The Regional Aerial Photo Consortium enables the joint purchase of digital aerial orthophotography by local governments and nonprofit groups in the Portland area. 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. 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 around 967 square miles. Since 2007, the consortium has also purchased LiDAR and LiDAR derivative layers.
Current project details
Image capture for the Summer 2017 Aerial Photo Flight was concluded on June 26, 2017.
- Project title: 2017 Summer Aerial Photo Flight
- Vendor: Geoterra, Inc.
- Deliverables: 6-inch true color orthophotos, 6-inch near infrared false color orthophotos, 1-, 2-, 4-, 10-, and 20-foot resamples
- Consortium project area: 656 square miles in the greater Portland area shown in areas 1A and 2A map below
Map
Areas flown as a part of the 2017 Regional Photo Consortium summer project
Project status
| Step |
# of weeks
after flight |
Due date |
GT completion date |
Status (% complete) |
|---|
| QC of images complete |
3 |
17-Jul |
14-Jul |
100% |
| Pilot project delivered |
6 |
7-Aug |
11-Aug |
100% |
| Prelim orthophotos delivered |
6
|
7-Aug |
11-Aug |
100% |
| Metro Pilot projects – acceptance deadline |
8 |
21-Aug |
11-Sep |
100% |
| Full resolution TIFF images delivered (RGB, GBIr, RGBIr) |
16 |
16-Oct |
11-Nov |
100% |
| Metro full resolution TIFF images – acceptance deadline50 |
18 |
27-Nov |
20-Dec |
100% |
| Resampled and compressed images (adjusted*) |
20 |
15-Jan |
12-Jan |
100% |
| Metro acceptance deadline (adjusted*) |
21 |
22-Jan |
19-Jan |
100% |
* Adjustments are made to schedule based on the completion date of the previous step.