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The PLOTS Archive

Welcome to the Public Laboratory's open data archive. To better fulfill our goal of producing new open-source data sets, this site serves as the repository of those sets online, and as a starting point for the discourse we hope they will spark.

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Maps and available formats

Location Capture date License
Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY - NRG July 31, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY - IR July 31, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Western Carolina University Library December 7, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Ag Park. Sunol, California (nrg) September 24, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Ag Park. Sunol, California (ndvi) September 24, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Ag Park. Sunol, California (near infrared) September 24, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Ag Park. Sunol, California September 24, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Violet, Louisiana February 25, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Creative Commons Attribution
Gowanus - Brooklyn, NY July 31, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain
Pearl District - Tanner Springs - Portland, Oregon August 17, 2011 geoTiff jpg tms Public Domain

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