Ortho Imagery

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Ortho Imagery

Postby SebagoLakeRanch » Wed May 18, 2011 7:35 pm

I'm trying to download some Ortho Imagery, I did it in the past from the MaineGIS website. In this case I want the town of Limington. I am using the following website http://megiswebmaps.maine.gov/orthoviewer/default.aspx, I downloaded the tiles, but they are in *.jp2 format (JPEG 2000). It isn't *.SID like the old one I downloaded a while back for Cumerland Co. Xmap doesn't seem to want to use this file type. What are my options?

I just placed an order for a free download of "Digital Ortho County Mosaic of 7.5' quads by NRCS" from the USDA using this site:
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
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Re: Ortho Imagery

Postby Rotareneg » Thu May 19, 2011 8:00 pm

You might try renaming the file extension to .sid, that has worked with some JPEG2000 files I've tried, but not all.
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Re: Ortho Imagery

Postby SebagoLakeRanch » Sun May 22, 2011 8:27 am

Just got around to trying to rename the file extension, it worked! Thanks a bunch. This Maine GIS site is a great resource. I had asked my town accessor for parcels, they were going to charge me. Come to find out they were all on the Maine GIS site for free.

The file I was able to download from USDA wasn't what I wanted anyway. You have to pay for them to send you the higher resolution ones.
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