November 23, 2008

TopoFusion gets color imagery

TopoFusion color

TopoFusion Pro 3.60 has been released, adding color aerial imagery for most of the U.S. Previously, color imagery has been restricted to the beautiful high resolution (0.25 meters/pixel) imagery available for urban areas. This new imagery is lower resolution (1 meter/pixel), but it has most of the country's national forests, national parks, BLM lands, etc. The only weird thing is, Pennsylvania and Texas are red! I've included a coverage map and a YouTube demo of TopoFusion, after the jump.

Check it out yourself -- TopoFusion downloads are free.

TopoFusion color coverage

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Nov 23, 2008 9:54:55 AM | Aerial imagery, Internet applications

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Mike

FYI The Red color imagery is actually shot with color Infrared camera & film. Color IR is used for Forestry surveys to delinate the confirs from the hardwoods.

Posted by: Mike | November 24, 2008 at 08:15 AM

Rich Owings

Yeah, I'm surprised though. It's my understanding that all the imagery is from the National Agricultural Imagery Program. You would think it would be standardized!

Posted by: Rich Owings | November 24, 2008 at 08:19 AM

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