[Talk-us] OGI or Google? RE: [okgis] State Historical aerial photo inventory

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Fri Aug 23 15:45:48 UTC 2013


I like the OSM thought, but as far as I'm aware, we don't have a provision
for hosting our own aerial photography.  I could be wrong, particularly
with the OSM-US chapter.  I'm CC-ing in talk-us to see if anyone can
provide a better answer.


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:40 PM, David Lowther <
dlowther at coordinatesolutions.com> wrote:

> Or OSM? I certainly hate to see this data end up under lock and key after
> so much effort has clearly gone into setting it free…****
>
> ** **
>
> Dave****
>
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> *From:* David Wheelock [mailto:David.Wheelock at ag.ok.gov]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 3:28 PM
> *To:* okgis at gis.ou.edu
> *Subject:* OGI or Google? RE: [okgis] State Historical aerial photo
> inventory****
>
> ** **
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> Would OGI be interested in hosting these photos as map services?****
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>  ****
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> Google Earth might be interested.  Google Earth Historical Imagery has
> imagery going back to the 1930's in some places.****
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>  ****
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> David Wheelock, GISP
> Application Specialist
> david.wheelock at ag.ok.gov
>
> Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
> 2800 North Lincoln Boulevard
> Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298
> Phone: (405) 522-5477 FAX: (405) 522-3590
> http://ag.ok.gov
>
> "We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves,
> than by those which have occurred to others."
> Pascal****
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> *From:* Patricia Billingsley [P.Billingsley at occemail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 10:51 AM
> *To:* 'okgis at gis.ou.edu'
> *Subject:* [okgis] State Historical aerial photo inventory****
>
> Last year the Oklahoma Corporation Commission began a project to digitize
> and georeferenced all old aerial photos in the state. The long term goal of
> this project (if grant funds keep coming) is to establish a statewide set
> of aerial photos that will let state and regional agencies, counties, and
> town planners statewide look at historic sites (e.g. Brownfields) all over
> the state and actually SEE what was there in, say, 1957 – along with any
> evidence of pollution spills and other environmental scars/damage. ****
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>  ****
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> So far we have finished the 1930s coverages available from the State
> Library and have scanned in almost all of the old (1940s to 1980s) aerial
> photos available at the Oklahoma Geologic Survey, with Georeferencing
> partially complete. Unfortunately, OGS does not have coverage for all areas
> for all decades. ****
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>  ****
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> By agreement, all of the GIS-ready coverages as we complete them will be
> made available for download through the Oklahoma Geologic Survey. Their
> website is http://www.ogs.ou.edu/level2-OPIC.php.  They will soon be
> putting up download information and copies of our index maps. Also see OGS
> contact information, below.****
>
>  ****
>
> Corp Comm has also prepared Photo Index Maps by decade showing in which
> counties we have which years of coverages. For example, the 1940s index map
> shows that Garvin (1940) and McIntosh (1949) counties have full coverage
> and are scanned and georeferenced, while Rogers (1941) and Bryan (1948) are
> scanned but not yet georeferenced; it also shows where photos are located
> in counties such as Custer and Dewey where we have only partial coverage.
> We will update these Index maps monthly, as we get more photos scanned and
> and/or georeferenced.****
>
>  ****
>
> *If you have photos or know of a source for historic aerial photos of
> Oklahoma that we do may not have, please let us know!  We trade – give us a
> set of old aerial photos we don’t have to scan, and we will send them back
> to you after AND include the georeferenced coverages from them. *****
>
>  ****
>
> You can request up to date *Index Maps* from us - Madeline Dillner (
> m.dillner at occemail.com, 405-521-6941) or Kellie Duncan (
> k.duncan at occemail.com, 522-2733).****
>
>  ****
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> Patricia Billingsley****
>
> Brownfields Manager****
>
> Oklahoma Corporation Commission****
>
> p.billingsley at occemail.com ****
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> *OGS contacts* for more information or help with downloads are:****
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>  ****
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> Richard D. Tarver****
>
> Oklahoma Geological Survey****
>
> OPIC Facility****
>
> 2020 Industrial Blvd. ****
>
> Norman, Ok 73069****
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> (405) 325-1119   P****
>
> (405) 366-2882   F****
>
> rdtarver at ou.edu****
>
>  ****
>
> Gene V. Kullmann
> OPIC Manager
> kullmann at ou.edu
> 405/325-1279, 800/330-3996****
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>  ****
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