Use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out, or center scroll button on your mouse.Hold the left mouse button down and drag to pan the map.Use the Map Date drop down to turn on and off Years to view different imagery regarding Historical Aerials from the Las Vegas Valley.Please be patient as the Imagery Data loads.

The National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) was coordinated by the USGS as an interagency project to acquire cloud-free aerial photographs at an altitude of 20,000 feet above mean terrain elevation. The photographs were taken with a 6-inch focal length lens at a scale of 1:40,000. Coverage over the conterminous United States includes both black-and-white (BW) and color infrared (CIR) aerial photographs. Film type and extent of coverage were determined by available funds and operational requirements. The NAPP program, which was operational from 1987 to 2007, consists of more than 1.3 million images. Photographs were acquired on 9-inch film and were centered over quarters of USGS 7.5-minute quadrangles.To view historical imagery availability by county please visit the Historical Availability of Imagery map.To view more NAPP imagery visit the NAPP Historical Imagery Portfolio app.For ordering information please contact the GEO Customer Service Section at geo.sales@usda.gov.

The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), created a series of geospatial products using historic aerial imagery and Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods. A point cloud dataset (.laz) of the South Cow Mountain Recreational Area was generated from stereo historical aerial imagery acquired in by the BLM in 1977. The aerial imagery was downloaded from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center's USGS Single Aerial Frame Photo archive and the point cloud was created using USGS guidelines. Photo alignment, error reduction, and dense point cloud generation followed guidelines documented in Over, J.R., Ritchie, A.C., Kranenburg, C.J., Brown, J.A., Buscombe, D., Noble, T., Sherwood, C.R., Warrick, J.A., and Wernette, P.A., 2021, Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6— Structure from motion workflow documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1039, 46 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211039. Photo-identifiable points, selected as synthetic ground-control points, followed guidelines documented in Sherwood, C.R.; Warrick, J.A.; Hill, A.D.; Ritchie, A.C.; Andrews, B.D., and Plant, N.G., 2018. Rapid, remote assessment of Hurricane Matthew impacts using four-dimensional structure-from-motion photogrammetry https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-18-00016.1 Additional post-processing of the 1977 dense point cloud, using Iterative Closest Point (ICP) analysis, was used to improve the alignment with the 2015 LiDAR point cloud. The ICP analysis is explained in Low, K.L., 2004. Linear least-squares optimization for point-to-plane ICP surface registration. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 4(10), pp.1-3. http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~lowkl/publications/lowk_point-to-plane_icp_techrep.pdf Data were processed using photogrammetry to generate a three-dimensional point cloud that identifies pixels of an object from multiple images taken from various angles and calculates the x, y, and z coordinates of that object/pixel. The point cloud was processed to create a digital surface model of the study area (57.3 cm resolution). Finally, source images were stitched together based on shared pixels and orthogonally adjusted to the digital surface model to create a high resolution (approximately 18.3 cm) orthoimage for the study area.

The points in this dataset represent the approximate geographic location of the centroids for scanned, non-georeferenced air photos that were captured between 1923 and 2007 and are freely available via the John R. Borchert Map Library and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The images were captured by a variety of government entities to address a wide range of applications. Images were scanned at resolutions ranging from 150 to 1200DPI. The collection includea a mixture of black & white, true color and infrared photographs. Various image collects were taken at a range of flight heights depending on the year and purpose of the collect.

The National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) program was coordinated by the USGS as an interagency project to acquire cloud-free aerial photographs at an altitude of 40,000 feet above mean terrain elevation. Two different camera systems were used to obtain simultaneous coverage of black-and-white (BW) and color infrared (CIR) aerial photographs over the conterminous United States. The color-infrared photographs were taken with an 8.25-inch focal length lens and are at a scale of 1:58,000. The black-and-white photographs were taken with a 6-inch focal length lens and are at a scale of 1:80,000. The NHAP program, which was operational from 1980 to 1989, consists of approximately 500,000 images. Photographs were acquired on 9-inch film and centered over USGS 7.5-minute quadrangles.To view historical imagery availability by county please visit the Historical Availability of Imagery map.To view more NHAP imagery visit the NHAP Historical Imagery Gallery app.For ordering information please contact the GEO Customer Service Section at geo.sales@usda.gov.

[This external link page will be retired after October 29, 2025. The links formerly housed on this page no longer work and have been removed. Please contact opendata@wa.gov with questions.] Aerial imagery of the state of Washington, from National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)

This dataset features a collection of historical orthorectified aerial photographed images of the Brisbane City Council local government area captured by piloted aircraft during 1946.Prior to satellite imagery, extensive use was made of aerial photography to capture land information. The 1946 imagery service uses the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) datum and is projected in Zone 56 of the Map Grid of Australia (MGA56).This dataset is a tile layer, to view the images or to access the data, use the ArcGIS Hub, HTML and API links in the Data and resources section below.

Historical imagery was obtained from University of Florida’s historical Imagery site, “Aerial Photography: Florida”, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Aerial Photo Lookup System, or from the FDEP district offices. Images downloaded from UF were saved locally and georeferenced by GIS team members, whereas the imagery received from the district offices were georeferenced by District staff. It is understood that these "pre-georeferenced" tiles were georeferenced within ArcMap by various staff from the District offices. The following applies to the imagery georeferenced in-office by the Division of Water Resource Management (DWRM):The georeferencing was completed in either ArcMap 10.3.1 or ArcGIS Pro. The following standards were held for the georeferencing process: the minimum number of control points was 10 points. The RMS value was kept at or below 5.0 for all tiles georeferenced in 1st Order Polynomial, and 2.0 for those georeferenced in 2nd Order Polynomial (where 1st Order was not possible). The maximum individual residual was at or under twice the RMS. Again, these were the standards, but the accuracy is not guaranteed. To QC for human error, once all counties for the given decade were georeferenced a comparison task was completed. This QC emphasized that this data is only a visual aid in that distances can be off 50 meters or more in some areas. These are mostly areas where there were limited reference features to georectify the original images. The smallest distance found was under 10 meters. To attain more information on this QC please contact FDEP WRM GIS. As stated in the use limitation, but emphasized here, information contained herein is provided for informational purposes only. The State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection provides geographic information systems (GIS) data and metadata with no claim as to the completeness, usefulness, or accuracy of its content, positional or otherwise. The State and its officials and employees make no warranty, express or implied, and assume no legal liability or responsibility for the ability of users to fulfill their intended purposes in accessing or using GIS data or metadata or for omissions in content regarding such data. The data could include technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The data is presented "as is," without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Your use of the information provided is at your own risk. In providing this data or access to it, the State assumes no obligation to assist the user in the use of such data or in the development, use, or maintenance of any applications applied to or associated with the data or metadata.Please contact GIS.Librarian@FloridaDEP.gov for more information.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Aerial Photography data set includes over 2.5 million film transparencies. Beginning in 1937, photographs were acquired for mapping purposes at different altitudes using various focal lengths and film types. The resultant black-and-white photographs contain less than 5 percent cloud cover and were acquired under rigid quality control and project specifications (e.g., stereo coverage, continuous area coverage of map or administrative units). Prior to the initiation of the National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) program in 1980, the USGS photography collection was one of the major sources of aerial photographs used for mapping the United States. Since 1980, the USGS has acquired photographs over project areas that require photographs at a larger scale than the photographs in the NHAP and National Aerial Photography Program collections.

March 2000

Landgate has historical aerial imagery covering a large portion of Western Australia. Aerial imagery has been captured from 1948 to the present day. This dataset provides historical aerial photography boundaries and metadata associated with each project. Note: Some projects have not yet been catalogued. For more information please visit Landgate's Photography prints and enlargements page. © Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions.

Aerial imagery of the state of Washington, from National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)

APFO is home to one of the country's largest aerial film libraries. We currently house more than 70,000 rolls of film (10 million plus images). Our film dates from 1955 to the present. We have coverage of most of the United States and its territories. Historic aerial images play a more vital role today than ever before with environmental assessments, change detection, and property boundary disputes. Over the years, APFO (Aerial Photography Field Office) joined with other federal agencies in cooperative photography programs. The latest program is the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). APFO now provides NAIP digital imagery to the USDA Service Center Agencies that utilize Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as the method for administering federal farm programs. GIS streamlines daily operation and facilitates updates of vital information which also helps support our nation's farmers and ranchers. The files for locating available aerial imagery include a comprehensive PDF file of all states, Forest Service PDF file, Alpha FIPS PDF file, ability to search for a particular state and county, APFO Historical Availability of Imagery, and ArcGIS Historical Availability of Imagery interactive map. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Imagery Catalogs. File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.fpacbc.usda.gov/geo/customer-service/imagery-catalogs/index.html

The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), created a series of geospatial products using historic aerial imagery and Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods. A high-resolution orthomosaic of the South Cow Mountain Recreational Area was generated from stereo historical aerial imagery acquired in by the BLM in May of 1977. The aerial imagery were downloaded from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center's USGS Single Aerial Frame Photo archive and an orthomosaic was created using USGS guidelines. Photo alignment, error reduction, and dense point cloud generation followed guidelines documented in Over, J.R., Ritchie, A.C., Kranenburg, C.J., Brown, J.A., Buscombe, D., Noble, T., Sherwood, C.R., Warrick, J.A., and Wernette, P.A., 2021, Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6— Structure from motion workflow documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1039, 46 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211039. Photo-identifiable points, selected as synthetic ground-control points, followed guidelines documented in Sherwood, C.R.; Warrick, J.A.; Hill, A.D.; Ritchie, A.C.; Andrews, B.D., and Plant, N.G., 2018. Rapid, remote assessment of Hurricane Matthew impacts using four-dimensional structure-from-motion photogrammetry https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-18-00016.1 Additional post-processing of the 1977 dense point cloud, using Iterative Closest Point (ICP) analysis, was used to improve the alignment with the 2015 LiDAR point cloud. The ICP analysis is explained in Low, K.L., 2004. Linear least-squares optimization for point-to-plane ICP surface registration. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 4(10), pp.1-3. http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~lowkl/publications/lowk_point-to-plane_icp_techrep.pdf Data were processed using photogrammetry to generate a three-dimensional point cloud that identifies pixels of an object from multiple images taken from various angles and calculates the x, y, and z coordinates of that object/pixel. The point cloud was processed to create a digital surface model of the study area (57.3 cm resolution). Finally, source images were stitched together based on shared pixels and orthogonally adjusted to the digital surface model to create a high resolution (approximately 18.3 cm) orthoimage for the study area.

Declassified satellite images provide an important worldwide record of land-surface change. With the success of the first release of classified satellite photography in 1995, images from U.S. military intelligence satellites KH-7 and KH-9 were declassified in accordance with Executive Order 12951 in 2002. The data were originally used for cartographic information and reconnaissance for U.S. intelligence agencies. Since the images could be of historical value for global change research and were no longer critical to national security, the collection was made available to the public.

Keyhole (KH) satellite systems KH-7 and KH-9 acquired photographs of the Earth’s surface with a telescopic camera system and transported the exposed film through the use of recovery capsules. The capsules or buckets were de-orbited and retrieved by aircraft while the capsules parachuted to earth. The exposed film was developed and the images were analyzed for a range of military applications.

The KH-7 surveillance system was a high resolution imaging system that was operational from July 1963 to June 1967. Approximately 18,000 black-and-white images and 230 color images are available from the 38 missions flown during this program. Key features for this program were larger area of coverage and improved ground resolution. The cameras acquired imagery in continuous lengthwise sweeps of the terrain. KH-7 images are 9 inches wide, vary in length from 4 inches to 500 feet long, and have a resolution of 2 to 4 feet.

The KH-9 mapping program was operational from March 1973 to October 1980 and was designed to support mapping requirements and exact positioning of geographical points for the military. This was accomplished by using image overlap for stereo coverage and by using a camera system with a reseau grid to correct image distortion. The KH-9 framing cameras produced 9 x 18 inch imagery at a resolution of 20-30 feet. Approximately 29,000 mapping images were acquired from 12 missions.

The original film sources are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Duplicate film sources held in the USGS EROS Center archive are used to produce digital copies of the imagery.

Footprint polygons with download link to historical aerial images for 1951, 1961 and 1973. Images scanned from contact prints, georeferenced, and footprint polygons created in 2017. Many of the images have unspecified notes and writing on them. Georeferenced images available upon request through Auburn's GIS office.

This Hub contains information, resources and discovery of Commonwealth Historical Aerial Photography across Australia. Geoscience Australia has developed the Historical Aerial Photography (HAP) collection in an online data delivery system. Using the application, uses can search and download the commonwealth photography collection for free. The hub demonstrates the breadth of the collection and showcases the efforts in collecting and curating an extensive physical collection of film and documents.

Geoscience Australia has the most extensive historical aerial photography collection in terms of land coverage and time (from 1928-1996). This online catalogue provides means of easy search of the collection records. The mapping system allows users to understand what information is available and, if digitised, to preview and download the image data.

The application contains a map which users can search areas, current location or an area of interest, as well as customize the search criteria (date range, film number etc). The search results list the available aerial photography or flight line diagram, and if is available for direct download for free.

The Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC-BC) Geospatial Enterprise Operations (GEO) Branch Historical Availability ArcGIS Online web map provides an easy to use reference of what historical imagery is available by county. GEO has one of the largest collections of historical aerial photography in the nation. Imagery ranges in age from 1955 to the present. Click on the map to view information about years of imagery available for each county. Information includes year, imagery program (i.e. NAIP, FSA, NHAP, etc), how much coverage is available (i.e. 100%, or partial (P), and imagery type (i.e. M4B (Multispectral, 4 bands which include RGB & Near Infrared, NC (Natural Color), or Black and White (BW)). Listings that are not denoted as film were digital collections. Click on the pop-up for a county to view the catalog listing of imagery for that county as a .jpeg attachment.To view some of the historic imagery from the National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) and National High Altitude Program (NHAP) visit their respective imagery galleries: NAPP, NHAP.The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Change 2002-2023 Story Map provides highlights and changes to the NAIP program throughout its history.For ordering information please contact the GEO Customer Service Section at geo.sales@usda.gov.

Spring 2023

1939 Digital Aerial Photography Contributor: Rhode Island Department of Administration, Statewide Planning Program This map service features scanned, georeferenced historical aerial photography collected in May of 1939. The scanned images are panchromatic (black and white) and have a spatial resolution of approximately 4 feet. While the original prints are archived by the Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program, the scanned images are available from the Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) consortium (https://rigis.org)Users can download these images.visit this page and download them all. use this imagery Download App to choose the ones you needThese download in zipped MrSID format. Web services available:ArcGIS Online hosted tile layer ArcGIS map service (REST endpoint)Metadata