Use the index map below to view or download each photo (click on the index numbers). The photos were flown on June 16, 2004. The on-the-ground pixel resolution of the images is approximately 2 feet, and the images are rectified to within about 2 feet of existing survey control in the City and about 5 feet of existing survey control in the Lake Whatcom Watershed. The West half of the imagery (covering the salwater shoreline) was flown at a minus 1.7 to minus 1.9 low tide.
If you choose to download the image files via FTP and plan to use them in the GIS environment (i.e. if you need to reference them in a mapping coordinate system) make sure to download the "world" file for each image (the files with "jgw" extensions).
Color-infrared copies of the images are also available. The near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum reflects very strongly from objects with photo-synthetic pigment (vegetation). This makes color-infrared imagery very useful for classifying plant communities, delineating wetlands, and estimating impervious surfaces.
File Size Warning: Each of these images are approximately 1,300K in size. It may take a long time to download each image.
