Finding Aerial Photos at the UW Tacoma Library
Check the Flight Line index lists in the black binder on the atlas
case to identify project that includes area of interest.
- Projects are listed by county – then by project name.
- For King County, the year of the project is usually part of the project name, but for other counties the year may not be obvious.
- To find the exact area each project covers and the year flown, locate the information sheet for the project. Information sheets are in alphabetical order by project name. The front of information sheet shows area covered, the back has scale, year flown etc.
Locating photo coordinates from flight line index
- Each vertical line represents a flight line; each small circle represents an individual photograph.
- The line number and the first photograph number of the line are printed at either the top or bottom of each flight line.
- Approximately every fifth circle is numbered as you follow the vertical line: use this to count and pinpoint the photo number of the area needed.
Ordering photographs from the UW Libraries Catalog
- Using either a Keyword or Title search, enter the Project Name (i.e. KP-70 or Sound Block 85).
- The bibliographic record lists individual photographs by the numbers from the flight line index. If there are three numbers, the first number is the film roll number.
- Photographs must be requested one at a time. Enlargements circulate for three days; 9 x 9 photographs circulate for 4 weeks.
Important information & RequestingTips
- Maps fills pages once a day in the morning, Monday - Friday.
- A substantial replacement fee of $100 is assessed to replace these original photographs.
- Photographs have to be requested one at a time. For ease of requesting, log into your library account first, so that you don't have to enter your library card number for each request.
- There can be a 60% overlap on photographs so you might need to order several photographs from the same area to ensure getting what is needed.
Additional Flight Line project indexes
http://geo.lib.washington.edu/website/aerials/viewer.htm
Individual photographs must be identified in Seattle
How to Use and Understand Maps
http://lib.washington.edu/maps
Extensive information with many links
Geospatial data
http://wagda.lib.washington.edu/
Primarily for Washington state