The State of Kentucky has recently taken delivery on a statewide satellite image map produced by the SPOT Image Corporation, headquartered in Reston, Va. The product is licensed for use by state, county and local government agencies, the state school system, and may be viewed on the Internet in a non-downloadable format. This imagery will be invaluable to OGI for change detection to decide where to re-fly aerial photography, and as a 'fill-in' until we can get second generation DOQQs. The Kentucky statewide coverage map is created from recent (1998-2001) black and white 30’ resolution SPOT satellite imagery processed to a high degree of map accuracy, and formatted for use in desktop mapping and geographic information systems (GIS).

This product is the first Kentucky GIS imagery product projected in the new Kentucky Single Zone Coordinate System of 1983, which eliminates the inherent problems of the previous Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System North and South Zones. This product will be used by various State and Local agencies in projects and programs that require a lower level of resolution than the more traditional 3 foot OR 1 meter DOQQs.

For further information concerning this imagery, please contact the Kentucky Office of Geographic Information at 502-564-1450.