PA DCNR Providing Aerial Photography of 28 Counties in 2005

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR) will capture aerial photography for 28 counties in 2005 as part of the effort to create a seamless digital base map of the state.

The statewide digital base map, once completed, will be the one base map used by every entity in the state and at the federal level, and the data will be contributed to the National Map being created of the entire U.S. in support of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The PAMAP aerial photography will be available to the public on the PA GIS Clearinghouse website. Thirteen counties were mapped in 2003 and 2004, along with the 28 mapped in 2005. The first complete PAMAP aerial photography update of the entire state is expected to be ready by the end of 2006. After that, the goal is to have about a third of the Commonwealth updated each year as part of an ongoing PAMAP maintenance program.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/gismaps/index.aspx