| Title: | Developing a Geographic Information System Index for Historical Aerial Photographs |
| Authors: | Benjamin Spaulding, Sarah Stanwicks, Bill Miller |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, November 7 ~ 8:45 am - 10:15 am |
| Abstract: | The Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) at the University of Connecticut is home to over 35,000 paper aerial photographs from the state of Connecticut ranging from 1951 to 1995. To streamline searching and viewing of historical aerial photography MAGIC has developed a geographic information system (GIS) index describing the location and attributes of each image in its vast collection. The GIS indexes, based on the center points of each photograph, are described by various data. Complete Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata and scanned image are also made accessible through the GIS indexes. This tool has turned searching for historical aerial photography from an hours long process to a minutes long process, saving the patron valuable time a resources. The development of the database, GIS techniques incorporated, uses of historical aerial photography, and online distribution of aerial photography will be discussed during the presentation. |
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