Sanborn To Provide Land Cover Change Mapping Under NOAA 5-Year IDIQ

Colorado Springs, Colo., November 29, 2005 – Sanborn CEO John Copple today announced the company has been contracted to provide digital land cover change mapping for the great lakes area of Pennsylvania and New York for NOAA’s Coastal Services Center (CSC).

CSC primarily serves state coastal resource managers.   In developing products and services for the coastal management community, CSC collaborates with its state constituents and private industry to address issues such as hazard mitigation, coastal development, habitat restoration, environmental monitoring, water quality, and more.

Sanborn will process satellite imagery to produce a detailed classification comprising land cover categories including urban areas, agriculture, forested areas and a variety of wetland and aquatic vegetation. 

The project is being undertaken as part of the NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP), a nationally standardized database of land cover and change information, developed using remotely sensed imagery, for the coastal regions of the United States.

An immediate objective of C-CAP is to complete a national baseline of coastal land cover and change data. Once complete, additional dates of imagery will be acquired and processed to monitor coastal changes through time. This trend information will provide valuable feedback to resource managers on the impact of management policies and programs and the earth’s response to natural and human-induced changes.  The data derived from this project will also be provided to the United States Geological Survey for incorporation into the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD).

“Sanborn is serving a vital role in producing comprehensive landcover products for the C-CAP program,” states Steve Raber, program manager of the Center’s Coastal Remote Sensing Program.  “Their efforts support the CSC’s objective of providing coastal resource managers with effective tools to help them make more informed decisions.”

About NOAA-CSC
The NOAA Coastal Services Center was established in 1994. It is located at the site of a former Navy facility in Charleston, South Carolina. The NOAA Coastal Services Center works with various branches of NOAA and other federal agencies to bring information, services, and technology to the nation's coastal resource managers. The Center is a partner in over 100 ongoing projects geared to resolve site specific coastal issues.

About Sanborn
With a rich tradition of mapping dating back to 1866, Sanborn offers end-to-end spatial solutions to GIS and photogrammetric mapping customers. The company’s combined product and service offerings include consulting, off-the-shelf products, analog, digital and lidar data acquisition, photogrammetric mapping, geospatial solutions, remote sensing solutions, and data conversion. Sanborn offers product solutions for government and commercial customers. A nationally recognized company, Sanborn has multiple offices in the United States. For more information, visit www.sanborn.com.