Iowa Geographic Map Server - Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support & Research Facility

The services available through this link include:

Services are now being created and stored using ArcGIS Server – below are links for individual layers:

For the spring 2007 Northwest Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2007_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the spring 2007 Northwest Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2007_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the spring 2009 Southwest and Central Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2009_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the spring 2009 Southwest and Central Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2009_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the spring 2010 Eastern Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2010_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the spring 2010 Eastern Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/ortho_2010_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2010 Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2010_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2010 Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2010_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2011 Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2011_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2011 Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2011_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2013 Iowa natural color orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2013_nc/ImageServer/WMSServer?

For the summer 2013 Iowa color infrared orthophotos use http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/arcgisserver/services/Ortho/naip_2013_cir/ImageServer/WMSServer?

Web Map Server Client for ArcView 3.x by Refractions Research, Inc. The ARC3WMS client is an ArcView 3 extension (.AVX) that provides access to data sets stored on a Web Map Server (WMS). WMS is an internet mapping protocol published by the OpenGIS Consortium. WMS servers publish map images to remote clients using standard internet technologies. There are WMS servers for LandSat data, USGS DOQ photos, bathymetry, and many other data types. The current beta release of ARC3WMS is free to download and use.

Download MITOrtho Extension for ArcView GIS 3.x.(6Mb) The MITOrtho extension allows users to download digital imagery from any Web Map Service-compliant server (including the Iowa Geographic Image Map Server) directly into the mapping window of ArcView GIS 3.x. Once installed you can connect to the Iowa Geographic Image Map Server using these steps: Open ArcView 3.x, select File > Extensions, select WMT MITOrtho extension. Select the "S" icon and select "other"; enter http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/server.cgi?, choose an available image layer, then file type and UTM NAD83 projection. Use locally-stored themes as a reference, and select the "globe" icon to download an image. As you pan or zoom, select the globe icon to refresh the map.