Orthophoto 1998: Aerial Imagery from Italy

Orthophoto 1998 is a collection of aerial imagery captured by the Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale. The footage was taken between April and October 1998. The dataset was last updated on the platform in September 2015.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical land use changes based on aerial imagery from 1998.
• Create baseline maps for environmental monitoring based on 1998 landscape conditions.
• Train computer vision models for feature detection on historical aerial photographs.
• Conduct urban planning studies by comparing 1998 infrastructure to present day.

Strengths

• Imagery has a specific temporal coverage from April to October 1998.
• Data is provided in the high-resolution TIFF format suitable for detailed analysis.
• Dataset originates from a national government agency, the Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale.

Limitations

• Last updated 2015-09-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale

Collection Method

Aerial photography flight.

Time Range

April to October 1998

Geography

Italy (inferred from organization)