2016 Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Michigan Coastal Cities

Ortho-rectified mosaic tiles were created from aerial imagery acquired on 20161113 by the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The source data covers the coastal areas of Muskegon, Grand Haven, and Holland, Michigan, and was captured using an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration produced this dataset, which is available in PDF and HTML formats.

Use Cases

• Create coastal land cover maps based on ortho-rectified aerial imagery.
• Perform change detection analysis for Michigan shoreline areas based on the 2016 imagery date.
• Use as a georeferenced base layer for urban planning in the specified Michigan cities.
• Train computer vision models for feature detection using the ortho-rectified mosaic format.

Strengths

• Imagery was acquired on a single, known date: 20161113.
• Source data is ortho-rectified, which corrects for geometric distortions.
• Produced by the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data scale (row count, file size) is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which are not typical for direct geospatial analysis.

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

2016-11-13

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:39:26.996963; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal areas of Muskegon, Grand Haven, and Holland, Michigan, USA.