The Denver Regional Council of Governments is planning to collect aerial imagery in the Denver Region in 2024. The effort is expected to closely resemble similar projects that occurred in 2022 and 2020.
Since 2002, DRCOG has been pursuing an imagery project (also known as the Denver Regional Aerial Photography Project or DRAPP) on behalf of local governments and public entities. Through DRCOG’s facilitation, approximately 50 organizations agree on product requirements and pool their funding to collectively purchase a regionwide deliverable at a fraction of the cost they would pay on their own.
The resulting imagery provides a high-resolution basemap that is valuable for local and regional mapping and analysis. Download historical imagery tiles from the Regional Data Catalog. The imagery is also the source for derivative products such as planimetric data (building footprints, sidewalks, parking lots etc.) and land cover data.
Project planning will occur until the late fall of 2023. Flights will begin the first quarter of 2024.
If your organization has not participated before and would like to become a project partner in 2024, please reach out to Ashley Summers at asummers@drcog.org.
Ashley Summers, PMP, GISP
Director of Strategic Implementation | Executive Office
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Direct 303-480-6746| Fax 303-480-6790 | E-mail asummers@drcog.org
1001 17th St. • Suite 700 • Denver, CO 80202
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3/15/2023