Ortho-Rectified Aerial Mosaic of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts from 2009

NOAA NGS ortho-rectified mosaic tiles created from imagery acquired between August 10 and October 21, 2009. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration produced this data through its Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative using an Applanix Digital Sensor System. The source imagery was acquired at a higher resolution than the final mosaic product.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection and monitoring based on ortho-rectified imagery.
• Land cover classification for coastal zones based on infrared and photographic data.
• Creating base maps for geographic information systems based on georeferenced mosaic tiles.
• Analyzing shoreline features based on high-resolution aerial photographs.

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired over a defined period from 20090810 to 20091021.
• Data is ortho-rectified, which suggests geometric correction for map accuracy.
• Source imagery was acquired at a resolution higher than the final product.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary file formats listed are PDF and HTML, which may not contain the raw image data directly.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired with an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) and processed into ortho-rectified mosaics.

Time Range

2009-08-10 to 2009-10-21

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:50:43.607486; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, North America