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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
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The Melville Library houses an extensive collection of aerial photographs of Nassau and Suffolk counties. Coverage is also available for New York City and the rest of New York State and, to a lesser degree, for New Jersey and the rest of the country. Aerial photographs for other areas can also be found in soil surveys and on the Internet.

Long Island Note: Most of our photographs on paper have been moved from the Map Collection to the Dept. of Special Collections.
  1. 1930 Suffolk County photographs from Air Map Corporation of America. Available on CD-ROM only. Contact Map Librarian for access.
  2. 1938 Suffolk County. Black-and-white high altitude photographs covering much of Suffolk County. From U.S. Dept of Agriculture. Stereoscopic coverage for some areas. Housed in Dept. of Special Collections. Digital version available on the World Wide Web in Mr.SID format.
  3. 1938 Nassau County. Stereoscopic coverage available in Dept. of Special Collections.
  4. 1947 Nassau County. Stereoscopic coverage available in Dept. of Special Collections.
  5. 1970 Nassau and Suffolk counties. High altitude black-and-white photos from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett. Housed in Dept. of Special Collections.
  6. 1976 Nassau and Suffolk counties. Black and white 7.5' quadrangle format blueprints from Tri-State Regional Planning Commission. Housed in Dept. of Special Collections.
  7. 1988 Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Black-and-white high altitude photographs from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett. Housed in Dept. of Special Collections
  8. 1994-2002. Color digital orthophotoquads (see below under New York State).
New York City

1984. Very large-scale blueprints of all boroughs. From NY Metropolitan Transportation Council.

New York State and New Jersey
  1. Black-and-white coverage from U.S. Dept of Agriculture. Arranged by county. Various dates. Most areas not covered. (Map Collection file cabinets.)
  2. Pine Camp Military Reservation. World War II aerial photos (Maps G3802 A)
  3. U.S. Canadian Border. 1974 images from U.S.G.S. Set also includes other areas on Canadian and Mexican borders (G3701.F2 s25).
  4. 1994-2003 color digital orthphotoquads. From NYS GIS Clearinghouse.
Other Areas
  1. Soil surveys. Most recent soil surveys from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture are based on aerial photographs. Map Collection has an extensive collection covering the entire U.S.
  2. If all else fails, try the Microsoft Terraserver or TerraFly.

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