A One Stop Shop for Aerial Imagery
Imagery Featured on CT ECO
2023 Imagery
Leaf off, 4 bands, 3 inch pixels, tide coordinated.
2019 Imagery
Leaf off, 4 bands, 6 inch pixels, tide coordinated.
2016 Imagery
Leaf off, 4 bands, 3 inch pixels, tide coordinated.
2012 Imagery
Leaf off, 4 bands, 1 foot pixels.
1934 Aerial Photos
Mostly leaf off, grayscale.
CT ECO also serves many dates of statewide imagery captured in both the spring (leaf off) and summer (leaf on). To view the imagery, visit the Aerial Imagery Viewer. To connect to it, visit the Map and Imagery Services page.
Also learn about the 1934 Aerial Photos and the 2017 Eastern CT Coast Aerials.
Imagery Viewers
Aerial Imagery Viewer
View, interact with, and compare Connecticut's digital aerial imagery datasets.
CT 2016 Imagery Viewer
The 2016 imagery is a simple viewer
Air Photo Archive Viewer
Contains photo centerpoints with popups that link to the canned photo. Created and maintained by the UConn MAGIC.
Image Services
There are five categories of imagery services on the Map Services page that include over 20 imagery services. Look for:
Imagery - Spring Statewide
Imagery - Summer Statewide
Imagery - Historic
Imagery - Coastal
Imagery - Other Areas
Imagery Download
| 2023 Aerial Imagery (Coming Soon) |
(4 bands, 3 inch pixels) | Project Home | Metadata | XML |
| 2019 Aerial Imagery | (4 bands, 6 inch pixels) | Project Home | Metadata |
| 2016 Aerial Imagery | (4 bands, 3 inch pixels) |
Project Home | Metadata |
| 2012 Aerial Imagery | (4 bands, 1 foot pixels) |
Project Home | Metadata |
Imagery Information and Help
Connecticut's Digital Aerial Datasets. A table listing all of the digital imagery datasets including basic facts like bands, season and pixel size.
2023 Aerial Imagery and Elevation Information
2019 Aerial Imagery Information
2016 Aerial Imagery and Elevation Information
How to Connect to Imagery
The imagery is served as an image service using Esri's ArcGIS Server.
Connect with ArcGIS Online. ArcGIS Online is a website by Esri that provides a platform for using, creating, and sharing maps, apps, and data, and accessing authoritative basemaps. CT ECO uses ArcGIS online to share many of Connecticut's maps and make it possible for users to save and make changes to the maps.
Connect with Google Earth. Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program.
Connect with ArcPro. ArcPro is the newest desktop GIS software by Esri. It is not free.
Connect with ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a desktop GIS software by Esri. It is not free.
Other Sources of Connecticut Imagery
CT State Library. Archives of aerial surveys which some online.
Air Photo Archive Viewer from UConn Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC). Contains photo centerpoints with popups that link to the canned photo.