High-Resolution Orthoimagery
NOAA Coastal Services Center and partners
Data Specifications
- Area of Coverage: Variable sizes and geographic coverages ranging from multiple counties to small port areas
- Date(s) Available: 2002 to 2012 (vary by location)
- Format: Most areas are available as a three-band, natural-color data set. Some geographic areas also have three-band color infrared images associated with the natural color images. Other geographic areas either have four-band imagery available or have a single-band, near-infrared image in addition to the natural color images. GeoTIFF is the most common native format. However, some of the images are available in the ERDAS .img format.
- Resolution: Multiple resolutions that vary from 0.25 meters to 1.0 meter
Overview
One meter high-resolution image of Fulton, Texas. The Lyndon B. Johnson Causeway is visible in the center of the image.
The NOAA Coastal Services Center, in partnership with federal, state, and local governments, has acquired numerous high-resolution imagery data sets of coastal areas. The high-resolution data sets represent imagery collected from multiple aerial data sources, including digital and frame cameras. The images were originally acquired to support a number of projects, including mapping of upland and wetland habitats, mapping of benthic and submerged aquatic vegetation habitats, and as a pre-hurricane baseline data source.