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B -- REMOTE SENSING SUPPORT OF THE CAPE ROBERTS PROJECT DUE 061199 POC Diane Peters, fax 703-648-7901 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, fpeters@usgs.gov. The U.S. Geological Survey (AUSGS) has a requirement for Remote Sensing Support of the Cape Roberts Project. THE USGS ANTICIPATES AWARDING THE PURCHASE ORDER TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN (ERIM), this company's EI's unique blend of hardware and software elements makes it a leader in the field of digital image processing and remote sensing. Critical to the Cape Roberts effort is the need to perform (a) the most accurate geocoding possible, and (b) preserve the radiometric fidelity of the various image data in an area which is remote, and where the number of control points is very limited. To accomplish this, data geocoding using a solid platform model is required to obtain a precise geographical location of an image pixel, as well as a mathematically true restoration algorithm to preserve the radiometric value of the image pixels to be transformed. Managing the radiometric properties of the image data is critical to the Cape Roberts Sea Ice Monitoring problem because of the need to invert the electromagnetic signature data to sea ice properties in a geographically small area. The introduction of artifacts due to image processing procedures has the potential to produce large errors and will impact the interpretation of the Cape Roberts landfast ice area. The use of EI restoration, platform models, and mosaicking insures that the data products will be of the highest geometric and radiometric quality, and with the least amount of artifacts. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY; no formal RFQ will be available. Vendors who manufacture the above item are invited to provide an affirmative response to this notice. An affirmative response must include, but not be limited to offered products, price lists, warranties, and any additional information indicating a bona fide ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be received in this office within 10 calendar days from the date this publication first appears. All responses must be in writing, no telephone requests will be accepted. Posted 06/02/99 (W-SN337971). (0153)

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