The Ganges River Delta. Image taken 2/28/2000 Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earthasart/

ESRM 430: Aerial Photos & Remote Sensing in Natural Resources Management Prepared by Anne Zald Head, Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services zald@u.washington.edu Office: B060 Suzzallo Library (basement) Professor Moskal's Webpage for ESRM 430

General Tips

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Aerial Photography

Paper Photos -- in Map Collection, Suzzallo Library (basement)

UW Map Collection has aerial photos for Washington State dated 1942-2003 but we do not have 100% coverage of the state for all years. To identify individual photos for your area of interest, use the step-by-step instructions provided on the How Do I find Imagery? portion of our Aerial Photography and Other Remote-Sensing Imagery page.

A short-list of projects that cover the Seattle metro area:

• Aerial survey of Seattle (1946)
• 1961 MYLAR enlargements
• 1965 MYLAR enlargements
• 1970 enlargments
• SP-85 enlargements (1985)
• NW-95 enlargements (1995)
• NW-C-01 enlargements (2001)

Digital

Hosted at UW

• Digital Orthophotography on WAGDA
  Statewide 1990s; 2002 Puget Sound area
• 2006 NAIP Imagery of Washington (entire state, 18" resolution, color). Not yet available online.

To request image tiles from the 2006 NAIP Imagery for your area of interest send an email to gis@lib.washington.edu including both the Folder ID and the Tile Number for each image you are requesting.

To determine the folder id and tile number please download, unzip, and use ArcMap to open the index grid for the NAIP 2006 photos. Use ArcMap's IDENTIFY tool (with OrthoLayout_with_row_column as the active layer) and note the folder id and tile number from the attribute table that appears. Library staff will extract requested tiles and deliver via ftp with a goal of 1 business day response time (note that we cannot promise delivery within 24 hours over the weekend). Those unfamiliar with ArcMap will need to visit the GIS Lab to consult with library staff.

Other sources for digital aerial photography

• NASA World Wind (viewable imagery)
  Lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D
• Google Earth / Google Maps (viewable imagery)
• Microsoft local.live.com (viewable imagery)
  Provides 2D, 3D, hybrid map / photo, and bird's eye view photos (oblique angle)
• Microsoft Terraserver (downloadable imagery)
• USGS Seamless Server (downloadable imagery)
• USGS Earth Explorer (purchase historic remote sensing imagery from USDA, USGS, and other federal agencies dating 1940-present)
• King County GIS Center Orthophotography Data Catalog (licensing and access information)

LIDAR

• Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium
  Requires registration but there are no fees
• Mt St Helens LIDAR on WAGDA
  

Satellite Imagery

• Global LANDSAT UW Restricted
  Geocover 1990 and 2000 imagery. Indexes ONLY online via WAGDA. To request imagery for delivery via ftp, please include date and tile number(s) in your request to gis@lib.washington.edu
• Spatial Data Server from RTI-CFR (server-side imagery - connect using ArcMap, instructions provided)
• USGS Seamless Server (downloadable imagery)
• USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GLOVIS) - view LandSat, ASTER, EO-1, Modis, & Terralook imagery. Free downloads of LandSat imagery (35 year archive) will be released on a rolling schedule to be complete by February 2009.

Citing Maps and Aerial Photographs

Be sure to capture relevant metadata at the same time you download the data! Citing the geospatial data you use validates the quality of your work.

• Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide  This pamphlet is available in Maps Reference, GA108.7 .C55 1992
  (pdf summary from this publication)       
• Guide to citing Maps & Atlases
  Provided by the McMaster University Libraries Lloyd Reeds Map Collection.
• Guide to Map Citation
  The University of Melbourne recommends using this information in conjunction with your preferred style guide. Remote sensing imagery and aerial photographs are addressed along with other cartographic formats.