Google Earth used to have the historical aerials, dating back to the 1930's for my area, and they were also available through NOAA/NGS, but now I cannot find them available for viewing.
Where, if anywhere, can I view historical aerials without having to pay a view and risking getting the wrong ones? I don't like the new method through NOAA because I can't view it first....
Any clues?
Thank you,
Don
Jeez, I just did a search and see that I asked this same question a year and half ago in Feb. 2016....
Bottom left corner to the right of tour guide in my area "1944"
foggyidea, post: 454171, member: 155 wrote: Google Earth used to have the historical aerials, dating back to the 1930's for my area, and they were also available through NOAA/NGS, but now I cannot find them available for viewing.
Where, if anywhere, can I view historical aerials without having to pay a view and risking getting the wrong ones? I don't like the new method through NOAA because I can't view it first....
Any clues?Thank you,
Don
Jeez, I just did a search and see that I asked this same question a year and half ago in Feb. 2016....
David C. Newell RPLS LS CFM, post: 454180, member: 6347 wrote: Bottom left corner to the right of tour guide in my area "1944"
Mine is now stuck at 1995, used to be older, but.....
USGS Earth Explorer. Free downloads. You can view the footprint of the photo, or even the photo itself overlaid on the current image, although the photo may not be correctly rotated. Choose "Aerial Imagery" > "Aerial Photo Single Frames" under the "Data Sets" tab.
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Thanks Peter! I needed the path 🙂
Foggy,
Are you using Google Earth or Google Earth Pro?
Jim in AZ, post: 454216, member: 249 wrote: Foggy,
Are you using Google Earth or Google Earth Pro?
Google Earth Pro, Jim
foggyidea, post: 454181, member: 155 wrote: Mine is now stuck at 1995, used to be older, but.....
I could never find before 1995 on Google earth.
USGS earth explorer.
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1938 aerials available for cape cod.
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foggyidea, post: 454171, member: 155 wrote: Google Earth used to have the historical aerials, dating back to the 1930's for my area, and they were also available through NOAA/NGS, but now I cannot find them available for viewing.
Where, if anywhere, can I view historical aerials without having to pay a view and risking getting the wrong ones? I don't like the new method through NOAA because I can't view it first....
Any clues?Thank you,
Don
Jeez, I just did a search and see that I asked this same question a year and half ago in Feb. 2016....
USDA
I like James Vianna's answer. It reminded me of a job for some attorneys wherein I was requested to ascertain if an entire railroad switching yard had been moved, their client said it hadn't. The yard was in the vicinity of the Hanford Nuclear area in Washington so oddly enough, there were no historical aerial photos to be found (duh! that's spookville on the highest level). I made some calls, started thinking outside the box, and found nobody had ever stopped the Soil Conservation Service from taking photos. Another good source is the USACE, they seem to take photos quite regularly of most watersheds in all areas.
Many DOTs fly their corridors on a regular (5-10 year basis) uncontrolled verticals. Some also fly color obliques of active construction sites once a month. Most (all?) will fly controlled rectified photogrammetry for design purposes in new construction, although such flights are less useful because the situs is radically different post-construction.