1940's Aerial View of Atlantic County, New Jersey

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Originally published: April 30, 2025

Most recent update: none

Resolution: 4 feet (1.2 meters)

Map Tiles: 87,000

Size: 4.33 gb

Data Sources

Primary imagery source:
Atlantic County New Jersey, Office of GIS
1940's Aerial View of Atlantic County, New Jersey
acogis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=

Supplemental imagery source:
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems
New Jersey 1930 Black and White Aerial Imagery
newjersey.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=

Topographic basemap source:
US Geological Survey
Historical Topographic Maps - Preserving the Past
www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/

Description

1940's aerial imagery of Atlantic County New Jersey has been overlaid on monochrome USGS 1:62500 scale topographic map quadrangles from the period 1941-1948. Unfortunately, we don't know any of the details of the aerial imagery, such as the actual year it was photographed or the purpose of the outlines and cryptic notes in ink that are found in some places.

The basemap shown in the background consists of USGS 1:62500 scale topographic quads from the period 1941-1948, converted to grayscale. The two sections of missing imagery shown in blue below were filled with 1930's aerials.

This map is one of five historical aerial views of Atlantic County that boydsmaps published in April 2025. Normally, we don' publish maps of such small areas, but there are a number of historical details in this imagery that aren't available elsewhere. We would like to expand these maps to a larger area in the future, but have not found additional imagery sources yet.

Credits

Atlantic County Office of GIS in cooperation with the Cape Atlantic Conservation District

State of New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems (NJOIT-OGIS)

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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