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1994 Color Infrared Aerial Photography

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Originator:
Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) for the Upper Mississippi River System
Publication_Date: 19941101
Title: 1994 Color Infrared Aerial Photography
Online_Linkage: www.umesc.usgs.gov
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) regularly collects photography of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). These data are used to support the Center's long-term goals of understanding the UMRS and developing useful products for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP). In 1994, 1:15,000-scale color infrared aerial photos were collected on the Mississippi River from Cairo, IL to Minneapolis, MN and the Illinois River from its confluence with the Mississippi near Grafton, IL to Joliet, IL.
Purpose:
The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center administers the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP), authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662). The mission of the LTRMP is to provide decision makers with information to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) as a viable large river ecosystem given its multiple-use character. The long-term goals of the Program are to understand the system, determine resource trends and impacts, develop management alternatives, manage information, and develop useful products. The collection and distribution of aerial photography aids the Center in meeting these goals.
Supplemental_Information:
UMESC and the LTRMP first began collecting color infrared aerial photos of the UMRS in 1989. In 1989 the same geographic extent was flown, the Mississippi River from Cairo, IL to Minneapolis, MN and the Illinois River from its confluence with the Mississippi near Grafton, IL to Joliet, IL. Color infrared photos were also collected in 1991, 1992, and 1993, though the geographic extents during these years were the LTRMP key study pools and selected sites.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940805
Ending_Date: 19940920
Currentness_Reference: Dates the aerial photos were collected.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Upper Mississippi River from Cairo, IL to Minneapolis, MN and the Illinois River from its confluence with the Mississippi to Joliet, IL.
Bounding_Coordinates:
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.31
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.25
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.79
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Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Floodplain
Theme_Keyword: Land cover
Theme_Keyword: Land use
Theme_Keyword: River
Theme_Keyword: Marshes
Theme_Keyword: Swamp
Theme_Keyword: Vegetation
Theme_Keyword: Wetlands
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Place_Keyword: Illinois
Place_Keyword: Iowa
Place_Keyword: Minnesota
Place_Keyword: Missouri
Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: Mississippi River
Place_Keyword: Illinois River
Place_Keyword: Upper Mississippi River
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Address: Spatial Analysis & Computer Technology Branch
Address: 2630 Fanta Reed Road
City: La Crosse
State_or_Province: Wisconsin
Postal_Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-7550
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-783-8058
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: None
Security_Classification: None
Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: 9"x9" Photo Transparency
Data_Quality_Information:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The aerial photos are not georeferenced, therefore no horizontal positional accuracy information is available.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Originator:
Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) for the Upper Mississippi River System
Publication_Date: 19941101
Title: 1994 Color Infrared Aerial Photography
Online_Linkage: www.umesc.usgs.gov
Type_of_Source_Media: photographs
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940805
Ending_Date: 19940920
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Source_Contribution:
Material scanned to create the digital image files.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The 1994 aerial photos were processed one navigation pool's worth at a time. To provide photo interpreters with stereo coverage, the photos were collected using a 60% overlap between photos within the same flight line and 30% overlap between adjacent flight lines. To reduce the number of photos that needed to be canned, all photos were laid out geographically on a table so the photo overlaps could be reviewed. Approximately every other photo was pulled from the collection and set aside.
Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Address: Spatial Analysis & Computer Technology Branch
Address: 2630 Fanta Reed Road
City: La Crosse
State_or_Province: Wisconsin
Postal_Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-7550
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-783-8058
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GIS interns placed each photograph in a scanner with the photo's most northerly side directed upwards. The photos were scanned using a 72 dot per inch (dpi) image resolution, and the files were saved as .tif images. The photo image was assigned a name that described the photo's (1) flight line, (2) photo number, (3) the year in which the photo was collected, and (4) the navigation pool in which the photo was collected.
Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Address: Spatial Analysis & Computer Technology Branch
Address: 2630 Fanta Reed Road
City: La Crosse
State_or_Province: Wisconsin
Postal_Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-7550
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-783-8058
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Address: Spatial Analysis & Computer Technology Branch
Address: 2630 Fanta Reed Road
City: La Crosse
State_or_Province: Wisconsin
Postal_Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-783-7550
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-783-8058
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
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