NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Massachusetts Coastal Ports, 2011

NOAA's 2011 ortho-rectified mosaic tiles were created under the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The source imagery was acquired from June to September 2011 using an Applanix Digital Sensor System. The original aerial photographs were captured at a higher resolution than the final mosaic product.

Use Cases

• Coastal land-use change analysis based on ortho-rectified infrared imagery
• Port infrastructure mapping based on high-resolution aerial photographs
• Creating base maps for GIS applications based on the georeferenced mosaic tiles
• Analyzing shoreline features based on the coastal and infrared imagery

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired with a specific sensor system (Applanix DSS)
• Source data has a defined acquisition period from 20110616 to 20110930
• Original images were captured at a higher resolution than the final mosaic

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 2011 collection period

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

20110616 - 20110930

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:53:44.740547; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ports of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, North America