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License Procedures - 2005 Digital Orthophotography (DOQs)

USE & CARE OF MARKHURD 2005 DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTO DATA

INTRODUCTION

In April 2004, an agreement for the use of Markhurd 2005 Digital Orthophoto data was signed by Metropolitan Council and Markhurd. The agreement makes 2005 Digital Orthophoto data available to MetroGIS participants (all cities, townships, school districts, watershed districts, and counties in the Metropolitan Area; regional and state agencies; federal government agencies with geospatial activities within the Metropolitan Area; and any Minnesota academic institution of higher learning). The Metropolitan Council has funded the licensing of the 2005 Digital Orthophoto data for use by these organizations to promote standardization and sharing of geographic information.

This is intended to serve as an overview of the use of and access to Markhurd 2005 Digital Orthophoto data for MetroGIS participants. MetroGIS Participants, please follow these license agreement and ordering instructions. Please refer to the license agreement for full details. Detailed information about the 2005 Digital Orthophotography data is available in the metadata. Ordering instructions and order form are provided below. All others please contact MARKHURD at markhurd.com or 763-420-9606.


LICENSE OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The use of this data is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement with Metropolitan Council and MARKHURD.

  • The license agreements are site licenses. Multiple copies of the data may be used by a licensed organization.
  • Licensed users have the right to use the data for their own business purposes.
  • Licensed users can have their agent use the data on their behalf, but the agent cannot use the data for any other purpose. Agents of licensed users are required to complete a Third Party Confidentiality Agreement.

While there is no charge for the license, there are some responsibilities that users agree to abide by, including:

  • Take measures to prevent the distribution of the 2005 Digital Orthophoto data to unauthorized users. It is proprietary, copyrighted information therefore Markhurd 2005 Digital Orthophoto data is not public information.
  • Determine appropriate applications for the use of the data is the responsibility of the user.
  • The orthophotos, in any form, may not be redistributed or place on any publicly accessible web site or portal
  • For publicly distributed maps and products that use 2005 Digital Orthophoto data, licensed users must provide credit and copyright to MARKHURD.
  • Ongoing general distribution of User Derivative Product and Data showing extensive areas of the 2005 Digital Orthophotography is NOT permitted (i.e. ½ section maps with the orthophoto as a background for a city or county).

MetroGIS PARTICIPANT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS

There are a total of 5 DVDs for the Twin Cities 7-county metropolitan area that contain black & white, color and color-infrared orthophotos in MrSID format. All the black and white DOQs are on 1 DVD. All the color DOQs are contained on 2 DVDs and all the color-infrared are contained on 2 DVDs. The 2005 Digital Orthophoto data is available to MetroGIS participants, after the user license agreement has been executed, on DVDs that may be purchased for the cost of the copy and handling. The process for accessing the 2005 Digital Orthophoto data is as follows:

  1. Copies of the license agreement and order form may be downloaded through the Metropolitan Council web site.
  2. When the requested information has been filled out and the appropriate person has signed the agreement, send the license, order form, and check or money order made payable to the Metropolitan Council to the address listed below. Please keep a copy of this agreement for your records.

    Metropolitan Council
    GIS Unit-Orthophotography Licensing
    390 North Robert Street
    St. Paul, MN 55101
  3. Once the license agreement is on file, for any additional orders, please mail order form, check or money order made out to the Metropolitan Council to:

    Metropolitan Council
    Regional Data Center
    390 North Robert Street
    St. Paul, MN 55101


2005 Digital Orthophotography


For additional information, please contact the Regional Data Center at:
Phone: 651-602-1140
Fax: 651-602-1464
Email: data.center@metc.state.mn.us