Oxnard Aerial USGS Imagery for Solar Photovoltaic Array Detection

A collection of USGS Orthoimagery .tif image files and associated metadata for Oxnard, California. The data is part of the Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Array Location and Extent Data Set for Remote Sensing Object Identification, authored by Kyle Bradbury and colleagues. Acknowledgement is given to the U.S. Geological Survey as the original data source.

Use Cases

• Training object detection models for solar panel identification based on high-resolution aerial imagery.
• Conducting geospatial analysis of solar energy infrastructure distribution in urban areas.
• Benchmarking remote sensing algorithms for renewable energy asset mapping using the referenced parent dataset.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Geological Survey, suggesting high positional accuracy.
• Imagery is part of a cited, peer-reviewed research dataset (figshare DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3385780).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Orthoimagery, processed by Kyle Bradbury et al.

Collection Method

Aerial imagery collection and processing for a remote sensing object identification dataset.

Geography

Oxnard, California, USA