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Aerial Photography and Remote Sensed Imagery

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Georgia

The aerial photography and remote sensed imagery sources in this section are primarily produced by Georgia state and local agencies. Aerial photograhy of Georgia is also available in the national and international sources section of this page

Aerial Photography in the Map Library
Offers detailed holdings information about the Map Library's paper collection of over 230,000 photos of the State of Georgia from the late 1930s through the late 1980s.

Georgia Aerial Photographs
Provides online access to approximately 50,000 digitized black and white aerial photographs and indexes of select counties of the State of Georgia from the Map Library's paper collection via the Digital Library of Georgia.

Georgia GIS Clearinghouse
Offers free downloads of post-1980s aerial photography and imagery of the State of Georgia.

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National and International

This section lists national and international sources of aerial photography and remote sensed imagery. For aerial photography specific to Georgia please go to the Georgia section of this page. For listings by government agency please go to National and International Maps - By Agency section of the Online and Interactive Maps page.

Landsat 7
Landsat 7 is a U.S. satellite use to acquire remote sensed imagery of the Earth; site includes images from various Landsat projects.

NASA Earth Observatory
Provides new satellite imagery and scientific information; the focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.

NASA Planetary Photojournal
Includes images of Earth and other planets.

National Archives Cartographic and Architectural Records
The National Archives holdings include over 15 millions maps, charts, aerial photographs, architectural drawings, patents and ship plans; while these items are not available online, information about ordering reproductions is available here.

National Digital Orthophoto Program (NDOP)
Chartered in 1993 as a consortium of Federal agencies with the purpose of developing and maintaining national orthoimagery coverage in the public domain by establishing partnerships with Federal, State, local, tribal, and private organizations; provides links to imagery sources and data sites.

NOAA National Ocean Service Data Explorer
Offers interactive mapping tools that allow users to locate NOS products in any area in the United States and its territories through a metadata catalog, including imagery.

NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data In Information Service (NESDIS)
Per its homepage, "provides timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life."

Terraserver USA
Operated by Microsoft and partnered with the U.S. Geoglogical Survey, this site provides free public access to a vast data store of topographic maps and aerial photographs of the United States.

TopoZone
Operated by Microsoft and partnered with the U.S. Geoglogical Survey, this site provides free public access to a vast data store of topographic maps and aerial photographs of the United States.

USDA Farm Service Agency Aerial Photography Field Office
Primary source of aerial imagery for the United States Department of Agriculture with over 10,000,000 images; imagery dates from 1955 to present.

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