Natural Color Aerial Photography (NAIP)

NAIP imagery products are available either as quarter quad tiles, 7.5 minute quad areas, or as compressed county mosaics. The mosaics are generated by compressing digital quarter quadrangle image tiles scanned from natural color positive or color infrared positive aerial film into a single mosaic. Typically, these photos are VERY recent with acquisition dates of 2005-2007.  The mosaic may cover all or portions of an individual final product. Each individual image tile within the mosaic covers a 3.75 x 3.75 minute quarter quadrangle plus a 300 meter buffer on all four sides. All individual tile images and the resulting mosaic were rectified to the UTM coordinate system, NAD 83 and cast into a single predetermined UTM zone. Contractually, every attempt will be made to comply with the 10% cloud cover per quarter quad tile, weather conditions permitting.

• Almost all data orders are filled within one business day!
• Coverage is approximately 90% of the continuous USA, for more information regarding your area of interest, please call or e-mail us.
• Data is sold by quarter quad areas (3.75'), 7.5' USGS quad area, or U.S. County in Mr. SID format.  Quarter quad areas and 7.5' areas are available in .tif format.   Call us at 1-866-DDS-SCAN with special requests.
• 1 or 2 Meter Resolution.
• Quarter quad and 7.5 minute quad areas can be delivered in GEOTIFF format, with the client specified map projection.  Mr. SID County areas are delivered in UTM, NAD 83 Meters, Native UTM Zone.
• Formats: geotiff, tfw, Mr. SID or MapInfo tab files.

A digital orthophoto quadrangle (DOQ) is a computer-generated image of an aerial photograph in which image displacement caused by terrain relief and camera tilts has been removed. It combines the image characteristics of a photograph with the geometric qualities of a map.  

The standard DOQ’s produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are either grayscale or color-infrared (CIR) images with a 1-meter ground resolution; they cover an area measuring 3.75- minutes longitude by 3.75-minutes latitude, approximately 5 miles on each side or a quarter of a USGS 7.5 minute quad. Each DOQ has between 50 and 300 meters of overedge image beyond the latitude and longitude corner crosses embedded in the image. This overedge facilitates tonal matching and mosaicking of adjacent images. All DOQ’s are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) and cast on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. Primary (NAD83) and secondary (NAD27) datum coordinates for the upper left pixel are included in the header to allow users to spatially reference other digital data with the DOQ.

If you need help locating a USGS quad map name, try our FREE USGS MapFinder utility.

USGS DOQQ Fact Sheet (79 Kb)

• 1 Meter Resolution
• Delivered in UTM, NAD 83 Meters, Native UTM Zone.
• UTM NAD 27, State Plane, Lambert, Albers and other projections available. For more information call 1-866-DDS-SCAN or e-mail info@usgsquads.com
• Formats: geotiff, tfw, or MapInfo tab files 

If you are you looking for DOQQs with natural color, then DDS, Inc. has your solution.  For DOQQs covered by color infrared (CIR), DDS can convert those CIR images to appear in natural color.  This is an ideal solution for inexpensive, presentation-quality base photography. 

CIR Download Sample (12MB)		CIR Converted to Natural Color Download Sample (11MB)

CIR to Natural Color Pricing: Add $5.00 per DOQQ

High Resolution Aerial Photography for Urban Areas

DDS, Inc. is acquiring high resolution color aerial photography (orthoimagery) for 133 most populated metropolitan areas of the United States.  Up-to-date aerial photography is critical for Homeland Security, and Emergency Response. Applications for this data include land planning and real estate, GIS and Mapping, engineering, and legal presentations.  The imagery can be used as a base layer for updating or deriving additional geographic information, such as transportation networks, hydrographic features, elevation and land cover.

The photography is in natural color and is at a  resolution of approximately 1/3 meter or about 1 foot. 

Six Flags Elitch Gardens- Denver, CO

• Coverage and ordering can be accessed via our Google Earth™ index.
• Data is sold by "City Area" in .tif  (GEOTIFF) format.  Custom areas are available, call us at 1-866-DDS-SCAN with special requests.
• .3 meter (Approximately 1 foot pixel spacing) resolution in most areas.
• Delivered in Native UTM or State Plane Projections (see pricing information) .
• Custom projections available. For more information call 1-866-DDS-SCAN or e-mail info@usgsquads.com
• Formats: geotiff, tfw, Mr. SID, ECW or MapInfo tab files.

DDS, Inc. has access to the largest collection of historic photography in the United States.  DDS, Inc. can provide either hard-copy prints or digital files.   Historic photography is ideal for environmental engineering, ownership boundary determination, and legal presentations. Just provide us with latitude/longitude coordinates, GIS files, or an address, and we will research availability and scales.  Call toll-free 1-866-DDS-SCAN (337-7226), or e-mail us at info@usgsquads.com to place an order.  Please include the "Historic Aerial Photos" in subject along with quantities and contact information.  

Mount Holyoke, MA 1980 Aerial Photograph		Mount Holyoke, MA 1995 Aerial Photograph

Historic Aerial Photo Pricing:  

Pricing varies on availability.  9"x9" prints are between $150-$200.  Un-georeferenced digital files (when purchasing a print) are an additional $100.  Call toll-free 1-866-DDS-SCAN (337-7226), or e-mail us at info@usgsquads.com to place an order.  Please include the "Historic Aerial Photos" in subject along with quantities and contact information.    

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For additional questions regarding our products, please contact us toll free at 866-337-7226.

Digital Data Services, Inc.
voice: 303-986-6740
toll-free: 866-337-7226
email: info@usgsquads.com