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GIS Partnership Summary
Regional Application Center for the Northeast (RACNE)
Partnership Purpose and Goal
The Regional Application Center for the Northeast (RACNE) was created to increase the potential for Earth system science data to become integrated into local decision making, thus increasing the potential for successful climate variability coping strategies and mitigation efforts throughout the Northeast. Using NASA satellite imagery, the RACNE will initially focus on hydrologic/hydraulic impacts of climate variability in the Finger Lakes Region. The top-level functional breakdown of the RACNE includes satellite ingest, data archive, GIS/image analysis, and delivery.
Participants and Resource Contributions
- Legislature of Cayuga County (local govt.) - principal sponsor.
- Cayuga County Planning Department (local govt. agency) - field staff and data. Bob Brower is the Regional Application Center Director.
- Cayuga Community College (state govt. agency and academia) - location of the RACNE - facility, field staff and GIS students.
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF - state govt. agency and academia) - field staff (grad students).
- Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University (academia) - computer engineering support.
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (state govt. agency) - data.
- New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (private not-for-profit company) - systems engineering analysis.
- Air Force Research Laboratory/Information Directorate (federal govt. agency) - image storage, retrieval, and exploitation technology.
- NASA (federal govt. agency) is providing direct project funding and technical support.
- First year (98-99)
- $450,000
- Second year (99-00)
- $3,000,000
- Third year (00-01)
- TBD
Time Frame
Date Partnership Began: June 1998Completion Date: On-going
Milestones
6/98 6/99 9/99 5/00 6/00 |_____________________________|___________|_____________________|____|___ Partnership Ingest T3 Network GIS Lab Began Operational Operational Operational
Deliverables
Establish a web-based two-way information transfer which integrates a wide range of remotely sensed data into local decision-making processes upon demand. Activities will include acquisition of high resolution ortho-rectified imagery and photographic data sets, and low and high resolution multi-spectral imagery data sets.
Brief Summary of Partnership
Although the RACNE is just getting under way, a Governing Board has been established and a Director named. Near-term tasks are acquiring hardware and hiring staff. Also, Cayuga Community College is establishing a two year GIS Associate Degree program and a 2+2 agreement linked to SUNY ESF.
Additional Information Available
On-line
http://co.cayuga.ny.us/nasa
Contact Information
Director
Regional Applications Center for the Northeast
197 Franklin Street
Auburn NY, 13021
Phone: (315) 255-1743, ext. 250
Fax: (315) 253-7335
E-mail: bbrower@racne.org
Information last
updated: November 8, 1999