Friday, August 28, 2009

2009 NAIP California Imagery Available!

The Imagery for the Nation (IFTN) Record of Decision was approved by the FGDC Executive Committee and is now available on the website at http://www.fgdc.gov/iftn. The record of decision documents the basic configuration and approach for IFTN, and forms the basis for completion of the IFTN Phase 1 plan. The record of decision was also endorsed by the National Geospatial Advisory Committee yesterday (the endorsement will also be posted as soon as the final language is confirmed).

The 2009 NAIP flights for California have now concluded and 57 of 58 sid-compressed county mosaics (exception of Tuolumne County; look for it next week) are now available at the NRCS data gateway. Those counties larger than 4 gb in size are not downloadable through the gateway, but will shortly be available through CalAltas. The entire state of sid compressions is about 160 gb. The orthorectified and to some degree color-balanced geotiff quarterquads will be available in another 6-7 months.

http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

Also available is the new 1-ft 2008 natural color orthoimagery for the SF bay area. Other higher resolution orthophotography (2007-8) will be available in the coming months for Sacramento urban, LA, Kern, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, and Solano counties.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

HI, I'm not a part of the University but I found your blog online. Would it be possible for me to get the 2009 NAIP data from you? The USDA Data Gateway seems to be down a lot these days. Thanks!