Pennsylvania
Statewide Resources
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Pennsylvania Imagery Navigator -- 1937-TodayContact pasda@psu.edu for assistance. This site replaces the former PENN PILOT site and provides historic aerial photos 1937 through today.
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Pennsylvania Imagery Navigator Video TutorialShort video tutorial on how to access historic aerial photos through PASDA's Imagery Navigator
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Penn Pilot 1937-1995Contact pasda@psu.edu for assistance. Zoom in to see the extents of the photos with boxes or points. Click on those to download the images.
This is an alternate way to view aerial photos from the former Penn Pilot site plus ones from the Delaware River Valley Planning Commission. The DRVPC photos cover the Philadelphia region which is not covered by Penn Pilot photos. These photos are all in the Imagery Navigator linked above, but the interface differs. Note this link does not have ALL aerial photos available. For those see the Imagery Navigator above. -
Penn Pilot FTP Site from PASDADownload entire counties of "Penn Pilot" aerial photos (1937-1971) along with index maps and photo corner shaperfiles
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U.S. Historical Imagery ExplorerESRI's aerial imagery navigator. This easy to use interface contains images from the USGS's Earth Explorer. See below.
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Pennsylvania Geological Survey LibraryThe DCNR Bureau of Geological Survey, also known as the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, studies all aspects of the geology of Pennsylvania and makes its findings available to the public. They have aerial photos and geologic maps.
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Pennsylvania State ArchivesThe Pennsylvania State Archives maintains a collection of print historic aerial photographs. Contact them directly for access to their collection
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Penn Pilot Centroid AtlasPhoto center atlas created by PSU Libraries to aid in the understanding of what years each county was photographed
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Vintage Aerial PhotosBusiness that has scanned hundreds of thousands of oblique aerial photos including many of individual rural properties. You can view these online or purchase copies.
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These aerial photos were captured in Spring 1985 and 1986. These photos were given to the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information by the Penn State Office of the Physical Plant in 2017. The 450 photos cover: Allentown 1986, Altoona 1985, Beaver 1985, Berks 1985, Capitol 1985, Delaware 1985, Fayette 1985, Hazelton 1985, Hershey 1985, McKeesport 1985, Mont Alto 1985, New Kensington 1985, Ogontz 1986, Schuylkill 1985, Scranton 1985, Shenango 1985, Wilkes-Barre 1985, York 1985, University Park 1985 campus Airport, University Park 1985 Farm, University Park 1985, Rock Springs 1985, and Stone Valley 1985. The scales range from 1"=250' to 1"=350'. The original contractor for the collection of these images was Eastern Mapping Co. 250 Freeport Rd., Blawnox, PA 15238. An index of the location of the flight lines is included for each site. Penn State University Libraries catalog record.
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Eastern Pennsylvania Resources
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Philadelphia Free Library Aerial Photo Collection GuideA list of regional aerial photo sets available at the Free Library of Philadelphia, as well
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Delaware Valley River Planning Commission Aerial Photos (1959-1995)Delaware Valley River Planning Commission's aerial photos for Pennsylvania are available for the following years 1959, and every 5 years from 1965 through 1995.
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Delaware Valley River Planning Commission Aerial Photos (2005-2015)Delaware Valley River Planning Commission's aerial photos for Pennsylvania are available on PASDA's Imagery Navigator for the following years (called "Southeast PA): 2005 through 2015. Earlier years are in the older site.
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Hagley Digital Archives, Dallin Aerial Survey Company photographsThese digital archives include some images from the 1930s from a perspective viewpoint. Generally eastern Pennsylvania.
Scanned photos in the Penn State University Libraries collection (online soon)
Please contact ul-maps@lists.psu.edu for information
Susquehanna River Basin Commission:
1973-1975 (Post Hurricane Agnes flood of 1972) and 1991 during a drought year
- This StoryMap describes the collection with locations along with some background information about the Commission and photos of the flood
- 1991 - Drought year. Map showing extent of photos. Click on the blue lines to see what section covers your area of interest.
- 1972 - Hurricane Agnes flood
- two collections
- Below Harrisburg is scanned
- Entire Susquehanna River Basin from NY to MD has recently been acquired and is not scanned
- two collections
- 1973-1975 (Post Hurricane Agnes flood):
- Athens-Sayer_Area_1973
Bellefonte_Reach_1973
Binghamton_1973
Chemung_1973
Corning_Reach_1975
Corning-Elmira_Area_1973
Danville_Reach_1973
Elmira_1975
Erwin-Corning_Reach_1973
Gilberton_Reach_1973
Harrisburg_North_and_Sunbury-Selingsgrove_Reaches_Sheet_1_1975
Havre_De_Grace-Port_Deposit_1973
Hornell_Reach_1973
Huntingdon-Smithfield_1973
Jershey_Shore-Lock_Haven_1973
Jershey_Shore-Lock_Haven_1973
Lackawanna_River_Reach_1975
Lebanon_1973
Lewistown_1973
Lower_Juniata_River_1975
Mount_Union_Reach_1973
Muncy_Area_1973
Owego_Area_1973
Renovo_Reach_1973
Shickshinny_Reach_1973
Sunbury_1973
Tunkhannock_1975
Upper_Canisteo_1975
Wyoming_Valley_Sheet_1_1973
Wyoming_Valley_Sheet_2_1973
York_1973
- Athens-Sayer_Area_1973
Western Pennsylvania Resources
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Historic PittsburghThis collection is held by the Archives Service Center (ASC) at the University of Pittsburgh, contains 137 aerial views of Pittsburgh and its surrounding communities taken between 1923 through 1937.
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Pittsburgh Interactive Historic WebmapThis map service includes a mosaic of several volumes of plat maps that were originally bound atlases. The mosaic was created using ArcGIS software from the scanned JPEG images, varying from 300-600 dpi. These images were obtained from the Historic Pittsburgh website The images were georeferenced to WGS84 Web Mercator and the borders were clipped to create a contiguous map.
Recently scanned photos in the Penn State University Libraries collection
Please contact ul-maps@lists.psu.edu for information
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) 1980 Aerial Photos (1:72,000)
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission (SPRPC) 1990-1991 Aerial Photos (1"=3150')
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) 2000 Aerial Photos (1"=1200')
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Greene County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Rt 51 Pittsburgh 1993 (1:14,400)
- South Beltway 1992 (1:1,200)