Maps and Data Collection
This page is intended to provide viewable or downloadable image files in various formats, as well as links to other sites where images of the Lake Pontchartrain basin, in particular, and Louisiana wetlands, in general, can be found. Please be cautioned that many of these files are quite large in size and may take considerable time to download, especially on a dial-up connection. In fact, some are of a size to effectively prohibit their download over a slow connection.
We have attempted to minimize file size in circumstances where this would not be unduly detrimental to the photo resolution. Some photo formats are intended for specific purposes and to minimize the file size (by reducing resolution) would render the image virtually useless (e.g. AVHRR or other satellite photos). Therefore many of these images have been left large intentionally.
Downloadable Image Files
(to save these images to your HDD, right-click on the link and select "save target/link as"... to view a file, left-click on the link)
Black and white image of the western 1/2 of Lake Pontchartrain, including portions of Lake Maurepas, the cities of Mandeville, Ponchatoula, and the lakeshores of Metairie and Kenner. 27 mb tiff file! (may require Quicktime plug-in)
The same image in jpeg format 2.7 mb .jpg file
Colorized thematic mapper image of the Manchac WMA 25 mb tiff file! (requires Quicktime plug-in)
The same image in jpeg format 1.4 mb .jpg file
Links to images at other (external) sites.