South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) imagery was acquired in the spring of 2020 under the best conditions possible to achieve cloud free, snow free, ice free, smoke free, and leaf off captures. The orthophotography has a pixel resolution of 16cm and is accurate to 45 centimetres on the ground at 95%. The imagery was acquired by an Vexcel UltraCam X and Vexcel UltraCam X Prime digital cameras and was later orthorectified using an elevation dataset generated through image correlation.
Imagery was captured from March 7th to May 20th, 2020. The project encompassed an area of approximately 44,828 square kilometers covering South Western Ontario, including Windsor, London, Hamilton, Niagara, Owen Sound, the Bruce Peninsula and surrounding areas. This aerial project is part of a five-year plan (2018-2022) to acquire 16 cm resolution, leaf-off imagery across the province.
Orthoimagery are available in 1km by 1km coverage tiles. (Stereo data is also available through Land Information Ontario.)
Compressed GeoTIFFs: These images are JPEG-compressed GeoTIFFs, and are suitable for analysis in many cases. Should you require uncompressed TIFF files, these may be requested for download by contacting geoportal@scholarsportal.info, and providing your name and institution (ex. University of Guelph).
Please note: Due to the size of these tiles (~500 MB each), please request a portion of the data only. This can be done by including a polygon file of the study area, a description of a desired feature/area (ex. UTM campus), or a screenshot in your e-mail.
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