NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of the New Jersey Shoreline, 2011

NOAA's 2011 ortho-rectified mosaic of the Delaware Bay and New Jersey shoreline was created under the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The source imagery was captured by an Applanix Digital Sensor System between April 21 and June 8, 2011. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration produced this dataset.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection and shoreline mapping based on ortho-rectified aerial imagery.
• Land cover classification and habitat analysis based on infrared imagery wavelengths.
• Creating base maps for coastal planning and management based on digital orthophotography.
• Validating or supplementing satellite-derived data based on higher-resolution source imagery.

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired with a specific sensor system (Applanix DSS).
• Source imagery was acquired at a higher resolution than the final mosaic.
• Imagery capture dates are precisely known (20110421 - 20110608).
• Produced by a national authoritative agency (NOAA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and 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 an ortho-rectified mosaic.

Time Range

2011-04 2011-06

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:30:38.185559; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Delaware Bay and New Jersey shoreline, United States, North America