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Orthophotography Data

Orthophotography in the King County Spatial Data Warehouse
Licensing and access restrictions
Summary of Orthophotograpy Data
Summary of Orthophotograpy Storage Specifications
Reorganization of KCGIS SDW image library
Orthophotography Data Products


Orthophotography in KCGIS SDW

The King County Spatial Data Warehouse (KCGIS SDW) stores orthophotography and satellite imagery of multiple vintages, resolutions, and extents. Data is available in natural color, panchromatic (B&W) and multispectral formats, though not all versions are available for each dataset. Please refer to the descriptions below, and metadata where available, for more information about each dataset.


Licensing and access restrictions

Not all data is available for release to the public or agencies and cities outside of King County government due to licensing agreements. Data may be made available, with restrictions, to consultants and other parties operating under contract or other formal agreement with King County. Availability of data to other outside parties is summarized below.
 

Orthophoto Dataset   Vintage Can be obtained from King County How it can be obtained
Western King County 1936 No Not Available
City of Seattle 1993 No Contact source directly
NIES 1996 Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request
WA Dept of Natural Resources 1998 No Contact source directly
DAIS 2000 No Contact source directly
Emerge 2000 Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request
Ikonos 2000 No Contact source directly
King County 02 2002 Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request
USGS Urban High-Resolution 2002 Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request
City of Seattle 2005 No Contact source directly
Western King County (Aerials Express) 2005 No Contact source directly
King County - 0.5 and 1-foot (Pictometry) 2007 No Draft 1 version not available for distribution. Final version, when available, can be licensed to project members only. Contact King County GIS Client Services for additional information
Landsat and TM Satellite Imagery Various vintages Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request
USGS Digital Topographic Quadrangle Graphics (DRG) Various quadrangle dates Yes Contact King County GIS Client Services for custom data request


For data that King County can release, the King County GIS Center, Client Services section, can assist you in selecting the correct data and format for your needs, and in providing a cost-estimate for data preparation and media delivery. The GIS Center can also assist you in contacting the original source or vendor for data that we cannot redistribute.



Summary of tiled Orthophotography data sets in KCGIS SDW image library

Available image data sets span a 10-year plus inventory. Not all datasets cover the same geographic extent, nor are all datasets available to the public due to licensing restrictions. For some datasets both natural color and color infrared versions exist. Resolution also varies due to pixel resolution and compression; users are encouraged to review the completed metadata documentation in the detailed data section



Summary of Orthophotography file/storage specifications for KCGIS SDW image library

Image data sets are available in different formats, resolutions and tiling schemes. Depending on your business needs, you may wish to use data in either its native format (usually at the lowest 7500-ft tiling level) or at the township-range tiling level where the data has stored in a compressed image format, but still retains nearly full resolution. Larger mosaics at the zone tiling level are also available, plus each dataset is stored as a single tile in the keyregion directory. These latter files are more strongly compressed so lose some of their image quality but are useful when easy access to the the regional picture is important.



Reorganization of KCGIS SDW image library

King County has completed the reorganization of its image data library in conjunction with centralizing all enterprise raster data. New and migrated image and raster data is now stored in \\gisdw\kclib\plibrary3 under a common suite of tiling schemes and with a consistent naming convention. In addition, King County is adopting a new image compression format for storing its image data. This format, called the JPG2000 (jp2) standard, will require that GIS users update their software with the proper extensions to be able to view the data.

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Orthophotography Data Products


Updated April 16, 2008

 

 

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