NOAA Ortho-rectified Aerial Mosaic of Massachusetts Coast, 2024

NOAA's Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative produced this 4-band ortho-rectified mosaic. The source imagery was acquired from 20241108 to 20241110 using a Leica RCD30 imagery system. The data covers the coastal area from Great Neck to Cutty Hunk Island, Massachusetts.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection based on high-resolution ortho-rectified imagery
• Shoreline mapping and analysis based on the described geomorphic landforms
• Land cover classification for coastal areas based on 4-band spectral data
• GIS base layer creation for coastal planning based on the ortho-rectified mosaic

Strengths

• Imagery acquired with a Leica RCD30 system, suggesting professional-grade source data
• Data is ortho-rectified, which typically corrects for geometric distortions
• Covers a specific coastal transect from Great Neck to Cutty Hunk Island, Massachusetts

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 be the primary raster data formats

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired via airplane with a Leica RCD30 system, processed into an ortho-mosaic.

Time Range

2024-11-08 to 2024-11 10

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:14:41.901477; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Neck to Cutty Hunk Island, Massachusetts, USA