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Summary

Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2024: 2006-2007 natural color orthophotos covering the islands of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/49577.
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Abstract

This file is from a collection of GeoTIFF format natural color and false color infrared orthophotos covering the islands of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix (USVI). An orthophoto is remotely sensed image data in which displacement of features in the image caused by terrain relief and sensor orientation have been mathematically removed. Orthophotography combines the image characteristics of a photograph with the geometric qualities of a map. Each orthophoto provides imagery for a standard USGS 1/16th quadrangle map. False color infrared imagery was only generated for those 1/16th quadrangle maps falling within one kilometer of the coast line. The source imagery was obtained from November 2006 through March 2007 and used to produce orthophotos with a one foot ground sample distance (GSD). Imagery was acquired at 0.9 foot GSD resolution. Flight height maintained during mission was 8,650 feet AGL. The imagery was captured at 12-bit radiometric resolution and converted to 8-bit radiometric resolution during post processing. The imagery was captured with 30% sidelap between all adjacent flight lines. The PRVI project area was divided into 20 flight blocks due to necessary base station and flight line length requirements. The imagery was obtained and processed by all digital means beginning with data acquisition using an ADS40 digital sensor. The orthophotos are available in GeoTIFF form. The projected coordinate system is State Plane Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands (Zone 5200), NAD 83, GRS 80, Units Meters.

Original contact information:

Contact Org: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Phone: 314-331-8385

Email: Robert.D.Mesko@mvs02.usace.army.mil

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

None. Acknowledgment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers would be appreciated for products derived from these data.

Controlled Theme Keywords

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-67.338055° W, -64.473611° E, 18.626111° N, 17.591666° S

Time Frame 1
2007-10-31

Item Identification

Title: 2006-2007 natural color orthophotos covering the islands of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix
Short Name: ads40_pr_rgb
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2008-02-17
Abstract:

This file is from a collection of GeoTIFF format natural color and false color infrared orthophotos covering the islands of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix (USVI). An orthophoto is remotely sensed image data in which displacement of features in the image caused by terrain relief and sensor orientation have been mathematically removed. Orthophotography combines the image characteristics of a photograph with the geometric qualities of a map. Each orthophoto provides imagery for a standard USGS 1/16th quadrangle map. False color infrared imagery was only generated for those 1/16th quadrangle maps falling within one kilometer of the coast line. The source imagery was obtained from November 2006 through March 2007 and used to produce orthophotos with a one foot ground sample distance (GSD). Imagery was acquired at 0.9 foot GSD resolution. Flight height maintained during mission was 8,650 feet AGL. The imagery was captured at 12-bit radiometric resolution and converted to 8-bit radiometric resolution during post processing. The imagery was captured with 30% sidelap between all adjacent flight lines. The PRVI project area was divided into 20 flight blocks due to necessary base station and flight line length requirements. The imagery was obtained and processed by all digital means beginning with data acquisition using an ADS40 digital sensor. The orthophotos are available in GeoTIFF form. The projected coordinate system is State Plane Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands (Zone 5200), NAD 83, GRS 80, Units Meters.

Original contact information:

Contact Org: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Phone: 314-331-8385

Email: Robert.D.Mesko@mvs02.usace.army.mil

Purpose:

The purpose of the project is to provide the United States Army Corps of Engineers with current year digital orthophotos covering all of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Corps regularly uses digital orthophotos to support regulatory, land management and acquisition, planning, engineering and habitat restoration projects. The data may also become available to local, state and other federal agencies for their specific management and analysis needs. The one-foot resolution data collected for this project is higher resolution than the previous island-wide collection in 2004, which was one-meter resolution.

Notes:

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Supplemental Information:

The data design specifications for this product includes several directed to insure its quality, consistency, and usability. These specifications address some of the technical issues associated with orthoimage production: 1) the tops of buildings and other structures elevated above the surface of the ground 'tilt' away from the center point of the source photography and from their own bases as a result of perspective and their height which is not compensated for in digital elevation models of the ground surface and 2) individual orthoimages may be assembled from several source images (strips).

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
UNCONTROLLED
None framework
None orthoimage
None Remotely Sensed Imagery/Photos

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Image (digital)
Distribution Liability:

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 668511
Date Effective From: 2008-02-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 668513
Date Effective From: 2008-02-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 668514
Date Effective From: 2008-02-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 668512
Date Effective From: 2008-02-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Date of image acquisition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1303898
W° Bound: -67.338055
E° Bound: -64.473611
N° Bound: 18.626111
S° Bound: 17.591666

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1303897
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2007-10-31

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

None. Acknowledgment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers would be appreciated for products derived from these data.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 740216
Download URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/imagery/search/where:ID=394
Distributor:
File Name: Customized Download
Description:

Create custom data files by choosing area, map projection, file format, etc.

Distribution 2

CC ID: 740215
Download URL: https://coastalimagery.blob.core.windows.net/digitalcoast/PuertoRico_RGB_2007_394/index.html
Distributor:
File Name: Bulk Download
Description:

Simple download of data files.

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 740218
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 740219
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 668527
Activity Date/Time: 2016-05-23
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 668526
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 718156
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 740217
Activity Date/Time: 2018-03-13
Description:

Partial upload to move data access links to Distribution Info.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data Quality

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

The accuracy value was determined by measuring photo-identifiable control points collected with GPS survey methods in the orthophotos.; Quantitative Value: 5.00 meters, Test that produced the value: ASPRS Class I Standard for 200 Scale Mapping for areas defined in the document PR_USVI_DEM_Footprint07_Rev.pdf; Quantitative Value: 10.0 meters, Test that produced the value: ASPRS Class I Standard for 400 Scale Mapping for areas defined in the document PR_USVI_DEM_Footprint07_Rev.pdf

Completeness Measure:

Cloud Cover: 5

Completeness Report:

These data cover all of the islands of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, and the US Virgin Islands. Each orthophoto has an overedge of approximately 30 meters on all sides of its centering 1.875 minute cell.

Conceptual Consistency:

Sample points taken from overlapping areas of adjacent image strips that contributed image chips to each orthophoto tile are typically consistent to the 2-3 pixel level. This not only ensures that a consistent mosaic can be created from the adjacent image strips acquired with the ADS40 pushbroom scanner but also means that the images have good precision and as a group are spatially self-consistent.

Lineage

Sources

DEM for Orthorectification of 2006-2007 PRVI Orthophotography

CC ID: 1303892
Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2005-02-01
Scale Denominator: 2400
Source Contribution:

Ground elevations used for orthorectification process | Source Geospatial Form: raster digital data | Type of Source Media: disc

Digital Aerial Imagery for 2006-2007 PRVI Orthophotography

CC ID: 1303893
Publish Date: 2008-02-17
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2007-10-31
Scale Denominator: 2400
Source Contribution:

Flight planning, image acquisition, image processing and image packaging. | Source Geospatial Form: (Select One) | Type of Source Media: disc

Ground Control for 2006-2007 PRVI Orthophotography

CC ID: 1303894
Publish Date: 2007-01-15
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2006-11-01
Scale Denominator: 2400
Source Contribution:

Horizontal and vertical control used to establish positions and elevations for reference and correlation purposes and as input to the aerotriangulation process. | Source Geospatial Form: (Select One) | Type of Source Media: disc

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1303895
Description:

Ground control consisted of photo identifiable surveyed points. The imagery was collected at an altitude of 8650 ft using an ADS40 digital sensor. Image quality was verified during the post flight review phase. Factors considered during this review included but were not limited to the presence of smoke and/or cloud cover, contrails, light conditions and sun glint. The triangulated strips were rectified with a recent DEM of the area provided by 3001, Inc. The vertical accuracy of the DEM varies based on the elevation postings and is generally estimated at 30-45cm. The red, green and blue bands were combined to generate a final natural color orthophoto, and the near - infrared, red and green bands were combined to generate a final false color infrared orthophoto. The ADS40 sensor collects twelve bit image data which requires radiometric adjustment for output in standard eight bit image channels. Converting to eight bit results in a reduction of the color range from 4096 to 256 - thus loss of radiometric detail is inevitable. The extra dynamic range of the sensor permits greater object differentiation in shadows and in bright areas. The sixteen bit dynamic range permitted the imagery to be more effectively color balanced than is possible with eight bit imagery. This was accomplished by performing tonal enhancements immediately prior to the reduction from sixteen bit to eight bit data. In addition to color balancing these eight bit images were adjusted to create seamless imagery to the highest extent practically achievable. The imagery was mosaicked using a combination of automated and manual seamlines generation. Project specified tiles were extracted from the mosaic. Final image tiles were reviewed for artifacts and anomalies and adjusted as part of quality control procedures. When necessary, local corrections to the imagery were performed to minimize such effects.

Process Date/Time: 2008-02-17 00:00:00
Source: Digital Aerial Imagery for 2006-2007 PRVI Orthophotography

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 49577
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49577
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 15:15+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Kirk Waters
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-01-11 11:52+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-01-11
Owner Org: OCMP
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-03-13
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-03-13