Amazing soucrce for Florida historical aerial photographs(entire state coverage)

[RMHoward]

Hello,
Maybe some of you know about this amazing web site.  To me, it was a eureka moment when i discovered it about a year ago.  It has been unbelieveably helpful in my research of local air bases during WWII. I did another post on the Yellow Water gunnery school that existed during WWII.  I knew about the WWII school and had an idea how it was laid out, but what i really wanted was a map, or photographs of the place in use.  I was sure i would never find any.  Then one day, i happened upon this site which is a repository for aerial photographs of the entire state of FLorida.  Not only was i able to see the entire school (from overhead) during the war while in use, but again in the 50s, 60s, and 70s (see beginning of yellow water post).  Now i could investigate the area with some idea of how it was constructed and laid out.  Certain areas have maps available from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. The best part of all is that you can zoom in on photographs!! Once you play with this web site, i think you will agree how valueable it is.  I could see Cecil field during the 40s, and then watch the transformation into a master jet base in the following decades.  Its that good.  Like i said, the entire state of Florida is covered.  You can see how your neighborhood has changed over the years, for example.  What ever your historical interest is, this will help.  Great for tracking old railroads like one from Melrose to Green Cove Springs, for example.
One word of caution:  while using the site, you may have to click on some dates around the area you want to see.  The placement of the dates on the map are not always indicative of the area covered.  You will see what i mean.  But patience rewards every area i have wanted to see, so far.  This web site is kind of like an early Google Earth, to me.

http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/FLAP/
Rick

[BridgeTroll]

Awesome find RMH!  Just played with it a bit... takes some getting used to but could come in handy!

[Jaxson]

This is great.  I enjoyed looking up images of Orange Park that look worlds different than it does today.