SDVIEW: REMOTE SENSING PARTNERSHIPS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA FOR SOUTH DAKOTA Mary O’Neill, Program Manager Kevin Dalsted, Director Pravara Thanapura, Research Associate Engineering Resource Center David Clay, Professor Cheryl Reese, Research Associate Plant Science Department Sung Shin, Professor Jae Lee, Student Jungyeon Kim, Student Hee Jeon, Student Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 mary.oneill@sdstate.edu.edu kevin.dalsted@sdstate,edu pravara.thanapura@sdstate.edu david.clay@sdstate.edu cheryl.reese@sdstate.edu sung.shin@sdstate.edu calius10@hotmail.com kimj@csc.sdstate.edu buenokeb@hotmail.com ABSTRACT SouthDakotaView (SDView) is a consortium of educational institutions, government agencies and private sector organizations in South Dakota with a vision of building partnerships and infrastructure to facilitate the availability, timely distribution and utilization of remote sensing and associated geospatial data and technology. South Dakota is a charter member of and active participant in the AmericaView program. The purpose and goals of SDView are in alignment with those of AmericaView and its focus on the support of applied research, K-16 education, workforce development, and technology transfer. This paper describes six long-term goals of SDView in the areas of consortium development, imagery archive development, education and outreach efforts and research. Achievements to date and anticipated activities related to the goals are also described. INTRODUCTION Remote sensing is a technology with a presence in South Dakota since 1969 when the Remote Sensing Institute was established on the campus of South Dakota State University. As in many states, it was a technology that for many years was considered esoteric and struggled for meaningful utilization in the public and private sectors. Even with the world renowned National Center for EROS and its voluminous archive of remotely sensed imagery residing in South Dakota, adoption of this technology in the state has been slow. The recent advent of remotely sensed data with improved quality, resolution and processing capability has renewed interest in the technology and increased demand for geospatial products and services. SouthDakotaView (SDView) is a program that seeks to address this demand as well as demonstrate and encourage further utilization of geospatial technologies in South Dakota and beyond. Pecora 16 “Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing” October 23 – 27, 2005 * Sioux Falls, South Dakota