March 18, 2006

Free NAIP ortho imagery downloads and FTP sites - a gift.. here's a TON of free resources with Ortho imagery

Looking for free ortho imagery? Don't stress out, these data are easily available online and you don't need to crack open your wallet even if commercial data providers are offering you free orthoimagery "on sale" even for some slick "Saint Patty's day ortho imagery sale" - don't get caught up in these pitches unless you have some cash to burn! See the following resources for some great leads to image servers and FTP sites where you can access and download free ortho imagery, even 2005 data from the NAIP program - See http://www.apfo.usda.gov/naip.html & see also this awesome wiki with numerous pointers to download sites http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Sources_of_free_orthoimagery or, for NAIP imagery,
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GatewayHome.html

You really want some ortho imagery??? Here's a TON of useful links to pretty much every state where you can access and download the latest ortho imagery for free! Next time you want to orthos, save some cash and spend a bit of time downloading for yourself. There's loads of useful tools like GoZilla (See also cnet free downloads) that will enable you to easily and quickly download data from resources.. simply point and click...
So, here's the list of ortho sites for you... happy St. Patty's day, merry Christmas, etc...

http://www.faygis.org/datasearch.cfm
http://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/geostor/raw_DOQ/index.html
http://sal.uamont.edu/pages/nsdd/Arkansas_State.htm
ftp://ccwgov.co.calaveras.ca.us/GIS/Raster_Data/Aerial_Photos/2002_2ft_Color_DOI/
http://www.sonoma-county.org/gis/dataportal.asp
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/kerncog.org/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/usgs.gov/
http://www.landwateruse.water.ca.gov/basicdata/landuse/digitalsurveys.cfm
http://www.fcgov.com/gis/downloadable-data.php
http://www.udel.edu/dgs/dgsdata/hundreds.html
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37811&Loc=0001
http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm
ftp://gisftp.hicentral.com/AirPhotoImages/
http://inside.uidaho.edu
ftp://itoc.in-span.net/
http://cairo.gis.iastate.edu/map.html
http://gisdasc.kgs.ku.edu/kgcc/
http://gis.sedgwick.gov/view/
http://musashi.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=24k
http://www.mass.gov/mgis/laylist.htm
http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/deli/data_search.html
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/airphoto_usda.html
http://www.maris.state.ms.us/HTM/DataWarehouse/NAIP.htm
http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/data/naip/
http://nris.state.mt.us/nsdi/orthophotos/
ftp://www.co.missoula.mt.us/Surveyor/Horizx/MR_SID/
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/fsa03.html
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/lanc_doqq.html
http://njgin.nj.gov/OIT_IW/index.jsp
ftp://ims.bernco.gov/data
http://rgis.unm.edu/loader_div.cfm?theme=Digital%20Orthophotos
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/
http://lnweb02.co.wake.nc.us/gis/gismaps.nsf
http://www.state.nd.us/gis/mapsdata/download/
http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
ftp://imagery.pasda.psu.edu/pamap/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/documents/datalist.cgi/naip
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/mrsid.html
http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/register/index.html
http://www.capco.state.tx.us/Information_Clearinghouse/Orthoimagery_main.asp
http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/naip.html
http://gis.vcu.edu/datausda.html
ftp://ftp.spokanemaps.com/
http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=254#Download

1 comment:

mapz said...

This is a great list! Thanks for putting it together.

Want to point out that the best site for statewide orthos in Texas are available from TNRIS: http://www.tnris.org/.