32 The three founding agencies have begun publishing data to IIPP and are planning rollouts to their users. By the end of 2024, the aim is to have all users on board and to begin to welcome more agency partners. In addition to unlocking access to streaming imagery for all agencies, the hope is that more agencies will be compelled to publish and share their own datasets with the wider community. “With this joint shared system, we’ve lowered the cost and learning curve to get into publishing, especially in the cloud.” Gillham said. Gaining Interest Among Agencies The first goal of reducing the cost of hosting imagery has been achieved. Next, IIPP aspires to expand its imagery serving service to all interested federal agencies. State government partners may be next, and public access has been discussed. “The minute we cut over to the new system and turn the old system off, the Forest Service stands to save about $5 million per year.” — John Gillham, project manager, US Forest Service The new NAIP Plus service, one of the NAIP services available for many years, is wall-to-wall NAIP imagery for the contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
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