NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Drummond Island, Michigan from 2016

NOAA NGS ortho-rectified color mosaic tiles were produced under the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The source imagery was acquired on September 20, 2016, using an Applanix Digital Sensor System. The original images were captured at a higher resolution to support the final mosaic product.

Use Cases

• Coastal land cover classification based on ortho-rectified color imagery
• Change detection analysis for shorelines using time-series aerial data
• Training object detection models for infrastructure in coastal regions
• Validating satellite-derived products with high-resolution aerial reference data

Strengths

• Imagery is ortho-rectified, which corrects for geometric distortions
• Source data was acquired at a higher resolution than the final mosaic
• Specific acquisition date (2016-09-20) is documented

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 geographic/temporal bias inherent to the single acquisition date and location

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 mosaic tiles.

Time Range

Imagery acquired on 2016-09-20.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:56:10.166650; freshness should be verified

Geography

Drummond Island (De Tour Passage), Michigan, USA.