The Regional Aerial Photo Consortium enables the joint purchase of digital aerial orthophotography by local governments and nonprofit groups in greater Portland. Consortium purchase reduces each member's cost of obtaining photography through cost sharing. The digital imagery available includes the urban areas of Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties. In some years, the coverage is expanded to include rural areas, lidar and lidar derivatives. The intent of the consortium is to provide for a cost-effective means to acquire digital orthophotography on an annual basis.
The urban area covers 656 square miles. The urban/rural coverage covers 973 square miles.
Summer 2019 aerial photo flight
- Vendor: Geoterra, Inc.
- Deliverable: 6-inch true color orthophotos, 6-inch near infrared false color orthophotos, 1-, 2-, 4-, 10-, and 20-foot resamples
- Deliverable: lidar at 24 points per square meter
- Area of interest aerial photos: 1599 square miles
- Area of interest lidar: 1515 square miles
- Additional deliverables as specified in the written contract with Geoterra.
Project status
Orthophotos
The orthophotos have been distributed, marking this portion of the project complete.
Lidar
Last updated: May 26th, 2020
| Lidar |
Weeks from acquisition
|
Due date* |
Completion date |
Percentage complete |
|---|
| Lidar acquisition (atmospheric conditions dependent) |
0 |
Sept. 30, 2019 |
Sept. 13, 2019 |
100% |
| Pilot project delivered |
4 |
Oct. 11, 2019 |
Oct. 11, 2019 |
100% |
| Metro pilot projects – acceptance deadline |
6 |
Oct. 25, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
100% |
| Area A (33% of area of interest) |
10 |
Feb. 14, 2020 |
Feb. 21, 2020 |
100% |
| Area B (33% of area of interest) |
16 |
April 2020 |
April 3, 2020 |
100% |
| Area C (33% of area of interest) |
22 |
May 2020 |
|
50% |
| Final delivery to Metro |
26 |
June 30, 2020 |
|
0% |
| Review and acceptance |
29 |
June 30, 2020 |
|
50% |
| Distribution to consortium members |
32 |
July - Aug. 2020 |
|
0% |
* Adjustments are made to schedule based on the completion date of the previous step.