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BLM Arizona Imagery Mosaic

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Descriptive nameBLM Arizona Imagery Mosaic
File nameopdoq96b
Spatial domainArizona
AbstractThis is a monochrome 1990-1999 Arizona imagery mosaic from various sources and image types. This imagery is a composite believed to have been made by the BLM. The mosiac's images were taken from various sources including the USGS and from various special projects. Some USGS color infrared imagery was adapted by using only the green band to produce the monochrome image.

The mosaic includes over 8,000 DOQQ images. Each source image has between 50 and 300 meters of overedge image beyond the latitude and longitude corner crosses embedded in the image. The overedge has been clipped off and the images have been georeferenced to align with each other in a seamless mosaic grid. Due to variations in the individual photos, the seams are often visible. See more information.
Known errors/qualificationsWhile this layer is a useful state-wide image and represents the best that was available to make a state-wide image at the time it was assembled, one professional's opinion with knowledge of the project calls it "awful stuff", presumably because of the compositing of various types of images and the method used to convert some imagery to monochrome.
Feature typeraster
Feature count
Thumbnail
ProjectionNAD83 UTM (Parameters)
Rectificationn/a
Field/value metadata Field metadata    Field design change history
Source organizationArizona State Cartographer's Office
Source contactGene Trobia
Source document or file name
Source date200211
Source scale
Source formatECW
Source path with layer name
(For data as received)
Second source nameBLM GIS Incident Management Team
Second source contactDave Wilson dave_t_wilson@blm.gov
Second source document or file name
Second source date
Second source scale
Second source formatUnknown
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
200211
Last update byJohn Dickinson
Date/time last touched
(What does this mean?)
LineageThis layer was was assembled by the BLM GIS Incident Management Team and given to the Arizona State Cartographer's Office.
On maintenance?No
Maintenance organization
Maintenance description
Library write access PC DOT GIS Division
Maintenance format in our libraryECW
GIS library path to file maintenance format \fdrive\doqs\utmzone12\
Original conversion byBLM GIS Incident Management Team
PC DOT GIS Division contactJohn Dickinson
On Pima County GIS Data FTP Server and PCLAYERS DVD ? No
On Main MapGuide map?No
On SDCP MapGuide map?No
On Other MapGuide map?Yes
MapGuide layer name1990-1999 BLM Imagery Mosaic - various sources and types
MapGuide scale low
MapGuide scale high 1:500,000


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