching capabilities

About to be released

Questions

• More information about Natural Resources Grant Program: • www.esri.com\imagerygrant • PCI Geomatics Website: • www.pcigeomatics.com

• Punarvasu(vasu) Pillalamarri • Esri Business Partner Manager • vasu@pcigeomatics.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/69772398