RAQ: How To Get The Newest Data First
Is it ready yet? …How about now? …Now?
The aerial imagery collection window in Ontario is short for the most popular leaf-off ortho products, around 6-8 weeks. Typically we can start flying in late March and it all wraps up by early May, weather dependent. In this time frame we cover a lot of ground, often capturing imagery for several municipalities.
Once the intense flying season is over, the next six months are spent back at the office processing the raw images into an application-ready mosaic and posting the data to the MapWarehouse store, VuMAP, and MapCast.
During this six month period we frequently get asked, "Is it ready yet? …How about now? …Now?" There are three ways you can keep in the loop when new data is released.