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Access to the Aerial Photographs Collection in the Map Room has been dramatically improved.  For more information about the collection and its access, click here.

The Map Room has a limited collection of aerial photographs and very few satellite images Colorado.  Few of these are recent.  Some of the photos are listed in Catalyst; most are not.  There few indexes available in the collection.  Some of the photographs have no indexes and some of the indexes have no photographs.  For help and access to the aerial photograph collection, contact the .

Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images on the Web

• Aerial Photographs of Colorado  The University of Colorado at Boulder has begun to scan some older aerial photos of Colorado.  The photographs are also available at a better resolution via the University of Colorado at Boulder Digital Asset Library.
• Terraserver has a wide range of aerial photographs of the United States.  Their database can be searched by place name.  The coverage of the US is not complete.
• Downloading and Using USGS Maps and Aerial Photography from Terraserver for Recreational, Scientific, Educational, and GIS Use
• Colorado remote sensing information by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Aerial Photography Field Office, Farm Service Agency is the primary source of aerial imagery for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Over 10,000,000 images, dating from 1955 through the present.
• US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Aerial Photography Reproduction & Archive
• Earth from space -- photos from NASA.
• EROS Data Center--The US agency which collects and processes satellite images.  EROS has a variety of data sets, and includes information on documentation, image browsing (depending upon the data set), and ordering services. 
• Landsat information and images.
• Landsat 7--the latest Landsat Project.
• Current images of Colorado from weather satellites.
•  The Earth Explorer is a US Geological Survey World Wide Web-based query system. Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey.
• Photo Finder is a World Wide Web-based, quick-search tool for locating and ordering photographs from the USGS' National Aerial Photography Program. 
• Earthshots: Satellite images of environmental changes.
• Globexplorer is run by a private firm.  They sell aerial photographs and satellite images of the world.
• Odden's bookmarks --a site with connections to over 22,000 sites dealing with maps, aerial photos, and satellite images.