Digital Archive of Historical Aerial Photographs
Smith T. 2010. Digital Archive of Historical Aerial Photographs. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. RES02-2. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report book chapter. Aerial photographs of the Everglades landscape exist from as early as the mid- to late 1920s. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology was used to produce topographic sheets from these photographs for the coasts and shorelines of south Florida; the final map sets are called T-sheets. The T-sheets were digitally rectified to show the actual size and location of ponds, shorelines, waterways, and vegetative communities. Each map is visually detailed so that different vegetative communities can be distinguished. The T-sheets were created to compare against a timeline to study the long-term effects that water management has had on the pre-drainage landscape. Smith, Thomas J. III, Ginger Tiling-Range, John Jones, Paul Nelson, Ann Foster, and Karen Balentine. 2010. The use of historical charts and photographs in ecosystem restoration: examples from the Everglades Historical Air Photo Project. In Landscapes Through the Lens: Aerial Photographs and Historic Environment, David C. Cowley, Robin A. Standring, and Matthew J. Abicht. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Smith, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Aerial, Assessment, CESI, everglades, Historical, Mapping, Photography, Research, Restoration, Topography
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics