Digital Orthophoto RGB of Austria at 20cm Resolution

A 20-centimeter resolution, distortion-free orthophoto tile of the Earth's surface, captured on January 28, 2022. This is one of 57 tiles that collectively cover the territory of Austria, produced from 4-channel digital aerial images. The data is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification based on high-resolution RGB imagery.
• Urban planning and development monitoring based on true-to-scale aerial images.
• Environmental change detection based on distortion-free georeferenced photos.
• Creating base maps for GIS applications based on orthorectified imagery.

Strengths

• High spatial resolution with a pixel size of 20 centimeters.
• The image is orthorectified, meaning it is distortion-free and true-to-scale.
• One of 57 tiles providing comprehensive coverage of Austria.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific tile location.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Produced from digital aerial images.

Time Range

2022-01-28

Geography

Austria (specific tile location: CRS3035RES50000mN2600000E4650000)