FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: Florida (UTM 16) 1-meter NAIP Digital Ortho Photo Image (DOI) - 2010

Geodataset Name:       NAIP_UTM16_2010
Geodataset Type:       Raster Dataset
Geodataset Feature:    n/a
Feature Count:         n/a
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). NAIP acquires digital ortho imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental U.S.. A primary goal of the NAIP program is to enable availability of of ortho imagery within one year of acquisition. NAIP provides four main products: 1 meter ground sample distance (GSD) ortho imagery rectified to a horizontal accuracy of within +/- 5 meters of reference digital ortho quarter quads (DOQQ's) from the National Digital Ortho Program (NDOP); 2 meter GSD ortho imagery rectified to within +/- 10 meters of reference DOQQs; 1 meter GSD ortho imagery rectified to within +/- 6 meters to true ground; and, 2 meter GSD ortho imagery rectified to within +/- 10 meters to true ground. The tiling format of NAIP imagery is based on a 3.75' x 3.75' quarter quadrangle with a 300 meter buffer on all four sides. NAIP quarter quads are formatted to the UTM coordinate system using NAD83. NAIP imagery may contain as much as 10% cloud cover per tile.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    USDA-FSA-APFO Aerial Photography Field Office
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 Florida UTM Zone 16 (Panhandle)
PUBLICATION DATE: 20110105 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20100929 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

32-bit pixels, 4 band color(RGBIR) values 0 - 255
USER NOTES:
NAIP 3.75 minute tile file names are based
on the USGS quadrangle naming convention.
None


NAIP imagery is available for distribution within 60 days
of the end of a flying season and is intended to provide current
information of agricultural conditions in support of USDA farm
programs. For USDA Farm Service Agency, the 1 meter GSD product
provides an ortho image base for Common Land Unit boundaries and
other data sets.  The 1 meter NAIP imagery is generally acquired
in projects covering full states in cooperation with state
government and other federal agencies who use the imagery for a
variety of purposes including land use planning and natural
resource assessment.  With an annual cycle, NAIP is also used
for disaster response often providing the most current pre-event
imagery.  While suitable for a variety of uses the 2 meter
GSD NAIP imagery is primarily intended to assess crop condition
and compliance to USDA farm program conditions.  The 2
meter imagery is generally acquired only for agricultural areas
within state projects.

FSA Digital Orthophoto Specs.


Imagery may be replaced to address defects found in a
small number of products through quality assurance
processes.  Imagery containing defects that require
the acquisition of new imagery, such as excessive
cloud cover, specular reflectance, etc., will not be
replaced within a NAIP project year.

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A note about data scale: 

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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

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1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
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made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The imagery was collected using ADS40-SH51 and ADS40-SH52 digital sensors. 
Collection was performed using a combination of twin-engine aircraft flying at an 
average flying height of 17,500 and 27,000 ft above mean terrain with 23% 
sidelap, giving the collected data nominal ground sampling distance of 0.55 and 
0.85 meters, respectively. Based-upon the CCD Array configuration present in the 
ADS40 digital sensor, imagery for each flight line is 12,000-pixels in width.  Red, 
Green, Blue, Near-Infrared and Panchromatic image bands were collected. 
Collected data was downloaded to portable hard drives and shipped to the 
processing facility daily.  Raw flight data was extracted from external data drives 
using GPro software. Airborne GPS / IMU data was post-processed using IPAS, 
PosPac and/or TerraPos software and reviewed to ensure sufficient accuracy for 
project requirements. Using Pictovera software, planar rectified images were 
generated from the collected data for use in image quality review.  The planar 
rectified images were generated at five meter resolution using a two standard 
deviation histogram stretch.  Factors considered during this review included but 
were not limited to the presence of smoke and/or cloud cover, contrails, light 
conditions, sun glint and any sensor or hardware-related issues that potentially 
could result in faulty data.  When necessary, image strips identified as not meeting 
image quality specifications were re-flown to obtain suitable imagery. 
Aerotriangulation blocks were defined primarily by order of acquisition and 
consisted of four to seventeen strips.  Image tie points providing the observations 
for the least squares bundle adjustment were selected from the images using an 
autocorrelation algorithm. Photogrammetric control points consisted of photo 
identifiable control points, collected using GPS field survey techniques.  The 
control points were loaded in to a softcopy workstation and measured in the 
acquired image strips.  A least squares bundle adjustment of image pass points, 
control points and the ABGPS was performed to develop an aerotriangulation 
solution for each block using Pictovera software.  Upon final bundle adjustment, 
the triangulated strips were ortho-rectified to the USGS NED DEM for the project 
area.  The images were re-sampled from the raw resolution of 0.55 meters and 
0.85 meters to the required resolution of 1.0 meters. Positional accuracy was 
reviewed in the rectified imagery by visually verifying the horizontal positioning of 
the known photo-identifiable survey locations using ArcGIS software. The red, 
green, blue, and NIR bands were combined to generate a final ortho-rectified 
image strip. The ADS40 sensor collects twelve bit image data which requires 
radiometric adjustment for output in standard eight bit image channels.  The 
ortho-rectified image strips were produced with the full 12 bit data range, allowing 
radiometric adjustment to 8 bit range to be performed on a strip by strip basis 
during the final mosaicking steps. The imagery was mosaicked using manual 
seamline generation in Orthovista Seam Editor (OVSE). The 12 bit data range was 
adjusted for display in standard eight bit image channels by defining a piecewise 
histogram stretch using OrthoVista software.  A constant stretch was defined for 
each image collection period, and then strip by strip adjustments were made as 
needed to account for changes in sun angle and azimuth during the collection 
period.  Strip adjustments were also made to match the strips histograms as closely 
as possible to APFO specified histogram metrics and color balance requirements.  
Automated balancing algorithms were applied to account for bi-directional 
reflectance as a final step before the conversion to 8 bit data range. APFO 
specified DOQQs were extracted from the final mosaic in GeoTIFF format.  4-Band 
DOQQs were produced and 3-Band RGB CCMs were created.  DOQQs 
corresponding to an individual CCM were reviewed for overall color balance within 
the CCM.  Local corrections were made where necessary to ensure uniformity 
within the CCM.  In the case of DOQQs occurring in more than one CCM, a 
separate version of the image was generated and balanced for each CCM it 
occurred in.
Process Date: 20110105

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          UTM Zone 16N
Datum                               NAD83
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            
1st Standard Parallel               0
2nd Standard Parallel               0
Central Meridian                    -87
Latitude of Projection's Origin     0
False Easting (meters)              500000
False Northing (meters)             0

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
USDA-FSA-APFO Aerial Photography Field Office
Georectifed Image
2222 West 2300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
84119-2020
801-844-2922


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