NOAA Coastal Orthorectified Mosaic Tiles for Louisiana 2010

NOAA's Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping initiative produced ortho-rectified true color mosaic image tiles covering the Baton Rouge to Southwest Pass region of Louisiana. The dataset consists of GeoTIFF files with a 0.50-meter ground sample distance, derived from aerial imagery captured in March 2010. This ancillary product from NOAA's Coastal Mapping Program is designed to support multiple uses of coastal data.

Use Cases

• Coastal change detection and shoreline mapping using the 0.50-meter resolution ortho-rectified tiles.
• Land use and habitat classification analysis based on the true color (RGB) imagery.
• Integration with matching infrared imagery (archived under NCEI Accession 0104414) for multi-spectral analysis.
• Supporting nautical charting and coastal planning as part of NOAA's Coastal Mapping Program outputs.
• Providing a georeferenced baseline for geographic information system (GIS) projects in the region.

Strengths

• Imagery has a high spatial resolution with a ground sample distance of 0.50 meters per pixel.
• Data is ortho-rectified, correcting for sensor tilt and terrain to provide accurate geospatial positioning.
• Source imagery was acquired with a specialized Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS).
• Dataset is hosted on multiple authoritative platforms (NASA Earthdata and Data.gov), indicating reliability and importance.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, specific column names, and license information is unavailable across all sources.
• There is a conflict in the 'last updated' date between platforms: one reports 2010-03-15, while others report 2026-03 06.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), via the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative.

Collection Method

Aerial imagery captured with an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) and processed into ortho-rectified mosaic tiles.

Time Range

2010-03-13 to 2010-03-15

Freshness

2026-03-06 00:14:31.492047

Geography

Baton Rouge to Southwest Pass, Louisiana, USA.