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Imagery and Base Maps
Digital Orthophotography
| name | description | type | metadata | download |
| Digital Orthophotography | Digital aerial photography available at 200m, 100m, 50m, 20m, 5m, 2m, & 1m pixel resolutions | Rhode Island's Digital Imagery Server | |||
| 1997 RIDOT 1:5000 Digital Orthophotography | Digital aerial photography from April 1997 with a 2 foot pixel resolution. | ![]() |
Available from Rhode Island's Digital Imagery Server | ||
| 2002 USGS true color orthophotography | Digital aerial photography from Spring 2002 for the major urban areas of Northeast Rhode Island. | ![]() |
Contact the RIGIS Data Manager at greg@uri.edu to order the CD set. | ||
| 2003 USDA-FSA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 1:12,000 digital true color orthophotography | Digital aerial photography from Summer 2003 with a 1 meter pixel resolution of Rhode Island, excluding Block Island. | ![]() |
These data are available for download in both MrSID and GeoTIFF formats, |
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| 2003-2004 RIDOT 1:5,000 digital true color orthophotography | Digital aerial orthophotography from Spring 2003 and 2004 with a 2 foot pixel resolution. | ![]() |
These data are available for download in both MrSID and GeoTIFF formats, |
Georeferenced Map Images
| name | description | type | metadata | download |
| NOAA Raster Navigational Charts | TIFF Image Files of NOAA Raster Navigational Charts for Narragansett Bay and Coastal Rhode Island. | These data are available for download in GeoTIFF format. | |||
| USGS 7.5 Minute Topo Maps | TIFF images of scanned 7.5 minute USGS topo quadrangles including all collar information | These data are available for download in GeoTIFF format. | |||
| USGS 7.5 Minute Topo Maps (Collarless) | TIFF images of scanned 7.5 minute USGS topo quadrangle. Clipped to quad neatline and contain no collar information. | These data are available for download in GeoTIFF format. |
Non-georeferenced Historical Aerial Photography
| name | description | type | metadata | download |
| 1939 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image maps: Northern RI Southern RI Eastern RI |
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| 1951-1952 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image maps: Northern RI Southern RI |
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| 1962 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image maps: |
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| 1972 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image maps: |
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| 1976 Digital Aerial Photography | Scanned historical images of statewide aerial photography from 1976 in a MrSid compressed format. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image map: RI |
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| 1981 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image map: RI |
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| 1988 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image map: RI |
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| 1992 Digital Aerial Photography | Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. | ![]() |
Clickable image maps: |
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