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Aerial Photos (UMESC)

Orthoreferenced Color Infrared Images
In 2010, the EMP partnered with the USFWS to fly and acquire CIR digital aerial photography of Pools 1-13, Upper Mississippi River and Pools Alton–Marseilles, Illinois River at 8"/pixel and 16"/pixel respectively using a mapping-grade Applanix DSS439 digital aerial camera . The photography was collected at a minimum accuracy of 5-10 meters. These are the orthorectified photo mosaics for all or portions of the coverage area. The flights occurred during times of peak vegetation biomass, from August 13, 2010 through September 1, 2010. The mosaics are served as orthoreferenced JPEG2000 images.

- 2010 Saint Croix River Orthoreferenced Color Infrared Image (225 MB JPG2000)

On occasion the Center will scan and register aerial photography for special projects. As these data sets are created they're also made available through Web site. For information on how to download these data and obtain a free viewer program or the required .dll files for your GIS program, activate the help button.

- 2000 Saint Croix River, georeferenced true color photo composite (26.7 MB z15n27 MrSid) (26.7 MB z15n83 MrSid)

Digital LiDAR Derivatives

LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data are remotely sensed, high-resolution elevation data collected by airplane. The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center processed these data to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), 0.5 meter contour lines, and pool-wide hillshade images. A second tier of data processing has been completed for this pool. These processes include water-masking, contour-smoothing, point reclassification, where needed, and additional quality control steps. The collection and processing of these data were funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Management Program (EMP) and the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP).

Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)

Digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQ) are georeferenced images of aerial photographs that have had camera orientation and terrain displacements removed.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for areas outside the Mississippi River floodplain, data sets made from photographs from a different year, or the uncompressed files, contact the EROS Data Center. Project status information, photography dates, and ordering information are available online.

Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)

Digital raster graphic (DRG) files are scanned and rectified images of USGS quadrangles.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for additional areas, the help button access information on which files are available through this Web site, the USGS National Mapping Center in Rolla, Missouri keeps a listing of sites that distribute DRG files through the Internet, and copies of the data can be ordered from the EROS Data Center (for a duplication and distribution fee).

Hydrology (UMESC)

These data were created from USGS - National Mapping Division hydrology data. The data were modified to display tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). If you require these data in their original format, contact the EROS Data Center. The files are available to download via. FTP, and regional CD-ROMs are available.

- Tributaries - Hastings 100K Quadrangle (234 KB)
- Tributaries - Stillwater 100K Quadrangle (233 KB)

Land Cover/Use

Since 1989 the Upper Midwest Environmental Center through its association with the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program has been creating land cover/use data sets for the Upper Mississippi River system. For background information on how these data sets were created and are attributed, activate the help buttons. A link to a freeware GIS data viewer that can read the Shape files is also available on the file format/data transfer information page.

- 2000 Land Cover/Use (2.2 MB UNIX) (2.3 MB NT) (3.3 MB z15n27 Shape) (3.3 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 1989 Land Cover/Use version 2 (921 KB UNIX) (976 KB NT) (1.2 MB z15n83 Shape)

Land/Water (UMESC)

Land/water is one of the classification attributes in the land cover/use data sets created by UMESC from aerial photography. These data are redistributed here as shape files with the boundaries of the region's 1:24,000-scale USGS quadrangles added to the data. This has been done because individuals working with ArcView have reported numerous problems if they attempt to perform a dissolve on the land cover/use data to create a land/water only shape file. Most printers cannot process the detailed land/water boundaries unless some form of a break line or lines are added.

- 2000 Land/Water (1.1 MB z15n27 Shape) (1.1 MB z15n83 Shape)
- 1989 Land/Water (457 KB z15n27 Shape) (1.0 MB z15n83 Shape)

Map Products (UMESC)

Graphical images of wall maps and standardized report figures.

- 2000 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 80 KB Gif) (11 KB thumbnail)
- 2000 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 102 KB Gif) (15 KB thumbnail)
- 1989 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 129 KB Gif) (7 KB thumbnail)

- 1989 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 226 KB Gif) (12 KB thumbnail)

Transportation (USGS-National Mapping Division)

USGS's 1:100,000-scale transportation data for the Upper Mississippi River floodplain are being redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require these data as UNIX format files, data for additional areas, or want to make sure you have the most recent version of the data, contact the EROS Data Center. EROS makes these data available to download via the Internet.

- Miscellaneous Transportation - Hastings 100K Quadrangle (20 KB)
- Miscellaneous Transportation - Stillwater 100K Quadrangle (22 KB)
- Railroads - Hastings 100K Quadrangle (24 KB)
- Railroads - Stillwater 100K Quadrangle (85 KB)
- Roads - Hastings 100K Quadrangle (608 KB)
- Roads - Stillwater 100K Quadrangle (2.3 MB)