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Abstract

A method of making geospatial imagery data available to the public over the internet. Geospatial images are acquired, such as by aerial photography, and are digitized. Plural images are captured, each image covering a portion of the earth surface area of interest. Each image captures at least one characteristic of the portion of the area, such as by taking images in different frequency bands. Data from all images thus obtained is loaded into a common database, loaded into a computer, and integrated to create a single resultant geospatial image stored in the computer. The integration process is performed so that a nearly seamless mosaiced image covering the entire area of interest is generated. The mosaiced image is stored in mosaic sector form. The computer containing the resultant geospatial image and software controlling the same are connected to the internet so that internet users have access to the data. The users can select portions of the resultant image and select characteristics, and have corresponding data transmitted over the internet and downloaded to a personal computer, facsimile machine, or the like. Alternatively, the software has options enabling users to order the data on a hard storage device such as a compact disc, or to have the host computer operate a printer to generate a hard paper copy of the selected data.

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