Aerial Photography - Other Sources

Private Sector

Find private companies that provide air photo search and custom services by looking online for: photographers - aerial or surveyors - aerial.

Several companies provide information about their collections:

• Quantum Spatial:  Historical Archive
• The Sidwell Company:  Historic Aerial Photography

Some companies provide research services to locate, custom assemble, and deliver photos or view them online:

• Historical Information Gatherers:  Aerial Photography
• Historic Aerials

If you know of other companies that provide similar information about their air photos, let us know:  gisinfo.mngeo@state.mn.us

 

Historical Collections

• John Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota: The library has the best collection of historical aerial photographs in the state. The public is welcome to use the over 330,000 photographs; most can be checked out by those with University of Minnesota library privileges. The Library is open fulltime during the academic year and part-time during the summer. Check the website for hours or call before visiting.
  • Online air photo holdings guide including paper, negative, 35mm slide and digital formats
  • Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online:  provides access to over 113,000 digital copies of Minnesota air photos found in the library's collection and available from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Landview online map.
     

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