Natural Color Aerial Photography (NCAP)

Digital Data Services, Inc.’s Natural Color Aerial Photography products are recent aerial images for the contiguous United States that range from 2005-present day. These photographs are one meter resolution (one pixel on the image represents one meters on the ground). The products are available in custom areas (user defined areas) and as a county-wide mosaic. For custom areas, you may specify any projection, datum, and units and file format. For county mosaics, the data is delivered as Mr.SID files in the UTM, NAD 83, Native Zone, meters. Almost all data orders are filled within one business day!

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Step 1: Search or Zoom to your area of interest Step 2: Check the box on the right hand side to view coverage and vintage of photos Step 3: Click on the state of interest in the map region to view metadata and ordering information Step 4: You can order the areas of interest by clicking on the appropriate hyperlink in the information window. For custom areas, you will be directed to DDS’s site where you can submit your area of interest and a DDS representative will be in touch with pricing and availability. Custom areas are $1 per square mile with a $15 minimum order. Custom areas can be delivered in any common map projection or file format.
SPECIFICATIONS
Data source is the USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP).  Files are delivered as county-wide mosaics. For county, state, or the entire data bundle, files are delivered in their native UTM projection, NAD 83, native UTM zones. Files come in their native file format either Mr. SID or JPEG2000. DDS recommends ordering Global Mapper software to create seamless tiles.  [More information...]
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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. 

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• 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