WROC state and federal partnerships top $1.1 million
December 21, 2009
A recent funding boost will create a statewide 18-inch imagery product, and also help reduce costs for other WROC participants.
Tagged As: Aerial Photography
Items related to aircraft-acquired photography.
Webinar outlines status, future of statewide air photo efforts
September 11, 2009
In a September 10th online “webinar,” audience members learned the State of Wisconsin will receive $700,000 in federal funding for 2010 orthophotography.
Save the date: WROC Webinar September 10th
August 18, 2009
Fire up your favorite Web browser at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 10th to hear the latest on the Wisconsin Regional Orthophotography Consortium, and plans for 2010 imagery in Wisconsin.
More statewide orthophotos in 2010 possible
June 3, 2009
Wisconsin may be in line for statewide 1-meter resolution digital orthophoto coverage sooner than expected due to a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
La Crosse County aerial photography in the news
January 15, 2008
An article by the La Crosse Tribune on a new spatial dataset yields some very interesting reader comments.
UW-Madison to digitally archive historic 1937-1941 aerial photographs
January 8, 2008
UW-Madison has an unparalleled collection of historic aerial photographs including a very rare and nearly-complete collection of the oldest aerial photos of the state, acquired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1937-1941. A new project at UW-Madison will digitally scan and archive the entire collection, and make the photographs available to the general public via a web portal.
Calling all amateur airphoto interpreters
September 12, 2007
Google Earth and Amazon’s “Human Intelligence Task” site are now aiding in the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett.
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
November 21, 2006
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Central Regional Library in Denver, Colorado maintains a collection of over 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States and its territories from 1868 to the present.
Aerial Photography Program on National Radio
September 1, 2006
A recent Morning Edition story on National Public Radio discussed the efforts of the USDA to collect aerial photographs spanning the nation through the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). NAIP imagery is taken yearly during …