Adopt a Pixel - Data Infrastructure

Note 9/22/18: The Adopt a Pixel concept has been incorporated into NASA's Globe Observer App (Land Cover Tool). Find out more and download the app at https://observer.globe.gov/.



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Adopt a Pixel-Data Infrastructure (AaP-DI) provides the basis for a new data acquisition system for ground reference data. These data will be used to complement existing and future remote sensing collections by providing geospatiallytagged ground-based landscape imagery and landcover of an exact location from 6 different viewing aspects. The goal is for AaP-DI to enable citizen participation in Landsat science.



Principal Investigator : Ryan Longhenry, Eric C Wood

Cooperator/Partner : Jeannie Allen, Virginia Butcher, Rachel Headley, Robert W Campbell



Deliverables:

• The Adopt a Pixel web interface (http://adoptapixel.cr.usgs.gov - content no longer available) is a data upload portal that allows citizen scientists to upload geospatially-tagged ground-based landscape photographs.
• The uploaded photographs are run through a data ingest and archive script which places the images in a managed state by creating a database record, browse images, metadata, and an archived copy of the data.
• Scientists can query and download the Adopt a Pixel ground reference data to verify land cover type through EarthExplorer (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov), a pre-existing webbased user interface that provides open access to the data.

Image caption: The Adopt a Pixel web interface shows uploaded imagery from a single point facing North, South, East, West, Up, and Down to give a clear view of landscape features in all directions.



Note:  this description is from the FY14 Annual Report