Conference 7.286::space

689.0. "NASA selects projects for commercial use of remote sensing" by PRAGMA::GRIFFIN (Dave Griffin) Fri Dec 21 1990 17:40

From: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Date: 21 Dec 90 18:53:22 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                  December 20, 1990
(Phone:  703/557-5609)
 
Myron Webb
Stennis Space Center, Miss.
(Phone:  601/688-3341)
 
 
RELEASE:  90-164
 
NASA SELECTS PROJECTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF REMOTE SENSING
 
     NASA today announced the selection of 12 research projects 
to develop new private sector applications of space-based and 
airborne remote sensing technologies.
 
     Funding for the Earth Observations Commercialization 
Applications Program (EOCAP) projects represents a continuation 
of a program aimed at increasing broader use of NASA-developed 
technology for gathering and analyzing valuable information about 
Earth and ocean resources through remote satellite or aircraft 
observations.
 
     The program, sponsored by NASA's Office of Commercial 
Programs (OCP), will fund over $2 million of research annually.  
Investigator teams are required to provide substantial co-funding 
of proposed research as a contribution to the project.
 
     Projects funded under the program will identify and research 
new commercial products and services that might be developed from 
use of existing technology and explore ways of improving and 
expanding the uses of remote sensing by commercial ventures.
 
     The first solicitation for EOCAP was issued in late l987.  
Of the more that 120 proposals received and evaluated, 20 
projects were selected and funded over a 3-year period with $12 
million from OCP and the Office of Space Science and 
Applications.
 
     The second solicitation for proposals was issued in June 
l990.  A total of 50 proposals were received and reviewed prior 
to today's selection announcement.  Projects will be managed by 
OCP through the Science and Technology Laboratory at NASA's John 
C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
 
     The 12 projects selected for negotiation leading to 1-year 
funding contracts, with options to extend funding for an 
additional 2 years, will be procured in two phases expected to 
begin in March l99l, with the second phase as early as July l99l. 
 
Phase I projects are:
 
o    Hazardous Waste Detection:  A Pilot Remote Sensing Assisted
     Environmental Audit, proposed by investigators affiliated 
     with Earthscan, Inc., Austin, Texas.
 
o    Improved Urban Infrastructure Mapping for Market Forecasting
     using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
     Technology, proposed by investigators affiliated with
     BellSouth Services, Inc., Birmingham, Ala.; University of
     South Carolina, Columbia; and NASA John C. Stennis Space
     Center, Miss.
 
o    Development and Marketing of Land Use and Cover Change
     Analysis System (LUCAS), proposed by investigators 
     affiliated with Pacific Meridan Resources, Emeryville, 
     Calif.; USDA Forest Service, Portland, Ore.; and Oregon 
     Department of Land Conservation and Development, Salem.
 
o    Integrated Software System for Analyzing Remote Sensed Data,
     proposed by investigators affiliated with Statistical
     Sciences, Inc., Seattle; University of Washington, Seattle;
     and Hewlett-Packard, Denver.
 
o    Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Real Time
     Disaster Assessment, proposed by investigators affiliated
     with Terra-Mar Resource Information Services, Mountain View,
     Calif.; Teale Data Center, Sacramento, Calif.; NASA Ames 
     Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.; Pacific Southwest 
     Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Fire Laboratory, 
     Riverside, Calif.; Hewlett Packard Co., Fort Collins, Colo.; 
     Visual Information Technologies, Inc., Plano, Texas; and 
     ESL, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.
 
o    Use of Satellite Derived Estimates of Precipitation and
     Evapotransporation to Enhance Hydrologic Forecasting, 
     proposed by investigators affiliated with The Electric Power 
     Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif.; C.F. Haines, 
     Hydrologistics, Inc., Northport, Ala.; NASA Stennis Space 
     Center; Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration; National Environmental 
     Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Camp Springs, Md.; 
     and Alabama Power Co., Birmingham.

o    Demonstrate and Market Oil Seep Surveys, proposed by
     investigators affiliated with Earth Satellite Corp., 
     Rockville, Md.; Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., San Ramon, 
     Calif.; Marathon Oil Co., Houston; Arco Oil and Gas Co., 
     Plano, Texas; Geosat Committee, Norman, Okla.; and Central 
     Trading System, West Islip, N.Y.
 
Phase II Projects are:
 
o    GeoStack Database for Geographic Information Systems, 
     proposed by investigators affiliated with ST Systems Corp., 
     Lanham, Md.; University of Florida, Gainesville; Stennis 
     Space Center, Science and Technology Laboratory; Chevron 
     Overseas Petroleum, Inc., San Ramon, Calif.; and 
     Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wash.
 
o    Pipeline Infrastructure Monitoring and Management, proposed 
     by investigators affiliated with James W. Sewall Company, 
     Old Town, Maine; Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., Boston, 
     Mass.; NASA Stennis Space Center, Science and Technology 
     Laboratory; Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. Houston; Texas; 
     Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. and Trunkline Gas Co., Houston.
 
o    Marketing Remote Sensing Data for North Pacific Fisheries
     Development and Management, proposed by investigators
     affiliated with Natural Resources Consultants, Inc., 
     Seattle; Western Resources Analysis, Wenatchee, Wash.; 
     Pacific Remote Sensing Alliance, Bothell, Wash.; NASA Ames 
     Research Center; Department of the Navy, Naval Postgraduate 
     School, Monterey, Calif.; University of Alaska Fairbanks, 
     Fairbanks, Alaska; Alaska Factory Trawler Associations, 
     Seattle; North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners' Association, 
     Seattle; University of Washington, Seattle; U.S. Department 
     of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration; Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Law 
     Enforcement Division, Seattle; Washington Sea Grant Program, 
     Seattle; University of New Mexico, Technology Application 
     Center, Albuquerque; and RSMAS/University of Miami, Fla.
 
o    Satellite Remote Sensing for Agricultural Production
     Management, proposed by investigators affiliated with 
     Cropix, Inc., Hermiston, Ore.; NASA Ames Research Center; 
     Oregon State University, Corvallis; IRZ Consulting, 
     Hermiston, Ore.; Eagle Ranch, Echo, Ore.; L & L Farms, Echo, 
     Ore.
     
o    Wetlands Information Services, proposed by investigators
     affiliated with Applied Analysis Incorporated, Billerica, 
     Mass.; and Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.