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New York City Blue Sky Orthoimagery, 2003

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
BlueSky International Limited
Publication Date
2006
Title
New York City Blue Sky Orthoimagery, 2003
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Leicestershire, England
Publisher
Bluesky International Limited
Abstract
REMOTE DOWNLOAD NOT AVAILABLE - please contact data@library.columbia.edu for access. Blue Sky New York City Orthoimagery is a set of orthophotos representing the entirety of New York City. The photos were taken in 2003 and have a 25 centimeter resolution. Tiles are provided in both jpeg and ecw formats.
Purpose
Orthophotos serve a variety of purposes for both display and analysis. This dataset is for non-commercial research purposes only.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2003
Bounding Box
West
-74.050687
East
-73.694148
North
40.921535
South
40.489757
Theme Keyword
Orthophoto
Aerial photography
Remote sensing
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Kings County (N.Y.)
Richmond County (N.Y.)
Bronx County (N.Y.)
Queens County (N.Y.)
New York County (N.Y.)
NYC
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
2003
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
BlueSky International Limited
Delivery Point
The Old Toy Factory
Delivery Point
Jackson Street
City
Coalville
State
Leicestershire
Postal Code
LE67 3NR
Country
United Kingdom
Contact Telephone
01530 835685
Contact Facsimile Telephone
01530 811900
Contact Electronic Mail Address
techsupport@bluesky-world.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Pixel
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
Transverse Mercator
Transverse Mercator
Scale Factor at Central Meridian
0.999967
Longitude of Central Meridian
-74.500000
Latitude of Projection Origin
38.833333
False Easting
150000.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
row and column
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.250000
Ordinate Resolution
0.250000
Planar Distance Units
meters
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Distribution Information
Format Name
jpg
Format Name
ecw
Distributor
BlueSky International Limited
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070824
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
City
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027.
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012.
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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