SOURCES SOUGHT
67 -- Digital Camera Calibration Capability
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, Temporary DOI Interface, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, 20192
- ZIP Code
- 20192
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-1104
- Response Due
- 6/17/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/17/2002
- Point of Contact
- See Point of Contact in Description field, Procurement Office, Phone 000-000-0000, Fax 000-000-0000, - See Point of Contact in Description field, Procurement Office, Phone 000-000-0000, Fax 000-000-0000,
- E-Mail Address
-
none@dev.null, none@dev.null
- Description
- Since 1973, the USGS Optical Science Laboratory has been responsible for calibrating film cameras for the aerial mapping community and has gained wide recognition in providing that service. Today, with the introduction of digital technology, the aerial mapping community has a choice of using film or digital cameras for their mapping projects. However, the USGS does not presently offer the capability to calibrate the new digital cameras as it does film cameras. In 2000, a panel of experts commissioned by the USGS and the ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) recommended that the USGS obtain a digital camera calibration capability to satisfy this National need. In response to that recommendation, the USGS is in need of a digital camera calibration system capable of determining the following geometric calibration parameters: focal length, principal point, Gaussian and balanced coefficients of radial and decentering distortion, and coefficients to model differential scale. The system needs to be highly automated and incorporate rigorous mathematical modeling equivalent to the SMAC (Simultaneous Multiframe Analytical Calibration) program used in the USGS analog calibration facility. It also needs to be capable of calibrating a wide variety of digital cameras suitable for aerial mapping and transportable so that the system can be moved to other USGS sites. Pictometry International has submitted an unsolicited proposal for their current operational digital camera calibration system enhanced to meet the requirements stated above and would be delivered to a USGS site within nine (9) months after agreement. The USGS is seeking alternative solutions to provide a digital camera calibration capability that: (1) meets the geometric calibration requirements stated above;(2) can handle a broad spectrum of digital cameras, and; (3) satisfies the aerial mapping community?s needs. Proposed alternative solutions should be forwarded to the Contracting Officer. This notice is for informational purposes only; no solicitation package exists. This may represent the Government?s only notice of this procurement. The point of contact for this announcement is Maggie Russell at (703) 648-7366, fax (703) 648-7901, or e-mail at mrussell@usgs.gov. See note 22.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
- Zip Code: 20192
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 20192
- Record
- SN00071184-W 20020505/020503213336 (fbodaily.com)
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