NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Imagery of Chatham Bay to Great Neck, Massachusetts

4-band ortho-rectified mosaic tiles were created by the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative. The source imagery was acquired on September 9, 2024, using a Leica RCD30 imagery system. This data product is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Use Cases

• Coastal erosion monitoring based on ortho-rectified shoreline imagery.
• Landform classification and analysis based on 4-band spectral data.
• Change detection studies based on high-resolution aerial imagery.
• GIS basemap creation for coastal management based on georeferenced mosaics.

Strengths

• Imagery is ortho-rectified, which corrects for geometric distortions.
• Source data was acquired with a specific Leica RCD30 system on a known date (20240909).
• Produced by the authoritative NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired with a Leica RCD30 system and processed into ortho-rectified mosaics.

Time Range

Imagery acquired on 20240909.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:49:13.950652; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chatham Bay to Great Neck, Massachusetts, USA.