French Orthophoto Mosaic
Introduction
The French Orthophoto Mosaic is a part of the dynamic, zoomable maps in windPRO. The orthophotos were released by the Institut National de l’Information Geographique et Forestiére (IGN) as a part of their DB Ortho datasets. In order to cover the entire France - they come from multiple annual campaigns. The mosaic in windPRO is based on data acessed in mid-2019 - and it is based on the BD Ortho 5m data. Pixel size is 5m. Coverage is all departements in metropolitan France - with images from years 2018-2012. Parts of the following overseas territories are also included in this dataset: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Wallis-et-Fortuna.
Usage Notes
- The mosaic was created from available data sources accessed in May-July 2019
- The most recent imagery is used to create the mosaic (at some locations, images from more years exists)
- For some overseas territories - only parts are available
- For metropolitan France - the mosaic holds data from 2018-2012
- For overseas territories - the mosaic holds data from 2017-2004
Availability from within windPRO
- From map window: Click the ‘Add map’ globe-icon -> then ‘Dynamic Maps’.
- From main menu: Click ‘Project’ -> ‘Properties’ -> ‘Background Maps’ -> ‘Dynamic Maps’
License and Attribution
The map is distributed based on sources that belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. Open data by the National Land Survey of Finland is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Please use the following attribution when using this dataset: Orthophotos from the National Land Survey of Finland - Databases 01/2019. Data-processing and distribution by EMD and windPRO.
Acknowledgement
- The National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos, MML) are thanked for producing this digital dataset – and disseminating it in the public domain and thus for aiding the development of renewable energy.
- “Kapsi” Finnish Internet Users Association are thanked for holding an accessible copy of the open geodata.
- Integration of this dataset into EMD services - was co-supported through the InnoWind project (www.innowind.dk) - which is co-funded by the Danish Innovation Fund
External Links
National Land Survey of Finland: https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi