National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)
The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) collects leaf-on (as opposed to the more common leaf-off) aerial imagery at 1 or 2 meter resolution for the United States. This imagery is used for estimating crop plantings and yields.
For North Carolina, imagery was taken and is available for the following growing seasons:
- 2004 - incomplete statewide, 2 meter resolution
- 2005 - complete statewide, 1 meter resolution
- 2006 - complete statewide, 1 meter resolution
The data is released as a single mosaic for a county in MrSID format. Image file sizes are hundreds of megabytes - for example, Wake County's 2006 mosaic is 921 MB. Projection is UTM, NAD83, meters.
Sources for NAIP imagery vary, depending on the location needed. For North Carolina, an ftp server is available for downloading the files. NCSU affiliates (current faculty, staff, and students) may contact Data Services for access instructions. Copies of the images are also archived by the Libraries.
Non-NCSU affiliates needing access instructions to the NC ftp server will need to contact Dan Madding with NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Emergency Programs Office - email: daniel.madding at ncmail.net, phone: 919-807-4344.
NAIP 2006 image sample, showing Ramseur, NC in Randolph Co., re-sized from original.
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