SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- LDCM Data Access Tool Point of Contact Name: Tom Hays Title: USGS LDCM Development Manager Phone: (605) 594-6916 Fax: (605) 594-6906 Email: thays@usgs.gov
- Notice Date
- 3/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- INSTRUCTIONS Sonja Tweten 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- DOI-SNOTE-070330-001
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2008
- Description
- LDCM Data Access Tool General Information Document Type: Special Notice Solicitation Number: Posted Date: Original Response Date: Current Response Date: Original Archive Date: Current Archive Date: Contracting Office Address U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS PO BOX 25046 MS204A DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225 Description This is not a notice for a solicitation. This is only a Request for Information (RFI). The government does not intend to award a contract or any type of agreement on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited under this RFI. This is NOT a request for proposal or an invitation to bid but merely a request for information. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) is considering issuing an RFP for the development of a Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Data Access Tool. The LDCM Data Access Tool would be accessed through an existing USGS web server and will provide users with the capability to search, order, or download LDCM imagery. It is anticipated that the LDCM Data Access Tool may make use of existing interfaces to USGS imagery archives and other sub-systems services. The current EROS services are: Registration (user authentication); Catalog (products, pricing, and order submittal), Image (pre-view image delivery), Inventory (imagery metadata), and Parameter (user-selectable processing options). Alternative approaches that do not utilize the EROS services are also of interest and will be strongly considered. The primary functions of the LDCM Data Access Tool are the following: 1. Provide user registration and authentication 2. Geographically search USGS inventories of remote sensing imagery, including Landsat and other imagery 3. Display sub-sampled or full resolution preview imagery and metadata 4. Support both product ordering and direct download of imagery 5. Implement standing order requests for new data 6. Interface with existing services at EROS or alternatively provide those capabilities (registration, catalog, browse image, inventory, and parameter services) The LDCM Data Access Tool will provide these functions for LDCM data, and the USGS is interested in solutions that can be easily extended to provide these functions for all historical Landsat and other remote sensing data too. The LDCM user community has been divided into five primary groups: 1. Power Users (Scientists, Government, Academic) 2. High Volume Users 3. Casual Users (Academic K-12, Public, Policy Makers) 4. Disaster Responders 5. Internal users with unique requirements (Cal/Val, etc.) The LDCM Project has unique needs for each group of users, but the LDCM Data Access Tool will serve primarily the Power Users as described above. Even though the Power Users are USGS's primary customer, we are also very interested in solutions that can be easily extended to serve the needs of the other user groups above as well. As an aid in procurement planning, the USGS seeks information on architectural and implementation options that will provide the greatest potential customer satisfaction while minimizing the impacts to the existing EROS infrastructure. The USGS seeks specific information in the following areas: 1. There are several unique factors that distinguish the LDCM Data Access Tool from existing or traditional search and order applications. First, the Data Access Tool will serve the unique needs of the science community. Second, the full Landsat data archive contains worldwide imagery over decadal time spans. The USGS seeks innovative approaches to user interface design and navigation that go beyond traditional web interfaces and search techniques to provide an effective, efficient easy to learn interface for these unique needs. Responses should identify approaches to efficiently search over the three decades of Landsat imagery (i.e. visualization of data stacks) and that assist the science user in selecting Landsat images for inclusion in multi-temporal data products. These multi-temporal data products would assist users in performing change detection over time. 2. Specific system architecture, including high-level block diagrams/flow charts, security, and general functional descriptions. Indicate if the system architecture is platform independent and the specific use and tailoring of COTS products. Indicate how the architecture meets the desired goals of flexibility and expandability/scalability. 3. The LDCM Data Access Tool may be built upon legacy back-end services for billing, archive, etc. The USGS seeks specific past experiences and lessons learned in designing and implementing similar front-end search and order tools, including discussions of the trade-offs and risks of using legacy services. 4. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimate and a high-level schedule for development, integration, testing, production release, equipment, licensing and one year of technical support and maintenance for the Data Access Tool. The estimate should include any assumptions (e.g. deliverable documents, long-term O&M approach, hardware platforms, licensing, etc.) and should highlight major cost drivers and opportunities for cost savings. 5. The Landsat program is expected to continue for decades. The USGS is interesting in hearing options for cost-effective long-term operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Data Access Tool, including delivery of source code and all necessary tools for internal O&M by USGS. Information responding to this request should be received within 21 calendar days from publication of this notice. Concise responses are encouraged and appreciated; it is not necessary to respond to all parts of this RFI. Organizations interested in providing responses or additional information in person are requested to schedule a briefing at the USGS Center for EROS in Sioux Falls, SD. Informational Documents Documents describing the LDCM system can be accessed on the LDCM websites at http://ldcm.gsfc.nasa.gov and http://ldcm.usgs.gov. Point of Contact Name: Tom Hays Title: USGS LDCM Development Manager Phone: (605) 594-6916 Fax: (605) 594-6906 Email: thays@usgs.gov
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