mziggy0203
Junior Member
I've been looking for a website that shows old satellite photos for free and i cant seem to find it. Any suggestions?
Old satellite photos?
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Doom64
Senior Member
If you download Google Earth you can see back in time, depending on where you live. Big cities have older satellite images.
There's more. But that one works best for me.
There's more. But that one works best for me.
fred sanford
Elite Member
Heres what U want
Historical Aerials . Try these also Penn Pilot -- Pa only, Historical Maps, Bing ,
Historical Aerials . Try these also Penn Pilot -- Pa only, Historical Maps, Bing ,
Arisaka
Elite Member
I second that.
works very good because you can scroll to let's say 1995 then scroll back to 2012 to see if that house,school, bank etc is still there.
DW0378
Forum Supporter
How do you get the older maps on google maps. I can't seem to find anything but current when I look
Doom64
Senior Member
Go up to the menu. See the clock icon with the arrow pointing left-ish? Click that.
That should work.
I would have suggested Historical Aerials also, but in my area there is ZIP for that website. Also didn't know how to spell aerials off the top of my head
Doom64
Senior Member
I just noticed you said Google Maps. Not sure if it works for maps. Works on Google Earth though. It's a free download.
depthcharge559
Junior Member
i put old maps and my states initials..old maps nc and i get good results
DW0378
Forum Supporter
Google earth is what I meant, been up for way too long today. 
40acre1870
Forum Supporter
I would have suggested Historical Aerials also, but in my area there is ZIP for that website. Also didn't know how to spell aerials off the top of my head
Don't accidentally google historical areolas... Can be quite embarrassing, if you are still at work.
Jody007
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Here a good site for historic aerial photography and satellite images:
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
You'll have to register, but it's free.
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
You'll have to register, but it's free.
mdmarine
New Member
I use historicmapworks.com....it's free and you can overlay google earth!
ZEKEHOOPER
New Member
didn't work for me.
I went to the historic arials site to lokk up my town but it didn't show me a picture?
I went to the historic arials site to lokk up my town but it didn't show me a picture?
SA_Digger
Full Member
Thank you for this!!!
On every other site (google earth historic, historicaerials, historicmapworks, bing) the oldest they had for my area was 1992.
With earthexplorer, I am able to find aerial photos of EVERY single location in my area from 1949. It is a bit harder to download the image, find the correct orientation of it, and pinpoint an exact area, but it is worth it. I thought I would never find aerials older than '92. Thanks!
40acre1870
Forum Supporter
How do you find the older maps? I am a bit confused on this site.
smith693
Full Member
SA_Digger
Full Member
I had a hard time figuring it out as well.
Put in the address or location under the search criteria tab. Click enter, then click the hyperlink with that location or address that shows up. Click on the data sets tab and expand "aerial photography" and make sure they are all checked. Then click the results tab up top. All aerials should show up. In my area, there is 10-12 aerials for every location ranging from 49-77. Multiples in the 50's as well.
You can make sure that aerial actually covers the area you are looking for by clicking the footprint icon on that aerial. It will put a colored square over the map to the right. If your location is within that square, you are good to go. Download it and then use google maps to compare landmarks or geo features (I use lakes since there is so many in FL) to pinpoint your location.
Let me know if you get it or have other questions.
Sorry my computer DL's them as TIF files automatically and I do not have any issues opening the files.
smith693
Full Member
Thanks for responding , I was able to find a utility to open them on Windows 7. Weird to be looking at aerial photos from the 50s. But it put me onto an old train depot thatnis now wide open for swinging.
Wish me luck...
ETdigger
Senior Member
Thanks that was great info found areil shot of the farm field that I'am working with all the houses in it before thay tore them down to plant more crops
Jody007
Forum Supporter
The .gz files are compressed files and can uncompressed with PKZIP. It's free software if you don't already have it.
There is a bit of a learning curve on this site, but once you get the hang of it it's great. The only files I D/L are the single photo frames. The others are not historic.
