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Recognizing the need for current, high resolution imagery, the Michigan Aerial Imagery Partnership (MAIP) - a partnership of seven state agencies and the MSU Land Policy Program and Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services - was formed in Fall, 2004. This partnership, lead by the Land Policy Program and Remote Sensing and GIS Research and Outreach Services of Michigan State University and Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Natural Resources (DNR), Transportation (MDOT), and Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG), and Michigan Center for Geographic Information (CGI), collaborated with Federal Agencies to have statewide aerial imagery generated by the U.S. Farm Service Agency (FSA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) for the state of Michigan. Through partnership, it is estimated that this significant imagery set will be generated at a cost savings of over $2 million. Scheduled for acquisition in summer, 2005, the imagery will provide 1-meter resolution, mid-growing season (leaf-on), color infrared photography for the entire state. Preliminary imagery products will become available within 90 days of the flight, with FSA certified products, meeting U.S. spatial accuracy and spectral quality standards, within 7 - 9 months after the flight.

First MAIP Meeting (August 19, 2004)

• Meeting Agenda
  
  
• Participants
  
  
• Fact Sheet
  
  
• Proceedings and Summary Report
  
  
• Presentations
  
  
  • Comprehensive Land Use/Land Cover Data, Analysis, and Predictive Modeling: A Partnership Approach for Michigan
    Dr. Soji Adelaja, Director, Michigan State University Land Policy Program
    
    
  • Trends in GIS Technology for Orthoimagery*
    Mr. Anthony Kimmet, GIS Analyst/Cartographer, FSA, NRCS, National Cartography & Geospatial Center

  * Abbreviated version. To obtain a copy of Mr. Kimmet's full presentation, including background information, NRCS-specific information, NAIP funding charts, status maps of NAIP progress, sample imagery (positional accuracy), and details of the Leica ADS40 digital mapping camera, please contact Jessica McFarland.

 

MAIP Partners

• Local Partners
  
  
  • Center for Geographic Information
    
    
  • Department of Environmental Quality
    
    
  • Department of Agriculture
    
    
  • Department of Transportation
    
    
  • Department of Labor and Economic Growth
    
    
  • Department of Natural Resources
    
    
  • Michigan State Police
    
    
  • Michigan State University Land Policy Program
    
    
  • Michigan State University Remote Sensing & GIS
    Research and Outreach Services
    
    
• Federal Partners
  
  
  • U.S. Farm Service Agency
    
    
  • U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
    
    
  • U.S. Forest Service
    
    

 

Memorandum of Understanding

• Signed Memorandum of Understanding

 

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