Public Sources for Satellite and Aerial Photos and Maps

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23 May 2006. Add Australia.
8 May 2006. Thanks to A2, add California Coast.
4 May 2006. Thanks to A, add Italy GIS URLs.

29 April 2006

Public Sources for Satellite and Aerial Photos and Maps

All States
USGS National Map Viewer
Hi-Res Orthography
USGS DOQ BW Index
USGS DOQ Color Index http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm

All States
USGS Seamless
Hi-Res Orthography of Selected Cities http://seamless.usgs.gov

All States
Terraserver-USA
Photos and Topographic Maps http://www.terraserver-usa.com

All States and World
Google Maps Orthoimagery http://www.maps.google.com

Selected All States
Local Live Birdseyes and Orthoimagery http://local.live.com

All States
National Spatial Data Infrastructure http://www.geo-one-stop.gov/

World
Perry-Casteñada Map Collection
University of Texas
Maps and Satellite Photos http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

World
NASA Worldwind http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Land Use Database
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Transportation, Water, Cultural, Industrial, Mining, Waste, Military, Nuclear / Radioactive, R&D http://ludb.clui.org/

US States

Several of the state GIS sites provide links to other state GISs.

Alabama
Geography and Cartography Links
http://www.gsa.state.al.us/
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/guide/student_teacher/reference/ref_geo_cart.html

Alaska http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/orthoimagery/index.html

Arizona
1 meter DOQQs http://aria.arizona.edu/search/jsp/doqqmapsearch.jsp

Arkansas http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/Portal/index.jsp

California
CaSIL Map Interface
DRGs
DOQQs
HiRes DOQQs
CalView Landsat http://casil.ucdavis.edu/mapsurfer/

California Coast http://www.californiacoastline.org

Colorado http://dola.colorado.gov/demog/GIS/

Connecticut http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37811&Loc=0001

Delaware http://datamil.delaware.gov/?c=MAPPING

District of Columbia

Florida
Digital Orthoquads 2004, 1999, 1995 http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm

Georgia http://gis.state.ga.us/Clearinghouse/clearinghouse.shtml

Hawaii http://gis.hawaii.gov/Website/OPGeneral/viewer.htm

Idaho http://gis.idl.state.id.us/GIS_Home.htm

Illinois
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
1998/1999 Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle Data
DOQ files for Illinois in MrSID Format http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/doqs/launchims.html

Indiana http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm?
SKIN=IN&CLASSIDSON=39|4|8|20&LAYERSON=
838|6866|4964|8625&LAYERSOFF=8541|8007|3377|7769|4961|7757|8624

Iowa http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/

Kansas http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/dasc.html

Kentucky http://kygeonet.ky.gov/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp?goTo=
search&extent=-89.285658,36.418161,-82.212542,39.148940&type=001

Louisiana
2004 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads http://atlas.lsu.edu/doqq2004/

Maine
.5, 1, 2 ft Color and 1 meter Aerial Photography http://megisims.state.me.us/website/orthomap/viewer.htm

Maryland 1
GeoSpatial Data Center
Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared
Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Panchromatic http://www.dnr.state.md.us/gis/

Maryland 2 http://www.marylandgis.net/searchmenu.jsp

Massachusetts
.5 meter Color Orthophotography http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/MassGISColorOrthos/viewer.htm

Michigan
1998 Digital Orthophoto Quads http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/?rel=thext&action=thmname&cid=17&cat=
Digital+Orthophoto+Quads+%2D+1998+series

Minnesota http://geoserver.state.mn.us/raster2/viewer.htm

Mississippi
List of Hundreds of Maps
http://www.maris.state.ms.us/
http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GIScouncil.ms.gov

Missouri http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/datasearch/ThemeList.jsp

Montana http://sun1.giac.montana.edu/mlggc.html

Nebraska http://www.calmit.unl.edu/gis

Nevada http://keck.library.unr.edu/data/doqs/doqs_download.html

New Hamsphire
2003 NAIP http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/load_file?PATH=/data/database/index.html

New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/home.html

New Mexico http://rgis.unm.edu/

New York 1
1, 2 ft Orthoimagery, More (IE 6.0 required) http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm

New York 2
2000-2004 Direct Download Orthoimagery, 1, 2 ft resolution http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/mg/nysdop_download.cfm

New York 3
Sensitive Data/Imagery Unavailable http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/sensitive_unavailable.htm

North Carolina
Fall 2003 NC 2ft Orthography
Urban Area Mosaic http://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/nconemap/viewer.html

North Dakota http://www.nd.gov/gis/

Ohio
2004 and 2005 1ft and 2ft Orthoimagery http://metadataexplorer.gis.state.oh.us/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

Oklahoma http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/#MAP

Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/index.shtml

Pennsylvania http://www.pasda.psu.edu/explore/#

Rhode Island
1997 Ortho Imagery http://ortho.edc.uri.edu/

South Carolina http://www.scmapping.net/

South Dakota http://www.state.sd.us/gis/InteractiveMaps.asp

Tennessee http://gis.state.tn.us/

Texas http://www.tnris.org/NAIPSearch/ImagerySearch.jsp

Utah http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/sgidintro.html

Vermont http://maps.vcgi.org/indicators/mapping/presentation/index.html

Virginia
1994 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared http://gis.vedp.org/htdocs/mrsid_doqq.htm

Washington
1996 Digital ortho quads and quarter-quads http://gis.ess.washington.edu/data/raster/doqs/index.html

West Virginia http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php

Wisconsin http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/datadrg.html#data

Wyoming
2002 CIR Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ's) and Quarter Quads (DOQQ's) http://wgiac.state.wy.us/html/aboutDoqq2002.asp

Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/bridge/products.jsp

Canada

Quebec http://www.quebecgeographique.gouv.qc.ca/produits.asp

Italy
Italian satellite GIS ortho, BW and Color. (note, IE only and a plugin to install) http://www.atlanteitaliano.it
http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/pcn/ACCESSI/accesso.asp

United Kingdom

Ordnance Survey http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/

MultiMap http://www.multimap.com/

Getmapping (includes New York City and Sweden) http://www.getmapping.com/

Public Sources for Satellite and Aerial Photos and Maps

All States USGS National Map Viewer Hi-Res Orthography USGS DOQ BW Index USGS DOQ Color Index	http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
All States USGS Seamless Hi-Res Orthography of Selected Cities	http://seamless.usgs.gov
All States Terraserver-USA Photos and Topographic Maps	http://www.terraserver-usa.com
All States and World Google Maps Orthoimagery	http://www.maps.google.com
Selected All States Local Live Birdseyes and Orthoimagery	http://local.live.com
All States National Spatial Data Infrastructure	http://www.geo-one-stop.gov/
World Perry-Casteñada Map Collection University of Texas Maps and Satellite Photos	http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
World NASA Worldwind	http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Land Use Database Center for Land Use Interpretation Transportation, Water, Cultural, Industrial, Mining, Waste, Military, Nuclear / Radioactive, R&D	http://ludb.clui.org/


US States
Several of the state GIS sites provide links to other state GISs.
Alabama Geography and Cartography Links	http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/guide/student_teacher/reference/ref_geo_cart.html
Alaska	http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/orthoimagery/index.html
Arizona 1 meter DOQQs	http://aria.arizona.edu/search/jsp/doqqmapsearch.jsp
Arkansas	http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/Portal/index.jsp
California CaSIL Map Interface DRGs DOQQs HiRes DOQQs CalView Landsat	http://casil.ucdavis.edu/mapsurfer/
California Coast	http://www.californiacoastline.org
Colorado	http://dola.colorado.gov/demog/GIS/
Connecticut	http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37811&Loc=0001
Delaware	http://datamil.delaware.gov/?c=MAPPING
District of Columbia
Florida Digital Orthoquads 2004, 1999, 1995	http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm
Georgia	http://gis.state.ga.us/Clearinghouse/clearinghouse.shtml
Hawaii	http://gis.hawaii.gov/Website/OPGeneral/viewer.htm
Idaho	http://gis.idl.state.id.us/GIS_Home.htm
Illinois Geospatial Data Clearinghouse 1998/1999 Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle Data DOQ files for Illinois in MrSID Format	http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/doqs/launchims.html
Indiana	http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm? SKIN=IN&CLASSIDSON=39\|4\|8\|20&LAYERSON= 838\|6866\|4964\|8625&LAYERSOFF=8541\|8007\|3377\|7769\|4961\|7757\|8624
Iowa	http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Kansas	http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/dasc.html
Kentucky	http://kygeonet.ky.gov/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp?goTo= search&extent=-89.285658,36.418161,-82.212542,39.148940&type=001
Louisiana 2004 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads	http://atlas.lsu.edu/doqq2004/
Maine .5, 1, 2 ft Color and 1 meter Aerial Photography	http://megisims.state.me.us/website/orthomap/viewer.htm
Maryland 1 GeoSpatial Data Center Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Panchromatic	http://www.dnr.state.md.us/gis/
Maryland 2	http://www.marylandgis.net/searchmenu.jsp
Massachusetts .5 meter Color Orthophotography	http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/MassGISColorOrthos/viewer.htm
Michigan 1998 Digital Orthophoto Quads	http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/?rel=thext&action=thmname&cid=17&cat= Digital+Orthophoto+Quads+%2D+1998+series
Minnesota	http://geoserver.state.mn.us/raster2/viewer.htm
Mississippi List of Hundreds of Maps	http://www.maris.state.ms.us/ http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GIScouncil.ms.gov
Missouri	http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/datasearch/ThemeList.jsp
Montana	http://sun1.giac.montana.edu/mlggc.html
Nebraska	http://www.calmit.unl.edu/gis
Nevada	http://keck.library.unr.edu/data/doqs/doqs_download.html
New Hamsphire 2003 NAIP	http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/load_file?PATH=/data/database/index.html
New Jersey	http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/home.html
New Mexico	http://rgis.unm.edu/
New York 1 1, 2 ft Orthoimagery, More (IE 6.0 required)	http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm
New York 2 2000-2004 Direct Download Orthoimagery, 1, 2 ft resolution	http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/mg/nysdop_download.cfm
New York 3 Sensitive Data/Imagery Unavailable	http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/sensitive_unavailable.htm
North Carolina Fall 2003 NC 2ft Orthography Urban Area Mosaic	http://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/nconemap/viewer.html
North Dakota	http://www.nd.gov/gis/
Ohio 2004 and 2005 1ft and 2ft Orthoimagery	http://metadataexplorer.gis.state.oh.us/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp
Oklahoma	http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/#MAP
Oregon	http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/index.shtml
Pennsylvania	http://www.pasda.psu.edu/explore/#
Rhode Island 1997 Ortho Imagery	http://ortho.edc.uri.edu/
South Carolina	http://www.scmapping.net/
South Dakota	http://www.state.sd.us/gis/InteractiveMaps.asp
Tennessee	http://gis.state.tn.us/
Texas	http://www.tnris.org/NAIPSearch/ImagerySearch.jsp
Utah	http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/sgidintro.html
Vermont	http://maps.vcgi.org/indicators/mapping/presentation/index.html
Virginia 1994 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared	http://gis.vedp.org/htdocs/mrsid_doqq.htm
Washington 1996 Digital ortho quads and quarter-quads	http://gis.ess.washington.edu/data/raster/doqs/index.html
West Virginia	http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php
Wisconsin	http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/datadrg.html#data
Wyoming 2002 CIR Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ's) and Quarter Quads (DOQQ's)	http://wgiac.state.wy.us/html/aboutDoqq2002.asp

Australia	http://www.ga.gov.au/bridge/products.jsp

Canada
Quebec	http://www.quebecgeographique.gouv.qc.ca/produits.asp

Italy Italian satellite GIS ortho, BW and Color. (note, IE only and a plugin to install)	http://www.atlanteitaliano.it http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/pcn/ACCESSI/accesso.asp

United Kingdom
Ordnance Survey	http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
MultiMap	http://www.multimap.com/
Getmapping (includes New York City and Sweden)	http://www.getmapping.com/