Americaview

AMERICAVIEW ADVANCES EARTH OBSERVATION EDUCATION THROUGH REMOTE SENSING SCIENCE, APPLIED RESEARCH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

AMERICAVIEW (WWW.AMERICAVIEW.ORG) IS A NATION-WIDE NETWORK THAT FOCUSES ON SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA AND TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF APPLIED RESEARCH, K-18 EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. AMERICAVIEWS VISION IS TO EMPOWER AND ADVANCE EARTH OBSERVATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN EVERY PARTICIPATING STATE, SUCH THAT THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE THROUGH LOCAL, STATE-LEVEL CONSORTIA AND MEMBERS. IN THE CURRENT TAX YEAR, AMERICAVIEW AWARDED SUB-AWARD FUNDING TO 39-MEMBER UNIVERSITIES. EACH STATE MEMBER HAS ESTABLISHED IN-STATE CONSORTIA, TOTALING MORE THAN 300 UNIVERSITIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.AMERICAVIEW STATE MEMBERS HAVE LEVERAGED EXISTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMS FOR K-18 STUDENTS INCLUDING INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATHEMATICS (STEAM) EDUCATION THROUGH ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING AND GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. MEMBERS HAVE EXPANDED THE USE AND UNDERSTANDING OF REMOTE SENSING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND FACILITATED LONG-TERM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.AMERICAVIEW CONDUCTS OUTREACH EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFICIAL USES OF USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA IN A WIDE RANGE OF CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, DISASTER RESPONSE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION. AMERICAVIEW USES MULTIPLE METHODS TO CONDUCT NATIONAL OUTREACH. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE AMERICAVIEW NETWORK GARNERED 106,516 UNIQUE VISITS TO ALL OF THE SV WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS COMBINED. IN 2021, AMERICAVIEW HELPED FOSTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL LEVELS THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF 426 ACTIVITIES BY STATE CONSORTIUM MEMBERS, REACHING OVER 230,000 STUDENTS AND CITIZENS THAT WERE TRAINED AND EDUCATED ON THE SOCIETAL BENEFITS OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS.AS PART OF ITS FOUNDING MISSION, AMERICAVIEW, IN COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC DATA PROVIDERS, CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PUBLIC REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY BY MAKING DATA AVAILABLE IN STANDARD READY-TO-USE FORMATS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, AND THE PUBLIC.