topic Is it possible to download world imagery? in New to GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637236#M1661 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am wanting to be able to use world imagery without an internet connection. Is there a way to download it to use?</P><P>Thanks <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:55:56 GMT EllenWildig 2015-09-02T11:55:56Z Is it possible to download world imagery? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637236#M1661 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am wanting to be able to use world imagery without an internet connection. Is there a way to download it to use?</P><P>Thanks <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:55:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637236#M1661 EllenWildig 2015-09-02T11:55:56Z Re: Is it possible to download world imagery? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637237#M1662 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could create tiles for offline use. Check the limitations as well.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=226d23f076da478bba4589e7eae95952" title="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=226d23f076da478bba4589e7eae95952">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=226d23f076da478bba4589e7eae95952</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:12:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637237#M1662 JayantaPoddar 2015-09-02T12:12:02Z Re: Is it possible to download world imagery? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637238#M1663 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a variety of aerial download sources that can be found by a web search.&nbsp; I'd try a Google search on "aerial downloads" and "orthophotos".&nbsp; If you want a specific geography instead of the whole world, I would add in search terms related to that geography.&nbsp; For example, "aerial downloads United States".</P><P></P><P>Another avenue to search is government agencies, as often they are providers of imagery.</P><P></P><P>Here's a few of the many results a quick search revealed.</P><P></P><P>USGS Earth Explorer</P><P><A href="https://libraries.mit.edu/files/gis/earthexplorer.pdf" title="https://libraries.mit.edu/files/gis/earthexplorer.pdf">https://libraries.mit.edu/files/gis/earthexplorer.pdf</A> </P><P><A href="http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/" title="http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/">EarthExplorer</A> </P><P></P><P>NCSU Digital Aerial Imagery and Orthophotographs</P><P><A href="https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/orthophotos.html" title="https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/orthophotos.html">Digital Aerial Imagery and Orthophotographs :GIS: NCSU Libraries</A> </P><P></P><P></P><P>Chris Donohue, GISP</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:37:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637238#M1663 ChrisDonohue__GISP 2015-09-02T15:37:52Z Re: Is it possible to download world imagery? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637239#M1664 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Another source is the USDA Geospatial Data Gateway at <A href="https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/" title="https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/">https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/</A> </P><P></P><P>Search by State, then County.&nbsp; From there, download NAIP imagery for use locally on your computer.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:58:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/is-it-possible-to-download-world-imagery/m-p/637239#M1664 Robert_LeClair 2015-09-03T16:58:20Z