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ToolikGIS Drone Imagery | 0.5cm

Available to all Toolik researchers through ToolikGIS department: uaf-iab-tfs-gis@alaska.edu

Strengths: ultra-high resolution, analysis-ready products tailored to your needs; RGB, near infrared, red edge, and digital elevation models available; flexible tasking schedule when possible 

Limitations: best for smaller research areas; final products often sent out after field season is complete; limited areas to < 2mi off Dalton Highway unless project provides helo time.

Search for ‘High-resolution orthorectified camera imagery’ on the .

Strengths: high-resolution; cross-comparison with other NEON sites

Limitations: infrequent releases; imperfect alignment between scenes; coverage limited to NEON research sites.  (However, PIs can .)

Available to US federally-funded researchers at evwhs.digitalglobe.com or to NSF OPP-funded researchers through the

Strengths: high-resolution; RGB and multispectral; broad landscape-scale coverage; satellite tasking, analysis-ready processing, and digital elevation models available through the Polar Geospatial Center with proper funding.

Limitations: infrequent image collection for Toolik area; commercially-licensed (note: sample image is publicly available preview)

Available to US federally-funded researchers through NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. Request authorization at the .

Strengths: near-daily image collection

Limitations: occasionally poor alignment between images; currently hard to access through CSDA due to licensing lag; $$$ if accessed outside of CSDA

Publicly available through the . Requires free account.

Strengths: frequent image collection; visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared bands; large footprint

Limitations: low resolution