JACIE 2022 Presentations

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The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) workshop is an annual effort to engage federal agencies, their partners, and the commercial remote sensing industry. A key goal of the workshop is to understand the characteristics and capabilities of current and new data sources, along with the quality of data they provide. Since JACIE is dedicated to strong collaboration and open communication, its free workshop remains a reliable meeting point for experts around the world.

This year’s virtual workshop, “Ensuring Quality in a Tide Wave of Data”, hosted engaging sessions on ARD/interoperability, new/future systems, and more. The presentations were diverse, ranging from keynotes and technical talks to breakout sessions and a panel. Over 300 individuals from 26 different countries attended the workshop; and all JACIE partner agencies (NASA, NGA, NOAA, NRO, USDA, USGS) were active participants. 

Presentations from this workshop are linked below and are also available in the JACIE Search Tool

• Final Workshop Program 
• Final Workshop Schedule (Excel)

Monday, January 10

Session 1: ECCOE Workshop: ARD/Interoperability — Session Chair: Cody Anderson, USGS

• A Vision for the Future — Matt Hanson, Element84
• Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Analysis Ready Data — Steve Labahn, USGS
• Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance Products From an ARD Perspective — Valentina Boccia, European Space Agency (ESA)
• Focusing on Data Quality — Cody Anderson, USGS
• Group Discussion & Actions

Session 2: Data Quality Resources — Session Chair: Paul Bresnahan, KBR

• NAIP Geolocation Accuracy Assessment — Paul Bresnahan, KBR
• Angstrom: An Imaging Star Photometer Camera Extrinsic and Intrinsic Self Calibration Using Stars — Mary Pagnutti, Innovative Imaging Research (I2R)
• Calibration Validation Park for Optical Sensors — Valentina Boccia, ESA
• Absolute Radiometric Calibration Site  — Tina Ochoa, Maxar 
• Parametric Spectral Synthesis Errors of Hyperspectral Simulation of Multispectral Imagers —  Robert Ryan, I2R
• Automated Systems for Calibration and Data Quality of Satellite Constellations — Stephen Mackin, EOSense Ltd.

Tuesday, January 11

Session 3: Remote Sensing Trends and Directions — Session Chair: Greg Stensaas, USGS EROS

• Keynote: The Remote Sensing Market in 2022 — Richard Leshner, BryceTech
• Satellite and Data Needs — Greg Snyder, USGS
• Government Agency Trends and Directions (Presentations & Panel)
  • Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program — Kevin Murphy, NASA 
    • Recording (.zip, 325.2 mb)
  • Dave Gauthier, NGA
    • Recording (.zip, 56.9 mb)
  • National Reconnaissance Office: Sixty Years Above and Beyond — Peter Muend, NRO
    •  Recording (.zip, 265.8 mb)
  • NOAA's Space-Based Commerical Data Trends & Directions — Vanessa Griffin, NOAA
    • Recording (.zip, 181.06 mb)

Session 4: Calibration and Interoperability — Session Chair: Dave Case, NGA

• Commercial Imagery Data Quality Assessment — Tom Kraus, L3Harris Inc.
• Overview of Big MAC Field Effort — Josh Mann, KBR
• Landsat-8 Per-Pixel Radiometric Uncertainty Algorithm — Kara Burch, I2R 
• Quantitative Interoperability Metrics — Fatima Tuli, KBR
• Analysis Ready & Interoperable Multi- and Hyperspectral Data via the Spectral NITF Implementation Profile (SNIP) — Barbara Eckstein, L3Harris Inc.
• A Python Module for Spectral NITF Implementation Profile (SNIP) —  Adam Edson, Pennsylvania State University
• Pléiades Neo 3 and 4: Calibration and Image Quality First Assessments — Peter Barren, Airbus

Wednesday, January 12

Session 5: Constellations & Calibration — Session Chair: Jon Christopherson, KBR

• Absolute Radiometric Calibration — Chelsea MacLeod, BlackSky
• Analysis of Spatial Performance of Satellite Imaging Sensors — Minsu Kim, KBR
• Per-Scene Harmonization & Normalization of Planetscope Data — Joe Kington, Planet
• Labsphere Flare System — Michele Kuester, Maxar 
• Radiometric Calibration Using Near-Simultaneous Crossovers with Sentinel-2 Over Calibration Sites — Hannah Bourne, Planet
• Calibration Resources for Cubesats — Wolfgang Lueck, Pinkmatter

Session 6: New and Future Systems — Session Chair: Jenny Irvine, Albedo

• Bright Future for Land Remote Sensing and Landsat 9 Initial Calibration and Underfly — Tim Newman, USGS; Cody Anderson, USGS
  • Recording (.zip, 573.2 mb)
• Satellite Cross-Calibration Radiometer and L9 Underfly — Medhavy Thankappan and David Hudson, Australian Space Agency
• Aurora and GHOSt — Katie Corcoran, Orbital Sidekick
• ScanWorld Roadmap for a Hyperspectral Satellite Constellation to Serve Digital Agriculture — Alan Rainot, ScanWorld
• EarthDaily Constellation — Keith Beckett, EarlyDaily
• Introduction to Albedo — Byron Smiley, Albedo Inc.
• The HySpecIQ System — Charles Mondello, HySpecIQ

Thursday, January 13

Session 7: Application Drivers for Remote Sensing — Session Chair: Dath Mita, USDA

• Application Drivers for Remote Sensing — Mitch Goldberg, NOAA
• Planet Fusion Monitoring — Rasmus Houborg, Planet
• JPL OPERA Project — Franz Meyer, Alaska Satellite Facility
• New Drivers for Remote Sensing — Ajit Sampath, KBR
• JACIE 2022 Summary — Greg Stensaas, USGS
• VH-RODA Lead In — Valentina Boccia, ESA

Session 8: ECCOE Workshop: ARD and Interoperability — Session Chair: Greg Stensaas. USGS EROS

• An Overview of the Emerging IEEE P4001 Hyperspectral Standard — Chris Durell, Labsphere
• ESA Activities for Commercial and New Space EO Data Quality Assessment — Valentina Boccia, ESA; Sam Hunt, NPL

Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Session 1: Calibration, data quality, and accuracy and traceable uncertainty
  • Lead/Facilitators: Cody Anderson (USGS) / Valentina Boccia (ESA), Arin Jumpasut (Planet), Nigel Fox (NPL), Jon Christopherson (KBR),  Brandon Russell (Labsphere), Bob Ryan (I2R)
• Breakout Session 2: Implementation for Geospatial Workflows – machine learning, metadata, software, and tools
  • Lead/Facilitators: Speaker: Ignacio Zuleta (Indigo) / Pete Doucette (USGS), Fabio Pacifici (Maxar), Jim Vrabel (KBR), Wolfgang Luck (Pink Matter), Chris Rampersad (EarthDaily Analytics), Matthias Mohr (UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER / Radiant Earth), Radiant Earth), Rob Woodcock (CSIRO), Ajit Sampath (KBR)
• Breakout Session 3: Governance and Leadership of ARD/Interoperability - Definition, Distinction, and Standards
  • Lead/Facilitators: Matt Hanson (Element84) / Ferran Gascon (ESA), Steven Labahn (USGS), Greg Stensaas (USGS), Chris Durell (Labsphere), Frank Avila (NGA), Medhavy Thankappan (Geoscience Australia), Michele Kuester (Maxar), Mary Pagnutti (I2R), George Percivall (IEEE)