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    • Aerial Imagery over U.S. Coastal Areas collected by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management dating from 1944 to Present

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2023

    This aerial imagery dataset consists of high resolution (1 inch up to 1 meter) true color, infrared, 4-band, black and white, and hyperspectral ortho-rectified mosaic tiles collected in coastal areas to support shoreline and coastal mapping efforts. This data is created as a product from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) from data collected by the NOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS), the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The source imagery was acquired from airplane flights from across the United States since 1944 and is an ongoing project. Ortho-rectified mosaic tiles are an ancillary product supporting the Interagency Working Group - Ocean and Coastal Mapping with a goal of increasing support for multiple uses of the data. Most of the data was collected through NOAA NGS's Coastal Mapping Program (CMP) and typically has a ground sample distance (GSD) for each pixel of 0.50 m, though more recent data may have a 0.35 m or 0.25 m GSD. Data collected by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is typically higher resolution with 0.05 m GSD. The rest of the data was acquired by OCM. OCM has an agreement with NGS and the USACE to archive the imagery that is delivered to OCM. The data set includes Geotiff (.tif) or ERDAS Imagine .img format images with associated GIS tile index shapefiles and a manifest file.

    Access & Use Information

    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date June 23, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) February 28, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update monthly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    OCM Orthoimagery example

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 23, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) February 28, 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C01633
    Access Constraints Cite as: NOAA Office for Coastal Management; NOAA National Geodetic Survey (2022): Aerial Imagery over U.S. Coastal Areas collected by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management dating from 1944 to Present. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI DSI 2059_01. Accessed [date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long -61
    Bbox North Lat 74
    Bbox South Lat 15
    Bbox West Long -167
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update monthly
    Graphic Preview Description OCM Orthoimagery example
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01633.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Harvest Object Id c91b15ca-f00b-481b-b490-8e1a37a0441a
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence Data should not be used for navigation.
    Lineage The imagery consists of high resolution (1 inch up to 1 meter) infrared, natural color and 4-band datasets. Most of the imagery was collected by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), while the rest was acquired by NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM).
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-167.0, 15.0], [-61.0, 15.0], [-61.0, 74.0], [-167.0, 74.0], [-167.0, 15.0]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1944-01-01

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