Not sure if this was mentioned but it looks like Historic Aerials has updated their site. Seems much easier to use, not sure how I feel about the lines in the pics.
http://www.historicaerials.com/
http://www.historicaerials.com/
Historic Aerials Update
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All in all, that is a great improvement! Loads much faster. But those lines admittedly piss me off. Why are they there?
So you have to pay to see what you want.
I do like the roads overlay, I used to get lost.
If you look the 1940 aerials over, you can see some interesting things. This one shows the 4 buildings along 206 on the road to Dave Amato's house.
http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...690494191322&lon=-74.73917484283447&year=1940
You can also see the building at the bog not far from Hampton Furnace that was mentioned in the the post with the Hanover Park photo's.
http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...6384704166584&lon=-74.6911847591400&year=1940
It is nice that you now can link to a photo.
Guy
http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...690494191322&lon=-74.73917484283447&year=1940
You can also see the building at the bog not far from Hampton Furnace that was mentioned in the the post with the Hanover Park photo's.
http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...6384704166584&lon=-74.6911847591400&year=1940
It is nice that you now can link to a photo.
Guy
lines
The lines really annoyed me too, especially since they blended in to the point where it looked like they were part of the original photo- scarring the image. Note I'm talking in past-tense though, the reason being... the lines are gone! They have bolded and enhanced the watermark, however I think its a much better compromise compared to the smaller watermark and those awful lines.
As for navigation, theres been a 100% improvement.
The lines really annoyed me too, especially since they blended in to the point where it looked like they were part of the original photo- scarring the image. Note I'm talking in past-tense though, the reason being... the lines are gone! They have bolded and enhanced the watermark, however I think its a much better compromise compared to the smaller watermark and those awful lines.
As for navigation, theres been a 100% improvement.
Apparently it was never the intent to have those lines... plus, there was a decent amount of backlash from users. An admin there says it was just a bug.
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?op=thread&id=104
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?op=thread&id=104
That's bass-ackwards, not gonna happen. Many sites loose my business because they want to marry me.
By the way....a weird thing has been going on in the Dover Forge / Ten Mile Hollow area lately. Someone is recreating an old road....bringing it back to life if you will.....by cutting brush and clearing it. It is so strange. They are going through a lot of effort. They destroyed (maybe only temporarily) a place where I think only I knew that a big patch of Pine Barren Gentian grows.
No, because most of it is on the south side of Dover Road, even extending into Dover Forge proper. I'll do a little photo spread of what I'm seeing. One strange thing about it....whatever they are using to destroy the vegetation leaves no tire marks or signs of heavy equipment...and...there is little growth returning....even in summer. Kind of like an Agent Orange thing.
Hope its not hunters doing some chemical clearing. Almost all of that is State Park land, I'll ask the maintenance guy next time I'm there.
