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Aerial Photographs Frequently Asked Questions (Score: 3.000)

EarthExplorer Primary site to query and order satellite images, aerial photographs and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey. Uses Java Script or Applet Versions for PC, MacIntosh, and Unix programs. Frequent customers may register. (Score: 2.000)

View USGS maps and aerial photo images online Portal to selected USGS Business Partner Program and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where USGS maps and aerial photo images may be viewed wtih a Web browser. (Score: 2.000)

Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images Overview (Score: 1.000)

Aerial photography: Frequently Asked Questions FAQs Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on aerial photography and National Aerial Photography Program/National High Altitude Photography NAPP/NHAP photography. (Score: 1.000)

Availability of USGS geospatial data and aerial photography products Website to search and locate United States digital cartographic data (USGGeoData and Digital Raster Graphics) and aerial photography of the National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP). Files can be downloaded in HTML or PDF format. (Score: 1.000)

Coastal storms and tsunamis USGS responses to and studies of the hazards and impact of major hurricanes, tsunamis, and El Nino storms. Includes links to oblique aerial photography and LIDAR surveys recording coastal changes and other effects of storms and waves. (Score: 1.000)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Aerial Photography Description of National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Aerial Photography data set including film from the Ames Research center and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center with links to ordering images. (Score: 1.000)

Optical Science Laboratory Site for the Optical Science Laboratory specializing in expert calibration of aerial mapping cameras with links to fees, scheduling cameras for calibration, historical camera database files, USGS aerial camera specifications, and how to visit. (Score: 1.000)

Space Acquired Photography Ordering and descriptive information for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)imagery acquired by the USGS from Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and Shuttle Large Format Camera missions. (Score: 1.000)

World Data Center for Remotely Sensed Land Data, Sioux Falls Description of the World Data Center for Remotely Sensed Land Data (WDC/RSLD), the worlds largest collection of space and aircraft imagery. Includes aerial photography, DOQs, Landsat satellite imagery and photography and AVHRR imagery. (Score: 1.000)

Aerial Photography Summary Record System Fact Sheet 220-96 (Score: 0.690)

Aerial photographs This information about aerial photographs refers to the products of the National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP)designed to cover all the lower 48 States every 5 to 7 years with a new set of aerial photographs. (Score: 0.690)

Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQs) Description of what a Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle is and how to obtain them plus information on the DOQ program, points of contact, DOQ status graphic, examples of DOQs, and free data viewer software. (Score: 0.690)

Hurricane and extreme storm impact studies: coastal and nearshore mapping with oblique aerial video and still photography Information on video and still photography used to supplement laser altimetry measurements of the coast. The photography is used for recognizing geomorphic and cultural features impacted by storms. Links to photo collections of hurricanes and El Nino. (Score: 0.690)

Looking for an Old Aerial Photograph Fact Sheet 127-96 (Score: 0.690)

National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) Enables locating and ordering aerial photography from the EROS data center with links to product description, prices, search & order, custom enlargements and certification. (Score: 0.690)

National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) Ordering and descriptive information on photography from the National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) program 1980-1989 to acquire aerial photographs of the 48 conterminous states with links to searching on EarthExplorer. (Score: 0.690)

Photofinder; a quick and easy way to find and order USGS National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) photos Provides an easy way to find and order aerial photographs from th National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP), an interagency Federal effort coordinated by the USGS, which uses NAPP products to revise maps. (Score: 0.690)

Survey Photography Information for ordering from a large diverse group of aerial photos (1939 to the present) from film received from many federal agencies such as Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Army, Navy, National Park Service and others. (Score: 0.690)

USGS TerraServer Aerial Photographs (Score: 0.690)

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Definition: Taking photographs from the air, such as a photograph of a part of the Earth’s surface with a camera mounted in an aircraft. Usually involves taking strips of overlapping prints for mapping purposes. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]

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