NOAA Ortho-rectified Near-Infrared Aerial Mosaic of Marine City, Michigan

NOAA's Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative produced this ortho-rectified mosaic from aerial imagery. The source data was captured on 20160912 using an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) at a high resolution. This dataset provides processed, geographically corrected near-infrared imagery for a coastal region in Michigan.

Use Cases

• Coastal land cover classification based on near-infrared reflectance data.
• Change detection analysis for shoreline monitoring using ortho-rectified imagery.
• Supporting habitat mapping and environmental assessments with high-resolution aerial data.

Strengths

• Imagery is ortho-rectified, providing a geographically accurate base map.
• Source data was acquired at a high resolution, as noted in the description.
• Produced by NOAA's authoritative Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary file formats listed are PDF and HTML, which may not contain the raw image data.

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

2016-09-12

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:03:12.848372; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Marine City, Marysville/Port Huron, Michigan, USA