2011 UMRS Color Infrared Aerial Photo Mosaic - Mississippi River, Open River North North
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Resource Abstract:
The Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program (UMRR-EMP) partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) Region 3 to collect 2011 digital color infrared (CIR) aerial photography of Pools 14 - Open River South, Mississippi
River and Pools Dresden - Lockport, Illinois River at 16 /pixel using a mapping-grade Applanix DSS439 digital aerial camera.
The photography shall be at a minimum accuracy of 5-10 meters and allow for the development of orthorectified photo mosaics
by U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (USGS-UMESC) for all or portions of the coverage area.
The flights occurred during times of peak vegetation biomass, typically from late August through early September. The primary
use of this photography is for the development of Land Cover / Land Use (LCU) databases of the UMRS by the USGS-UMESC. The
photography and LCU databases are used in support of all stages of HREP project development and monitoring. In addition, the
photography and maps are used for research and monitoring efforts conducted by the LTRM component in support of UMRR-EMP.
The imagery is served over the internet as orthorectified pool mosaics by USGS-UMESC.
Citation
Title 2011 UMRS Color Infrared Aerial Photo Mosaic - Mississippi River, Open River North North
In 1989, UMESC and the Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program (UMRR-EMP) began collecting aerial
photos of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) from Cairo, IL to Minneapolis, MN and the Illinois River from its confluence
with the Mississippi near Grafton, IL upstream to Joliet, IL. In years past the extent was road/railroad to road/railroad.
Starting in 2000, the area photographed was expanded to base-of-bluff to base-of-bluff. The data are stored in Universal Transverse
Mercator (UTM) projection, zone 15 and North American Datum 1983 (NAD83).