Digital Aerial Photography
The WAGDA website hosts some digital aerial photography and links to others. Below are links to digital aerial photography resources.
Photography hosted online by WAGDA or another University of Washington department
| Collection | Approximate Resolution |
Color |
Description | |
1 foot pixel |
Y |
Covers the central Puget Sound, including Seattle, 2002 | ||
6 inch pixel |
Y |
Covers Bainbridge Island, 2002 | ||
| City of Seattle Orthophotography | 1 foot pixel |
N |
Covers the City of Seattle, b&w, 1993 | |
| Snohomish County Orthophotography | 1 foot pixel |
Y |
Covers northwestern and central Snohomish County, 2002 | |
| USGS Digital Quads and Quarter Quads | 1 meter pixel |
N |
Covers all of Washington State, b&w, various dates 1990s | |
| Yakima County Orthophotography | Y |
On CD in Suzzallo Map Collection ( G4283 Y3 A25 2002 Y3) | ||
Snohomish County Ortophotography |
N |
On CD in Suzzallo Map Collection (G4283.S6 1997 .S6) |
Info for obtaining Global LANDSAT Geocover 1990 and 2000 imagery provided by WAGDA
Other sources for digital aerial photography
NASA World Wind (viewable imagery)
Google Earth/Google Maps (viewable imagery)
Microsoft local.live.com (viewable imagery)
Microsoft Terraserver (downloadable imagery)
USGS Seamless Server (downloadable imagery)
UW Campus Spatial Data Server from RTI (server-side imagery)
King County GIS Center Orthophotography Data Catalog (licensing and access information)