NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Waukegan, IL from 2022

A 4-band ortho-rectified mosaic of Waukegan, Illinois, created by the NOAA National Geodetic Survey. The source imagery was captured on October 3, 2022, using a Digital Sensor System (DSS) Version 6 as part of the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The data is provided as tiles, with the original images acquired at a higher resolution to support the final mosaic product.

Use Cases

• Coastal landform classification based on 4-band ortho-rectified imagery.
• Shoreline change detection analysis based on high-resolution aerial photographs.
• Training semantic segmentation models for land cover mapping based on ortho-rectified tiles.
• Geographic information system (GIS) basemap creation for the Waukegan, IL area.

Strengths

• Ortho-rectified imagery, which corrects for geometric distortions.
• Imagery acquired on a specific date (20221003) with a known sensor (DSS Version 6).
• Produced by the authoritative NOAA National Geodetic Survey.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single location (Waukegan, IL).

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired via Digital Sensor System (DSS) and processed into ortho-rectified mosaic tiles.

Time Range

2022-10-03

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:07:51.142397; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Waukegan, Illinois, USA