NOAA Ortho-rectified 4-Band Aerial Mosaic of Michigan Coastline, 2024

A 4-band ortho-rectified mosaic of coastal Michigan, created by the NOAA National Geodetic Survey. The source imagery was acquired from August 3 to August 14, 2024, using an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) mounted on an airplane. This dataset is a product of the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative.

Use Cases

• Coastal erosion monitoring based on ortho-rectified shoreline imagery
• Land cover classification based on 4-band spectral data
• Beach and coastal landform analysis based on high-resolution aerial photography
• Change detection studies based on time-series comparison with other mosaics

Strengths

• Imagery is ortho-rectified, which corrects for geometric distortions
• Source data was acquired over a specific 12-day period in August 2024
• Produced by the authoritative NOAA National Geodetic Survey

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired via an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) as part of the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative.

Time Range

2024-08 03 to 2024-08-14

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:01:23.795426; freshness should be verified

Geography

Coastal region from Crystallia to Muskegon, Michigan, USA