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  • Georectified Mosaic of Aerial Images of Baltimore City in 1927
  • Lagrosa IV, John J; Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland Baltimore County
    Sonti, Nancy; USDA Forest Service
    Grove, J Morgan; USDA Forest Service
  • 2021-07-21
  • Lagrosa IV, J.J., N. Sonti, and J.M. Grove. 2021. Georectified Mosaic of Aerial Images of Baltimore City in 1927 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/045e3001129aca3b34fd0e91b1a6f596 (Accessed 2024-05-14).

  • Landscape analyses are typically done using spatially explicit color aerial imagery. However, working with non-spatial black and white historical aerial photographs presents several challenges that require a combination of techniques and approaches. We analyzed 93 aerial images covering 544 km2 (210 mi2) including all of Baltimore City, and an area immediately adjacent to the city known at the time as the Metropolitan District of Baltimore County. The images were taken from a biplane between October 1926 and February 1927. High-resolution scans were georeferenced and georectified against modern satellite imagery of the area and then combined to create a single raster mosaic. This process converted the images from a disparate set of photographs into a spatially explicit GIS data set that can be used to observe changes in land patches over time—and ultimately integrated with other long-term social, economic, and ecological data.

  • N: 39.42172      S: 39.195477      E: -76.438744      W: -76.771008
  • knb-lter-bes.5011.1  (Uploaded 2021-07-21)  
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  • https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/045e3001129aca3b34fd0e91b1a6f596

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