Volunteer John Pierce compares original images to Google Earth using a light table to identify the coordinates for the centerpoint of each historical image. (Photo courtesy UM News Service) This 1937 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana is digitizing a collection of aerial photos of Montana taken by the U.S. Forest Service. The collection will be held in UM's Mansfield Library in the ...

We were recently contacted by Zachary Bortolot an Associate Professor in the Geographic Science Program at James Madison University. He has been developing a method of realistically colorising black ...

The Summit Historical Society has launched a project to digitize the historic maps in its collection. Summit Historical Society director Jordan Bennett said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that the nonprofit has ...

Google's 3D "immersive view" isn't completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views ...

Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...

The Allen County Public Library is the first library in the world to roll out Vintage Aerial, Library Edition, a genealogical tool that patrons can use for free, officials said. The library and the ...

At I/O in May, Google announced a 3D immersive view for Maps that would let you see the world in a whole new way. As a first step toward it, the company is rolling out “photorealistic aerial views” of ...