Historic
A unique view of our past
Historic aerial imagery offers an unprecedented and unparalleled insight into the past and its impact on our modern world. Combining the value of historical information with the wealth of detail that is contained in modern aerial photography creates a truly valuable source of information for understanding the environment of both yesterday and its legacy for today.
Created from original film where possible, sourced from several archives, this database represents the very best of RAF, Luftwaffe and USAF aerial photography flown during 1939 to 1952.
"The factual evidence and time saved in using Historic aerial imagery within our contaminated land investigation has already proven to be excellent value for money." Ken Andrews, Pollution Control Unit, London Borough of Southwark
Features
- UK coverage at 50cm resolution with additional urban centres at 10cm resolution or better
- Images from various dates from the 1930s onwards including UK wide post war surveys from 1946 to 1952
- City, county and district wide databases
- Unique access to a variety of film and print archives
- Sources include R.A.F., U.S.A.F. and Luftwaffe
- Supplied with the CR Image Manager
Downloads:
Applications:
- Archaeology Sites Revealed, Suffolk County Council
- Contaminated Land Investigation, London Borough of Southwark
Image Manager
Image datasets are often large and complex, presenting problems to users at the desktop. Cities Revealed has solved these problems by providing free, easy to use software to enable fast access to large databases.
- Free, easy to use image viewing software that enables fast access to large databases.
- Access compressed image databases
- Overlay other geographic databases including vector and point data
- Search the image by co-ordinates, a gazetteer or index map
- Compare past and present images or maps on one screen
- Export to common GIS packages or copy to Microsoft Windows compliant software
- Print customised digital maps complete with scale and logo
