Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP)

Overview

The Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) was initiated in 2006 by the County of Lambton in partnership with LIO and a number of other organizations. Through this project, high resolution orthophotos for approximately 42,000 square kilometres of land in south-western Ontario were captured, making it one of the largest orthophotography projects in North America. A total of 72 partnership agreements were signed with public and private sector organizations to share the project's $1.6 million cost.
 
As a result of the large number of partners involved in SWOOP, and the use of high-accuracy, low-cost digital camera technology, acquisition costs were significantly reduced and millions of tax dollars were saved. The large project area also resulted in lower overhead costs and long, more efficient flight lines.

Acquisition Date

May 2006

Deliverables

• 30 cm pan sharpened true colour 1 km x 1 km geotiff and compress tiles
• 50 cm pan sharpened true colour 20 km x 20 km compressed mosaics
• Raw imagery – 30 cm panchromatic, 60 cm multi spectral (red, green, blue, near infrared bands

Note: Only complete tiles are being distributed; clipping to specific features within an individual tile is not available. All images are available as georeferenced products.

Indexes for SWOOP are available as shape files that can be viewed with GIS software. These indexes provide the geographic extent and tile numbers for the project and can be requested from lio@ontario.ca.

Access

SWOOP imagery (30cm resolution) of their local area is available at no cost to the SWOOP project partners. Members of the Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange or the public must purchase the imagery.

Cost

SWOOP imagery pricing:

Administration fee: $100.00 (charged on all orders)
Price per km²:  $50.00
All products subject to PST and GST where applicable.

For orders that are less than 10 km2 in size, the client will be forwarded directly to a private sector distributor.

More Information

lio@ontario.ca or (705) 755-1878