Landscape Explorer
2023-10-17 21:35:22.23611+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Neat: UM-Led Project Creates Mapping Tool Using Satellites, 1950s Photo Archive
When the Cold War grew chillier around 1950, the U.S. military worried about a communist land invasion of the United States. So pilots were employed – many of them veterans of World War II – to photograph the entire country using aircraft.
The tool is Landscape Explorer. The images aren't really high enough resolution to show a whole lot of my neighborhood's evolution, but it's still hella cool.
Via Research Buzz.