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Aerial & Satellite Photos Online
- Google Earth Pro
The free download version allows for worldwide search and zoom, often down to individual buildings. - Google Maps
Zoom in to US locales for maps, satellite images, or hybrids of both. - Historic Aerials by NETRonline
Home of the most comprehensive database of historic aerial photos of the United States. - ColoradoView
Access to remotely-sensed data for Colorado - Aerial Photographs of Colorado (University of Colorado)
US Forest Service photos of the northern mountains, 1938-1947. - Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CSU)
Real-time mapping of current weather in northern Colorado. - EarthExplorer (USGS)
Provides online search, browse display, metadata-export, and data download for earth science data from the archives of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Websites for cities, counties, states, and countries may also yield aerial/satellite photographs. - National Collection of Aerial Photography (UK)
Imagery from the 1940s and '50s from Scotland and Europe.
Images Available for Purchase from Federal Agencies
- Aerial Photography Field Office (USDA)
Historical aerial photography from 1955 to the present. - Maps (USGS)
Aerial & Satellite Photos
Print Resources:
- Greeley, Fort Collins, Loveland. G1502 .F7 L35 1989 Map
Landis aerial photographs from 1989. - Denver. G1504 .D4 L35 Map
Landis aerial photographs from 1989. - Fort Collins, Loveland. G1504 .F7 L35 1991 Map
Landiscor aerial photographs from 1991. - [Denver aerial photos] G1504 .D4 L35 1992 Map
Compact Discs:
- City of Fort Collins. G4314 .F67 2000Z .F652 Elec Media
GIS orthophotography TIFF images from 2000. - City of Fort Collins Aerial Photos. G4314 .F67 1999 .F65 Elec Media
Photos taken approximately 1999. - Aerial Photography, Larimer County. G4313 .L4 2001 .S86 Elec Media
Color photos taken in summer 2000. - Larimer County Colorado. G4313 .L4A3 2001 Reserve
Black-and-white aerial photography from 1999.
Additional Resources
- University of Colorado Boulder Map Library
Further links to aerial and satellite photo resources.
- Colorado School of Mines Map Library
Another set of links to aerial and satellite photo resources.
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