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New Jersey 1930, New York City 1924 and Philadelphia 1928 Aerial Photography

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Originally published: December 31, 2023

Most recent update: November 5, 2024

Resolution: 8 feet (2.4 meters)

Map Tiles: 250,000

Size: 2.08 mb


Data Sources

NJ Office of Information Technology
New Jersey early 1930's aerial photography
newjersey.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4e7de8d868

City of Philadelphia
1928 aerial imagery of Philadelphia
arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=afaddbe7

New York City Department of Information Technology
New York citywide orthoimagery collected in 1924
nyc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=afbb5db6

Description

This map combines aerial imagery from New Jersey in the 1930's with New York City 1924 and Philadelphia 1928 imagery. The original sepia Philadelphia imagery was converted to grayscale and contrast-adjusted, making it much more readable.

The final map was processed at a resolution of 8 feet (2.4 meters) per pixel.

Credits

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

City of Philadelphia, PhilaGeoHistory Network

NYC Dept of City Planning, © City of New York, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license.

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