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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. Distributed on a 2 CD set from RIGIS. Refer to the RIGIS5KO CD's
2002 USGS true color orthophotography Digital aerial photography from Spring 2002 for the major urban areas of Northeast Rhode Island. Distributed on CD by the RIGIS Coordinator. Contact the RIGIS Coordinator at rigis@admin.ri.gov 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. Also distributed on CD by the RIGIS Coordinator.

These data are available for download in both MrSID and GeoTIFF formats,

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contact the RIGIS Coordinator at rigis@admin.ri.gov to order the CD set.

2003-2004 RIDOT 1:5,000 digital true color orthophotography Digital aerial orthophotography from Spring 2003 and 2004 with a 2 foot pixel resolution. Distributed on a 3-CD set from RIGIS or by downloading individual images from this website.

These data are available for download in both MrSID and GeoTIFF formats,

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contact the RIGIS Coordinator at rigis@admin.ri.gov to order the CD set.

Georeferenced Map Images

     name    description type metadata download
NOAA Nautical Charts TIF Image Files of NOAA Nautical Charts for Narragansett Bay and Coastal Rhode Island. Available on CD from the RIGIS Coordinator. Contact the RIGIS Coordinator at rigis@admin.ri.gov to order the CD set. Expect to see these online for download soon!
thumbnail - click for larger image USGS 7.5 Minute Topo Maps TIF images of scanned 7.5 minute USGS topo quadrangles including all collar information These data are available for download in GeoTIFF format.
thumbnail - click for larger image USGS 7.5 Minute Topo Maps (Collarless) TIF 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. Also distributed on a 3 CD's. 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

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's
1951-1952 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 2 CD's. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images. Clickable image maps:
Northern RI
Southern RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's
1962 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 2 CD's. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images.

Clickable image maps:
Northern RI
Southern RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's

1972 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 4 CD's. 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
Western RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's

1976 Digital Aerial Photography Scanned historical images of statewide aerial photography from 1976 in a MrSid compressed format. - (Electronic download and CDROM products of these images are not orthorectified, and nor georegistered). Please note: specialized software is required to view these images.

Clickable image map: RI

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Contact the RIGIS Coordinator at rigis@admin.ri.gov to order the CD set.

1981 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 1 CD. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images.

Clickable image map: RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's

1988 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 1 CD. Images are non-orthocorrected, non-georegistered. Please note: specialized software is required to view these images.

Clickable image map: RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's

1992 Digital Aerial Photography Black and white images in MrSid format scanned from contact prints. Also distributed on a 4 CD's. 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
Central RI

To order CD's refer to RIGIS Digital Aerial CD's

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