Spring 2008 Digital Aerial Photography

Overview:

Pictometry International collected statewide aerial photographs of Rhode Island in Spring 2008. These data consist of georeferenced, 4-inch resolution digital nadir aerial images, as well as oblique aerial images. These data are licensed by Pictometry for use by the Rhode Island Enhanced 911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System (RI E911) and RI E911 sublicensees (e.g. fellow state agencies, Rhode Island municipalities, and contractors working on relevant projects). If you have any questions regarding the licensing of these data, please contact RI E911.

Due to licensing restrictions, RIGIS is not empowered to redistribute these data. However in partnership with the University of Rhode Island Environmental Data Center, a convenient online map service is available which provides easy online viewing of these images through a variety of means.

If you are interested in just viewing the oblique aerial images associated with these data, simply visit Microsoft's Bing Maps, zoom into a location in Rhode Island, and choose the "Birds-Eye View" from the list of options at the top of the map window.

If you are interested in exploring more map services such as these, try out the Rhode Island Digital Atlas! As the Atlas matures, you will see more connections being made between this and RIGIS.

Map Service Connection Information:

Google Earth users: Download and open this KMZ file using Google Earth. Note that at times Google Earth may fail to refresh the images on your screen. This is a known problem. If this happens, try restarting Google Earth and zooming in again. Be patient with it.

ESRI ArcGIS software users:
1) Create a new ESRI ArcGIS Server connection to this URL: http://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services. NOTE: please do not attempt to use the preceding URL with a web browser. You will receive an error message! It is designed for software compatible with ESRI ArcGIS Server map services.
2) Once you are connected, simply navigate to the "Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover" folder and add the "2008_RIE911" map service.

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) URL (note that this URL encompasses two lines of text below):
http://maps.edc.uri.edu/ArcGIS/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/2008_RIE911/
MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

AutoCAD users:
Try the free ESRI "ArcGIS for AutoCAD" software tool (designed for AutoCAD 2007 and newer). Once you have it installed, use the connection information listed above for ESRI ArcGIS software users.

Coordinate System: WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (meters) (WKID 3857)

Rhode Island Digital Atlas Online Map Services by University of Rhode Island Environmental Data Center and RIGIS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at www.edc.uri.edu/atlas and www.edc.uri.edu/rigis. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be obtained via http://www.edc.uri.edu/atlas/about/contact.html.

Suggested citation:

Rhode Island E911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System, Pictometry International Corporation, 2008. Pictometric Licensed Images (Spring 2008). Rhode Island Digital Atlas, URL: http://www.edc.uri.edu/atlas, Environmental Data Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island (last date accessed: 17 January 2010).