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.
Late winter/early spring 2023 leaf-off 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
- Area of interest: 895 square miles
- Flight acquisition window spans from March 1 - April 30.
Project status
Cloudy weather conditions in March and April 2023 did not permit imagery acquisition in leaf-off conditions. The project will be delayed until 2024.
Summer 2023 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
- Area of interest: 720 square miles
- Additional deliverables as specified in the written contract with GeoTerra.
Project status
This year's orthoimagery was acquired on June 2, 2023.
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Milestones
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Estimated due date
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Date complete
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| Flight acquisition |
June 7, 2023 |
June 2, 2023 |
| Pilot tiles |
July 18, 2023 |
July 17, 2023 |
| Preliminary orthos |
Aug. 3, 2022 |
Aug. 2, 2023 |
| Full resolution orthos |
Sept. 6, 2023 |
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| QA review |
Sept. 20, 2023 |
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| Final delivery to Metro |
Oct. 4, 2023 |
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| Delivery to members |
Oct. 31, 2023 |
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Consortium strategic plan
The 2021-25 strategic plan represents an overview and goals for the consortium that will keep the imagery program on track and responsive to current and future needs through 2024.
Regional Aerial Photo Strategic Framework 2021-25