| Category |
Type |
Activities |
Contact |
Additional |
| Remote Sensing |
LIDAR |
Idaho NRCS, in cooperation with Bureau of Reclamation, contracted for
100,000 acres of LIDAR to be flown in the Boise Valley. NRCS wanted the data
for work on low relief soil survey update work where coarser traditional DEM
are not useful. The LIDAR was taken in November of 2003 with a 2 meter pixel
size with 15 cm vertical accuracy. Both bare earth and first return data
were taken. |
David Hoover
State Soil Scientist
Idaho
Dave.Hoover@id.usda.gov
208-378-5790
Roger Hirschman
State GIS Coordinator
Idaho
Roger.Hirschman@id.usda.gov
208-378-5785 |
http://www.lidar.com/
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/lidar.html
http://lidar.ssec.wisc.edu/
http://www.horizonsinc.com/lidar.php |
| Remote Sensing |
Multiple Layers |
A Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) agreement was initiated
between BLM and Dr. Peter Scull, University of California, Santa Barbara, to
develop protocols for the application of remote sensing and GIS data to soil
survey in the California Desert District. Landsat TM images, SPOT pan
images, USGS 30 meter DEMs, landform, geology, vegetation, and climate data
were organized in a common projection and format for the project area. This
data was used to develop a preliminary model predicting soil distribution
for the Johnson Valley OHV area. The model was not adequate for predicting
soil distribution due to the disparity in scale of the data layers and
variable reliability of some of the data layers. |
Bill Ypsilantis
BLM
National
bill_ypsilantis@blm.gov |
|
| Remote Sensing |
DEM |
Use of digital elevation models in a soil-landscape project at Redwood
National Park. |
Pete Biggam
NPS
National
pete_biggam@nps.gov |
|
| Remote Sensing |
Shared Relief and DEM |
Pursuing the use of shaded relief and digital elevation models derived
from LIDAR data for current soils mapping efforts underway with NRCS at
Ebey’s Landing National National Historical Reserve. Interest in obtaining
more information on variances in micro topography as it relates to a variety
of soil properties, as well as providing more information regarding landform
evolution and soil morphology and genesis. |
Pete Biggam
NPS
National
pete_biggam@nps.gov |
|
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