PGC News & Announcements (September 30, 2022)

The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) is thrilled to have two internal hires upgraded to help steer the main pillars of our work, User Services and Products and Data. Over the past 10 years, Cole Kelleher (left) has become very accomplished at PGC from capturing Google Street View imagery in Antarctica to coordinating complex satellite tasking plans on behalf of the polar science and logistics community. He has served in many capacities, beginning as a student research assistant at PGC and now he will be bringing his expertise as the User Services Manager. Cole is also known for bringing the fun when he is in town by coordinating after-work activities like bouldering.

Our Products and Data team has been historically led by Claire Porter, PGC’s current acting co-director. During this interim period, the Products and Data Manager will be fulfilled by Jesse Bakker (right). Although relatively new to the team, Jesse has integrated himself into PGC by wearing several hats – from serving as PGC’s product archivist to leading efforts in updating our Arctic and Antarctic Imagery Mosaics. However, the hat probably most beloved by PGCers is being the most exceptional transcriber. Our teams are made up of brilliant people and ideas and he captures it all during meetings, without even being asked to do so.

PGC is hosting exhibitor booths at the upcoming SACNAS and AGU conferences! Please consider stopping by our booths (214 & 1422 respectively) and saying hi/hola/boozhoo/nǐ hǎo!

⚠️ Also as a friendly reminder…

If you are planning on publishing a poster for any conference with Maxar imagery that you received from the PGC, you must receive approval from NGA to publicly publish, as well as include a copyright and acknowledge the PGC. We ask you submit the submission form and pre-published material well before the release date. More information on the process can be found here and our acknowledgment policy here.

TIA

The PGC has recently updated our G-EGD Account Request Form that we submit to NGA on behalf of our users. Please contact pgc-support@umn.edu for updated forms and information.

BACKGROUND
G-EGD can deliver raw, pansharpened, and orthorectified imagery products within 4 to 24 hours of collection. It also provides access to a significant amount of the Maxar constellation archive. The usage and licensing of imagery within the G-EGD platform is the same as for imagery and products you receive from PGC, and can only be used for federally funded work. High-resolution imagery is copyrighted by Maxar and licensed to PGC (and its users) through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) NextView license.

*actively funded by NSF Office of Polar Programs or NASA Cryospheric Program