PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PI IS A STEP 1 EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIP ECF RECIPIENT AND HAS RECEIVED A PERMANENT POSITION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAS LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY LPL AS A TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. PI IS NOW SEEKING START UP FUNDING THROUGH STEP 2 OF THE ECF AWARD PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HIS NEW PHOTOGRAMMETRY LABORATORY TO ENHANCE ITS CAPABILITY FOR ACQUIRING HIGHRESOLUTION PRECISION TOPOGRAPHY OF TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS TO PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES.THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED ECF AWARD TO HELP PI DEVELOP HIS RESEARCH PROGRAM IN TERRESTRIAL ANALOG STUDIES FOR PLANETARY SURFACE EXPLORATION BY ACQUIRING EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING THAT IS CRITICAL TO ESTABLISHING PRECISE GEODETIC CONTROL FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING LIDAR AND MULTI-VIEW STEREO PHOTOGRAMMETRY (MVSP) DATA. SPECIFICALLY THESE RESOURCES WOULD INCLUDE1 A TRIMBLE R10 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM GNSS DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DGPS COMPOSED OF 3 RECEIVERS AND ACCESSORIES TO PROVIDE 1 DEDICATED BASE-STATION AND 2 KINEMATIC ROVERS TO INCREASE DATA ACQUISITION EFFICIENTLY.2 A TRIMBLE V10 IMAGING ROVER THAT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES WITH THE TRIMBLE R10 GNSS DGPS TO PROVIDE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF FIELD SITES USING A PANORAMA IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY. THE TRIMBLE V10 IMAGING ROVER IS THE COMMERCIAL EQUIVALENT OF GOOGLES STREET VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM3 TIME FOR PI HAMILTON 3.0-WEEKS TO RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING FROM LICENSED TRIMBLE INSTRUCTORS IN THE USE OF THE R10 AND V10 SYSTEMS TO UNLOCK THEIR FULL CAPABILITY.THE PROCUREMENT OF THESE INSTRUMENTS THROUGH THE PROPOSED ECF AWARD IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A SPECIAL TRIMBLE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TUPP AGREEMENT WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY PI BETWEEN LPL AND TRIMBLE SEE ATTACHED LETTER OF SUPPORT. THE TUPP PROVIDES PI HAMILTON WITH A 50 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON ALL TRIMBLE HARDWARE PURCHASES AND A 90 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON ALL SOFTWARE. THROUGH THIS TUPP AGREEMENT PI HAS ALREADY PURCHASED ALL OF THE SOFTWARE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE R10 AND V10 SYSTEMS 10 TIMES TRIMBLE ADVANCED BUSINESS CENTER LICENSES USING STARTUP FUNDING FROM LPL. NOTE THAT NONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS FROM TRIMBLE EXCEED $40 000 AND ARE THUS NOT CONSIDERED PLANETARY MAJOR EQUIPMENT PME. FOR CONVENIENCE THESE SYSTEMS ARE ALL INCLUDED ON THE SAME QUOTE FROM TRIMBLE BUT IF IT IS PREFERABLE THESE SYSTEMS CAN BE ITEMIZED SEPARATELY UPON REQUEST. THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPOSED EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING IS RELEVANT TO THE SCOPE OF THE ECF PROGRAM IN THAT IT WOULD SERVE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS AND TO STIMULATE RESEARCH CAREERS IN AREAS SUPPORTED BY THE PLANETARY SCIENCES DIVISION. THE USES OF STARTUP FUNDS LISTED BY THE ECF PROGRAM INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALARY SUPPLIES PUBLICATION CHARGES AND TIME AND TRAVEL FOR LEARNING NEW SKILLS. HENCE THIS PROPOSAL FOCUSING ON THE ACQUISITION OF SUPPLIES THE TRIMBLE R10 GNSS DGPS V10 IMAGING ROVER AND TRAINING IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM. THISPROPOSAL IS RELEVANT TO THE ECF PROGRAM AND THEREFORE BY DEFINITION RELEVANT TO NASA.