Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Coastal Maine from 2011

Maine's coastline from Cutts Island to Prouts Neck is covered by ortho-rectified mosaic tiles. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) produced this data from imagery acquired June 5-7, 2011, using an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS). The final mosaic is derived from higher-resolution original aerial photographs.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection based on ortho-rectified infrared imagery.
• Land cover classification for a section of Maine's coastline.
• Creating historical basemaps for environmental planning.
• Calibrating or validating remote sensing models using rectified images.

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired with a specific sensor (Applanix DSS) over a known three-day period in June 2011.
• Data is ortho-rectified, which corrects for geometric distortion.
• Source imagery was acquired at a higher resolution than the final mosaic, suggesting detail is available.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific 2011 acquisition dates.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

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

Time Range

20110605 - 20110607

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:16:22.142645; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal Maine, USA, from Cutts Island to Prouts Neck