Finding aerial photographs

The Napa County Resource Conservation District and the Natural Resource Conservation Service have 1989 and 1993 aerial photographs available for public use.

If you require older aerial photographs, you can find electronic and printed aerial photographs for Napa County (1952-present) at UC Berkeley’s Earth Sciences and Map Library:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html

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The Earth Sciences & Map Library has the largest collection of maps in northern California and one of the largest university map collections in the United States. There are over 450,000 maps and aerial photographs in its collection, issued by local, federal, and commercial agencies, foreign governments, and international organizations.

Printed Maps and Aerial Photographs
Original maps for the 20th Century and later, and facsimile maps for pre-1900 maps, cover all countries of the world at various scales. The library's collection contains general maps as well as thematic maps showing a wide variety of cultural, economic, and physical subjects. In addition, the library collects aerial photography of Northern California and major cities and satellite imagery for various parts of the world. A searchable Catalog of Aerial Photography, as well as some sample flights with scans of air photos, are available on-line. Major map categories include the following:

· Maps produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, CIA, Bureau of Land Management, National Ocean Service, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, formerly NIMA and DMA), foreign and international mapping agencies.

· Topographic maps, including sets for foreign countries at various scales and dates

· Nautical charts - worldwide coverage

· Aeronautical charts - worldwide coverage

· Road maps

· Major cities of the world

· Thematic maps, including:

Census and demographic data
Economic geography
Political geography
Geology
Historical and military geography
Facsimile maps
Agricultural information
Soils, Vegetation, Climate
Transportation and communications
Regional and city planning maps

Electronic Resources

The Earth Sciences & Map Library's collection includes CD-ROMs and DVDs pertaining to mapping information, several electronic atlases, and selective databases. Networked PC workstations are available for patron use. See the list of CD-ROMs and DVDs at the Earth Sciences & Map Library for specific titles in the collection.

Alexandria Digital Library for spatially-indexed information at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Bay Area Transit Information, including many transit route maps, such as the following:

· BART route map

· San Francisco MUNI Line map

· San Francisco Bay area Regional transit connection map

California Geographical Survey is a digital database created and maintained by the employees and students of the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.

Cartographic Images This website includes images and descriptions of early maps, as well as links to other cartographic resources. Maps are organized into the following chronological groups: Ancient Maps, Early Medieval Maps, Late Medieval Maps, and Renaissance Maps.

Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps, compiled by Claire Englander and Philip Hoehn.

Digital Atlas of California, by Professor William Bowen of the Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge

Earthquake Hazard Maps - San Francisco Bay Area from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Electronic Map Library Digital atlases created by Dr. William Bowen of the Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge.

GIS data bases of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) includes compressed ArcInfo export files.

The GIS FAQ This is an index of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) along with answers to these questions. The FAQ is a resource of the comp.infosystems.gis newsgroup which is connected to the GIS-L mailing list.

Historic Atlas and Map Valuation and Conservation A list of Web resources, provided by Stanford University, for appraising antiquarian maps and atlases.

History of Cartography Project from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Land Case Maps in the Bancroft Library A Guide to the maps of private land grant cases of California is available online, through the Online Archive of California (OAC). The maps in this collection accompanied private land claim cases in the U.S. Northern and Southern District Courts (ca. 1850-ca. 1890) and were used by California-Mexican land owners to establish legal claims to property.

Map Collections: 1544-1999 The Library of Congress' online maps, including:

· Cities and towns

· Panoramic Maps 1847-1909

· Conservation and Environment

· Discovery and Exploration

· Cultural Landscapes

· Military Battles and Campaigns

· Transportation and Communication

· General Maps

Map History / History of Cartography - THE Gateway to the Subject

Maps and References A huge list of links, including online maps, atlases, glossaries and much more, provided by University of Iowa's Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research.

National Geologic Map Database A searchable index of USGS and state geological survey geologic maps.

Odden's Bookmarks Links to over 20,000 map and cartographic resources

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lots of map images available here (mainly CIA maps). Be sure to check out their Map-Related Web Sites for links to many other online maps.

Soil Survey Manuscripts An online collection of maps providing access to Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soil survey information.

Tiger Mapping Service (TMS) maps of the Bay Area

USGS National Mapping Information Service includes information on map products, aerial photography, geospatial data, and educational resources.

USGS Topographic Quadrangle Index Maps Online indexes to the 1:250,000-, 1:100,000-, and 1:24,000-scale USGS topo quads, available from Map Link.

ZIP Code Geography and Mapping Information and links compiled by Greg Hajic, UC Santa Barbara.

Links To Other Internet Resources

· Map Dealers & Other Publishers Online

· Internet Resources in Aerial Photography & Remote Sensing

· Internet Resources in Geography