The purpose of this contract is to acquire new image products that can help to overcome the above limitations. This system is developed for land cover mapping in Florida by a number of resource management agencies, in a cooperative effort. High resolution digital imagery are being collected in transects covering the entire area covered by the District. The ground area of the images were specified by District, within a range of 40 x 60 to 100 x 150 meters. In addition, videography is being acquired contemporaneously with the digital images using high resolution video cameras.
Acquisition is divided into two tasks.
The second task covers selected transects for the rest of the district, focusing on publicly-owned and less developed areas. 320 images are being delivered under Task 1 covering 120 km in transects, and 2,540 additional images covering the remainder of the district, over 1,000 km of transects are to be delivered. Two cameras are mounted on a plane and operated simultaneously. Imagery from the digital camera is downloaded to a computer aboard the aircraft. The other camera is a video camera that is linked to a high resolution video recorder inside the plane.