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-Status: currently preparing assets describing construction of the following model.
+# Digital Twin of Naval Support Activity Annapolis (NSAA), U.S. Naval Academy (USNA)
 
-The following video was briefed at ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 conference in 
+*Summary*.  Versar, CEG, and a small dynamic team of partners provide NSA Annapolis(NSAA) 
+U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) NAVFAC and Commander of Naval Installation Command (CNIC)
+with the 3D Virtual Environment (3DVE) technologies, tools, data and 
+visualization platform to better understand and communicate specific Courses of Actions (COAs) 
+that the installation might need to implement in order to be more resilient for 
+climate and coastal change.
+
+[![AnnapolisCampusSplash_04_02_2021 "USNA Annapolis Maryland, 3D Virtual Environment walkthrough video"](AnnapolisCampusSplash_04_02_2021)](https://savage.nps.edu/videos/Spiders3D/Annapolis_04_02_2021_.mp4)
+
+This video was briefed at ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 conference in 
 Cartographic Birds of a Feather (BOF) session on Monday 9 August 2021.  
 Note that the video was recorded from a Web browser, all models and metadata 
 are following the open international data standard X3D.
 
-* https://savage.nps.edu/videos/Spiders3D/Annapolis_04_02_2021_.mp4
+## Overview
+
+This effort resulted in the first simple digital twin of a Navy and Marine Corps installation.  
+This simple mode of both natural and built environments in 3DVE will assist with improving the 
+pace of technical, geospatial-based collaboration, and decision support for this and 
+future planning efforts on the installation.  
+
+Naval Support Activity Annapolis (NSAA), home of the United States Naval Academy (USNA), 
+is located at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay.
+The campus is vulnerable to storm surge associated with major weather events as well as
+localized, nuisance flooding that is primarily the result of high tides and 
+sustained easterly or southerly winds. Since 1929, the relative sea level in Annapolis 
+has risen approximately 1.06 ft, which has significantly increased the occurrences 
+of nuisance flooding from 2-3 times per year to 30-40 times per year and 
+left USNA more vulnerable to major storms such as Hurricane Isabel in 2003. 
+Impacts from storm surges and nuisance flooding affect daily operations through
+ closures of flooded roads, sidewalks and building entry points. 
+With greater frequency and increased amounts of water, the negative impacts 
+are being increasingly felt throughout USNA operations. Long-term impact, 
+without future action, places many of USNA’s buildings and monuments as well as the 
+effective execution of the mission of the Academy at risk.
+
+## Project Team
+
+Swift River Versar JV is assisting NSAA meet these challenges by reviewing 
+NSAA/USNA past studies, reports and data collection efforts and providing 
+planning guidance that will address sea level rise, coastal flooding, storm surge 
+and stormwater planning and mitigation efforts.  The goal is to create a comprehensive plan, 
+project portfolio and year-by-year execution strategy to cohesively address these natural hazards.
+
+## Project Implications
+
+Climate change, sea level rise, changing weather patterns and continued subsidence 
+of the Mid-Atlantic land mass will continue to contribute to an increase in the 
+number and magnitude of coastal flooding events in the near- and long-term future 
+of the Annapolis region.  
+These conditions will continue to impact land and infrastructure and pose 
+significant challenges to the successful execution of the Naval Academy mission.  
+Protective measures at the Lower and Upper Yard as well as North Severn zone
+will be necessary to reduce damage from these events and facilitate effective mission execution. 
+Given the imminent threat of extreme coastal and precipitation-based storm events 
+as well as probable permanent inundation of some land areas over time, 
+what adaptation and resilience measures can be taken to address present-day and 
+likely 2035, 2065 and 2100 impacts in order to protect Mission-Essential infrastructure and facilities
+to ensure the successful execution of mission critical and base support activities at the U.S. Naval Academy?
 
+*Technical Details*.  TODO, describe:
+* UAV lidar scanning from campus flyovers,
+* UUV sonar scanning of shoreline,
+* Handheld LIDAR scanning in utility tunnels,
+* Geometry decimation and distillation,
+* Model publication on Web using Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standard.
+ 
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