PR - TerraGo
Technologies, the visionary provider of tools, technology and know-how
for building collaborative geospatial applications (GeoApps), announced
today that it has been named to the Prime Vendor Contract for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service, Office of Global
Analysis (OGA).
Under the contract, managed by ASRC Management Services, TerraGo will be
providing the USDA’s crop analysts with its
advanced tools and technology to convert complex geospatial information
into interactive, user-friendly geo-enabled PDFs. TerraGo’s
geospatial solutions will enable analysts in the field to build and
deliver GeoApps in collaboration with other professionals to ensure that
all personnel have the most up-to-date, accurate geospatial information
available to them.
“Customers like the USDA benefit from TerraGo’s
complete end-user focus and unmatched GeoApp expertise, as well as
geospatial data source independence, and we are enthusiastic about the
potential this contract brings to the agency,”
said Richard M. Cobb, president and CEO, TerraGo Technologies. “Our
technology makes it cost effective for organizations like the USDA to
build and deliver geospatial applications to anyone, anywhere, making
end users of GIS data more efficient and effective.”
The Office of Global Analysis of the USDA FAS is responsible for global
crop condition assessments and estimates of area, yield and production
for grains, oilseeds and cotton. The primary mission of OGA is to
target, collect, analyze and disseminate timely, objective, useful and
cost-effective global crop condition and agricultural market
intelligence information. One of OGA’s key
missions is to provide unbiased commodity estimates and forecasts to
create a marketing edge for U.S. producers in world markets. (Source:
USDA and NASA) The Prime Vendor Contract vehicle allows them to obtain
agriculture analysis solutions using satellite imagery and ancillary
information quickly and cost effectively.
Robert Tetrault, USDA FAS satellite archive manager states, “the
use of TerraGo’s geospatial solutions allows
the analysts to speed up their work flow and communication process,
especially when facing stringent monthly reporting deadlines.”
“TerraGo works with numerous federal
government agencies and departments to provide both GIS experts and
non-GIS professionals with advanced geospatial tools and technology,”
said Howard Klayman, director of federal programs, TerraGo Technologies. “This
contract with the USDA demonstrates how TerraGo’s
tools and technology can help government agencies meet the needs of
taxpayers by providing personnel with accurate geospatial information no
matter their location.”
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