A note on data to be downloaded... most imagery layers have an index from which you can download tiles. However, we do serve certain data via WMS which is licensed, and we cannot share the actual tiles. This includes: Baxter 2004 (QuickBird satellite data) Debsconeags 2005 (Quickbird) Low Tide Delorme 2003 SPOT satellite data Nautical charts In these cases, there will not be any index layer. ********** Michael Smith State GIS Manager Maine Office of GIS State House Station 174 264 Civic Center Drive Augusta ME 04333-0174 (207) 215-5530 ________________________________ From: Smith, Michael Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:38 PM To: Smith, Michael Subject: new orthoviewer application MEGIS is pleased to provide a new, updated orthoviewer application. The original orthoviewer application is to be retired within 3 weeks, likely on February 19. The new orthoviewer includes all the imagery that is available via WMS, and the ability to download image tiles for most imagery layers. The orthoviewer can be accessed from http://megis.maine.gov/maps A few hints (which may not have yet made it into the Help system)... Click on 'Zoom to a Town' and you'll get a pick-list of towns to zoom to. It will zoom to the town, highlight it for a few seconds and then draw your background. Your selection will be saved in the 'Results' pane until you are done. To download image tiles, expand the layer you want by clicking on the "+" sign next to it in the "Map Contents" and turn on the "Index" layer. You will see the tile index drawn over the imagery. Use the "Select image for download" tool (the circle with the "i" in it) and click on a tile you want, then click on the hyperlink returned to download it. Images will be either SID or JP2. You currently cannot select multiple tiles to download, it's one at a time. Each "layer" is a separate WMS layer, so if you turn them all on at once, you're going to be waiting a while. For best performance, only do a few at a time. There is an idle timeout for the application, if you are away from it for more than 10 minutes it will cease functioning, you can 'refresh' to get it working again in a new session. MEGIS will keep both the "old" and the "new" orthoviewers running until February 19. We would be pleased to hear any feedback to help improve the new orthoviewer. (and thanks to Bob Bistrais for whipping this together) ********** Michael Smith State GIS Manager Maine Office of GIS State House Station 174 264 Civic Center Drive Augusta ME 04333-0174 (207) 215-5530 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the this web address: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: [log in to unmask]