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Historic Aerials

Started by BridgeTroll, April 02, 2018, 08:23:22 AM

BridgeTroll

Pretty cool site for people who enjoy maps of past and present places...  This site combines the two...

Check out old Jacksonville!

https://www.historicaerials.com/
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

acme54321

Yeah that's a great site. 

UF also hosts a bunch of old Florida images going back to the 40s.  A little more difficult to navigate but older images.  http://ufdc.ufl.edu/aerials


thelakelander

The UF site is great for historic aerials and Sanborn maps. Here's a great free site for historic topo maps:
http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

billy

Spottswood Collection may have a few.....