The PLOTS Archive
Welcome to the Public Laboratory's open data archive. To better fulfill our goal of producing new open-source data sets, this site serves as the repository of those sets online, and as a starting point for the discourse we hope they will spark.
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Maps and available formats
| Location | Capture date | License | |||
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| Addu. Davao, Philippines. | January 21, 2012 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| Muffles College. Orange Walk, Belize. | February 6, 2013 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| Bayou Bienvenue Main Outfall Canal. New Orleans, Louisiana. | January 17, 2013 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| CLA Building, Towson University. Towson, Maryland. | August 22, 2012 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| West Village Commons, Towson University. Towson, Maryland. | August 22, 2012 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| RC Testing. San Diego, California. | September 13, 2012 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| Prueba-DX. Daireaux, Buenos Aires, Argentina. | April 1, 2012 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. | January 1, 1999 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Creative Commons Attribution |
| Morgan city, Louisiana. | January 18, 2013 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
| Bayou Safe Bay. Oil Spill? | January 22, 2013 | geoTiff | jpg | tms | Public Domain |
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