Aerial Photographs & Satellite Imagery

See also: Map Collection | Map Basics

Aerial photographs and satellite images, known as remotely sensed images, are photographs and other images of the Earth taken from the air and from space. They show a great deal about the planet's landforms, vegetation, and resources.

The library has a very limited collection of remotely sensed images. Some examples include:

San Diego Area

Aerial Foto-Map Book, San Diego County, 1982 (G1528.S24 W3 1982 Ref/Map Coll)
Aerial Foto-Map Book, San Diego County, 1984-85 (G1528.S24 W3 1984 Ref/Map Coll)
Aerial Foto-Map Book, San Diego County, 1986-87 (G1528.S24 W3 1986 Ref/Map Coll)
Aerial Foto-Map Book, San Diego County, 1995-96 (G1528.S24 W3 1996 Ref/Map Coll)
Aerial Foto-Map Book, San Diego County, 1999 (G1528.S24 W3 1999 Ref/Map Coll)

Aerial/Map Volume of San Diego County, California (G1528.S24 R4 1972 Spec Coll Folio)

Other areas

Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World (G 1021 .W67 1997 Ref/Map Coll)

National Geographic Satellite Atlas of the World (G 1046 .A43 N3 1998 Ref/Map Coll)

Photo-Atlas of the United States 1975 (G 1200 .P5 c.2 Ref/ Map Coll)

TerraServer Microsoft
Searchable image database with maps and aerial photographs of the United States, as well as accomanying maps for the entire world.

Earth from Space NASA
A searchable dataset of selected astronaut-acquired imagery of earth. Includes San Diego.

Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change USGS
Includes Imperial Valley.

Processed Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery for Selected Areas within the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands USGS

Geomorphology from Space: A Global Overview of Regional Landforms (NAS 1.21:486 Gov Pubs/US)

Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images USGS
Includes ordering information from USGS.