Indiana Statewide Aerial Imagery Catalog from 2005 to Present

A series of digital orthophotography for the state of Indiana managed by the State Geographic Information Office and IOT Office of Technology. The imagery dates back to 2005 and is organized into a tile grid scheme covering the entire geography of the state. Each year's imagery is available in multiple formats including Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG), original GeoTIFF, ECW, and MrSID.

Use Cases

• Land cover change detection based on the multi-year imagery series dating back to 2005
• High-resolution base mapping for GIS applications based on the statewide tile grid scheme
• Training models for agricultural or natural resource analysis based on the aerial orthophotography

Strengths

• Imagery series provides temporal coverage dating back to 2005
• Data is organized into a consistent tile grid scheme covering the entire state
• Files are available in multiple formats, including modern Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

State of Indiana Geographic Information Office and IOT Office of Technology

Collection Method

Aerial orthophotography collection and processing

Time Range

2005 to present

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

State of Indiana, USA