High Resolution
Aerial Imagery for Illinois
See aerial imagery, elevation models, and property data covering cities and rural areas across Illinois.
Vexcel provides high-resolution aerial imagery and geospatial data collected consistently across all 102 counties in Illinois. Check out our coverage map below. From major cities like Chicago, Springfield, and Peoria to suburban areas and agricultural regions, our data supports infrastructure and roadway planning, environmental and utilities analysis, property assessments, change detection, disaster response, and more.
Orthomosaic Imagery
Access to detailed, top-down views helps you see areas at wide scale across less populated areas or even in rich definition in densely populated metro areas like Chicago. Wide Area Ortho is collected across the state at a resolution of 15cm. TrueOrtho is a finely calibrated view of urban areas at 7.5cm resolution with no building lean (parallax) or visible seamlines. And new Urban Ortho provides an additional view of urban areas at 7.5cm resolution for move views in more places.
Oblique Imagery
Shift your view with high-resolution Oblique imagery and take a virtual tour around all four sides of a home, building, or area. Improve your inspection or asset monitoring by identifying concerns or issues that wouldn’t normally be visible with a straight down viewpoint. Get greater context of a landscape using detailed Oblique imagery.
Elevate
Elevate depicts 3D height information of the earth in high-spatial resolution across both urban and rural areas in Illinois. Created during Vexcel’s aerial captures, customers get a real pixel-to-height data match with other Vexcel aerial products. The result: A perfect spatial alignment between elevation data and imagery for a more consistent and trusted accurate output.
Multispectral Imagery
Using its market-leading UltraCam sensors, Vexcel collects a near-infrared color band while capturing aerial imagery of urban and rural areas across Illinois. This wider color spectrum-invisible to the human eye-makes it easier to identify living and non-living objects. This type of data is ideal for classifying areas at risk for wildfire, or when reviewing areas post-disaster to quickly determine what vegetation is still living and what has been destroyed.
Disaster Imagery
Illinois can occasionally see disasters like tornadoes. Depending on the severity and impact of a tornado, Vexcel captures, processes, and delivers disaster imagery typically within a 24-hour timeframe following completion of aircraft collection. Providing rapid access to post-catastrophe imagery results in improved responses for emergency managers and insurers. This imagery also helps government agencies understand the full picture of the impacted areas and track progress as communities rebuild.
Elements
Our Elements product suite features AI-derived datasets designed to inventory and track changes, all extracted from Vexcel’s high-resolution aerial imagery.
In Illinois, Vexcel offers vectorized datasets for buildings, properties, and roadways to integrate into your GIS workflows.
For example, we have building footprint and roof details for more than 5.4 million structures identified in our ortho imagery for the Prairie State.
Illinois Coverage Map
FAQs for Vexcel Coverage in Illinois
Q: What counties in Illinois does Vexcel have aerial imagery and property data for?
Vexcel provides statewide aerial imagery and property coverage for all 102 counties in Illinois. This includes every metropolitan, suburban, and rural region of the state.
Illinois counties covered by Vexcel include: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford.
Q: Does Vexcel cover both cities and rural areas in Illinois, commercial and residential properties?
Yes. Vexcel’s aerial imagery covers urban and rural areas across Illinois, including commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential properties.
Q: How often is aerial imagery updated in Illinois?
Vexcel refreshes imagery in Illinois on a regular schedule as part of its national aerial imagery program, the largest aerial imagery program in the United States. In short, Vexcel refreshes more than 90% of the U.S. population annually.
- Urban areas in Illinois are updated up to three times per year, with most population centers refreshed once or twice annually.
- Rural regions in Illinois are regularly refreshed to maintain current, high-quality coverage statewide.
You can view the company’s ongoing collection plans at: https://vexceldata.com/countries/united-states/
For the most up-to-date coverage in Illinois, please contact the Vexcel team at: https://vexceldata.com/request-a-demo/
Q: What resolution is Vexcel’s aerial imagery for Illinois?
Vexcel publishes aerial imagery at 7.5cm to 15cm resolution (3–6 inches) in Illinois. Urban area imagery is published at 7.5cm (3-inch) resolution, and Vexcel has a statewide imagery collection that includes urban and rural areas at 15cm (6-inch) resolution.
Need imagery at a custom spec? In addition to its ongoing data program, Vexcel can capture on-demand collections in Illinois using its own fleet or through third-party fliers that specialize in custom, on-demand collections. Lidar is also available on demand. Contact us for more info.
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