Sanborn Orthoimagery.

Sanborn combines owned and operated aircraft, advanced sensor systems, experienced flight crews, and in-house photogrammetry expertise to deliver high-resolution aerial imagery and orthophoto products built for accuracy, clarity, and real-world use.

We set ourselves apart by using innovative Sanborn software and procedures to create True Orthos.

We set ourselves apart by using innovative Sanborn proprietary software and procedures to create True Orthos.

Imagery on Your Terms.

Sanborn’s open licensing policy allows purchasers to determine how their data is used and shared within their respective government, university research, or business GIS user community. When you purchase imagery data from Sanborn there are no recurring licensing fees, nor does your right to use the data ever expire. And you have control over the creation and use of derivative products from the data.

  • When we collect data for you, we consider it to be your data. Your access to data does not “time out” and we won’t restrict your usage.
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Quality Assurance
at Every Step.

Sanborn owns and operates a fleet of aviation assets (planes, drones) and optical sensors available for imagery acquisition at any U.S. location for project areas of any size or scope. ​

​After capture, the Sanborn team uses state of the art and proprietary tools and methods (manual and automated AI) to produce accurate digital aerial imagery products applying rigorous ISO quality standards through every step of the process. Your data comes with a CP or PLS certificate of accuracy and pixel level documentation (time and date).

3" true color Orthoimagery

You Deserve the Best Aerial Imagery.

The Sanborn team helps you to navigate to the best options – acquisition platform, resolution, quality, currency, cost, licensing restrictions, and other factors – for your specific use case.​

Derivative products.

Orthoimagery is a gateway to a wide variety of derivative data products. We employ a combination of imagery processing techniques, photogrammetric compilation, and GIS-based mapping methodologies to extract data features from imagery to support complex natural resource, environmental, planning, or spatial analysis problems, everything from: elevation contours, hydrographic features, street centerlines, building outlines, and much more.

Sanborn Planimetric

How to build an exceptional state imagery program.

Sanborn’s comprehensive services ensure you can run an exceptional state imagery data program. In addition to data collection and processing, Sanborn start-to-finish imagery program services offerings help you take care of all these essentials:​

  • ROI Studies to justify your program​.
  • Strategic plans and technical specification to define your program​.
  • Secure storage and streaming (web-based) services to make your data widely available in a controlled manner​.
  • Imagery data usage monitoring for management and cost control​.
  • Direct support for program administration, promotion and marketing.
Texas Google Imagery

The Texas Imagery Service is a highly successful statewide imagery program that Sanborn has supported for more than a decade.

Texas GIO and Sanborn launch Texas Imagery Service Plus.