NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Delaware Bay, 2011

Ortho-rectified mosaic tiles created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. Source imagery was captured by an Applanix Digital Sensor System between April and October 2011. The final product is a georeferenced image composite covering the Delaware Bay area.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection based on ortho-rectified aerial imagery.
• Land cover classification for the Delaware Bay region based on infrared wavelengths.
• Creating base maps for GIS projects based on the rectified image mosaic.
• Analyzing shoreline features based on the high-resolution source imagery.

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired with a specialized Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS).
• Source data has a specific acquisition period from 20110421 to 20111026.
• Produced by the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Available file formats are PDF and HTML, which may not be ideal for direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2011-04 2011-10

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:28:18.577580; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Delaware Bay, Delaware, North America