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<br />""''':''. ,~~'..,.'r -',,- '''.'<fo!'r' ~J.""_'''''''''~'_ <br /> <br />123 <br /> <br />3164 sensors/technologies which show strong potential for resource monitoring in the Grand <br />3165 Canyon environment will be evaluated. Once a suitable sensor has been identified, other <br />3166 sensors of similar characteristics will be eliminated from the evaluation process. The <br />3167 GCMRC staff, together with qualified contractors, will utilize the collected sensor images, <br />3168 image processing and mapping technologies to generate GIS thematic coverages, quantifiable <br />3169 maps, and change detection techniques. The above process will be used to quantify resources <br />3170 for analysis, monitoring, modeling and prediction, <br /> <br />3171 The intent of the program is to provide a cost-effective means of resource monitoring <br />3172 in the Grand Canyon with the desire to reduce impacts and expanded monitoring in terms of <br />3173 resource components and geographic extent. The program should provide GCMRC with <br />3174 relationships between sensor, ability to answer the management objectives, and cost. The <br />3175 developed relationships will guide the implementation of the remotely sensed monitoring in <br />3176 FY 2003. <br /> <br />3177 The GCMRC remote sensing evaluation program will begin in FY 2000 and continue <br />3178 for three years. In FY 2000 and 200 I investments in the Survey Department will be required <br />3179 to enable the Survey Department to extend survey control within the canyon and purchase <br />3180 technologies that will enable GCMRC to extend bathymetric maps of the canyon to support <br />3181 the Physical Science program. Survey control is required for georeferencing and rectification <br />3182 of collected remotely sensed data, development of ortho-photography and bathymetric <br />3183 channel mapping. In FY 2000 funds will also be invested in the GIS department to support <br />3184 the remote sensing program. <br /> <br />3185 The resulting remote sensing technology selected for use in routine resource <br />3186 monitoring will be implemented in FY 2003, However, it is anticipated that some <br />3187 technologies will be collected and/or evaluated on an accelerated schedule, perhaps as soon <br />3188 as FY 1998-99, due to pressing needs for technological development in specific monitoring <br />3189 areas or opportunistic circumstances. GCMRC intends to continue the annual acquisition of <br /> <br />November S. 1998 <br />Second Draft - Do Not Cite, Photocopy. or Distribute <br />