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FEBRUARY, 2004 - MassGIS, the Commonwealth's Office of Geographic and Environmental Information,
is
pleased to announce that imagery for Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and
the Elizabeth Islands is now available. The Islands' photography was
captured in April, 2003, and delivery and quality control have been
completed.
Half-meter resolution, 1:5,000-scale true
color ortho imagery is now available for all 351 cities and towns in
Massachusetts. Imagery for the mainland, captured in April, 2001, has
been available since January, 2003.This data layer represents
a new "base map" for the Commonwealth, providing local and state officials,
planners, environmentalists, educators, students, private companies, and the general
public with the most up-to-date and highest resolution imagery available
at a state level.
With quality control
completed for all the data in this layer, the imagery may be:
Click
on the thumbnail images at the left and right for a more detailed view
of the samples
The aerial photography for the mainland was taken
in April, 2001; photography for the Islands (the Elizabeth Islands,
Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket) was obtained in April, 2003.
The project was jointly funded by
MassHighway and the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
For complete details on this new
layer see the Datalayer Description.
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