Remote Sensing Imagery Available at the
UVM Bailey/Howe Library Map Room


  • Digital orthophoto quads (DOQs)
    • Historical (paper format) - dates range from 1974 thru 1983
    • Digital orthophotos
      • 1:5000 panchromatic for entire state (VMP)
        • Acquired 1994 - 2000
        • MrSid and TIFF formate
      • 1:1250’s panchromatic for Burlington. Winooski, most of South Burlington, Barre and Randolph (acquired in 2000)
      • 1:1250 CIR and natural color imagery for Chittenden County (CCMPO) and LIDAR (acquired in 2004)
      • Natural color imagery acquired in 2006
        • 0.15 meter pixel coverage of Montpelier/Barre VT
        • formatted as 100-1000 meter tiles
    • NAIP orthophotos (digital format)
      • 1m natural color (2003) and 2m natural color (2004)
      • MrSid (compressed by county) and TIFF quads
     
  • Aerial photography
    • Index maps for historical photography for VT (various dates)
    • 1937’s (1:20,000 B & W panchromatic)
      • Paper format and scanned tiffs and MrSid (not rectified)
      • Covering most of Chittenden County
    • 1939 - 1942 statewide coverage for different projects with 30% of the photo sets and misc. indices and photos up to early 1990'
    • 1962 statewide coverage at 1:18,000 (H series) and 75-inch “urban” town centers at 1:6000 (L series)
    • 1968 1:24,000 B & W covering southern half of state
    • 1974 statewide coverage
      • 1:20,000 paper and negative rolls
      • Southern half of state at 1:62,500 in paper and diapositive format
    • 1977 statewide coverage at 1:80,000, CIR on positive film
    • 1980 statewide USDA panchromatic photos at 1:40,000
    • 1988 coverage of most of Chittenden County at 1:7800 (panchromatic)
    • Access to stereo viewers, stereoscopes and scanner
     
  • Landsat satelite imagery (30m)
    • government archives, CDs, and DVDs
 
  • Other useful topographic data and software
    • USGS Digital topographic maps (DRGs)
    • VCGI’s DEMs 2000 1:100,000 quad CD and 3 CD set of their 2003 1:24,000 quads
    • Using TOPO from National Geographic, can access DEMs for lower 48 states at 1:100,000 and NE Penn. and Mid-Atlantic states at 1:24,000
    • Using Terrain Navigator, can access DEMs for New England states and New York
 
 
     For more information, contact Bill Gill at: William.Gill@uvm.edu
 
 
 
 
 
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