2023

We are excited to announce an additional 225,497 new photos in Oklahoma from our Champion collection have been scanned and are now being made available online for the first time. This adds to our existing collection of over 91K photos for a grand total of 317,227 in the Sooner State.

More importantly, this addition allows us to open an additional 25 counties that were previously not covered:

Jackson County Pre 1986

Jackson County Pre 1986

We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

For more details and to view all the photos in this release, click here.

We’re excited to announce the integration of high altitude aerial photos into our collection at Vintage Aerial! These historic vertical photos come from a variety of sources, mostly government organizations, and serve as the perfect historical complement to our collection of oblique, low altitude views. These newly added photos, some from as early as the 1930s, offer a stunning view into how vast areas of America’s landscapes have changed in the century since.

Since learning of the availability of these photographs, the small team at Vintage Aerial has been developing software and processes to gather, organize, precisely geolocate, mosaic, and present these vertical views. Unlike our own collection, which we’ve scanned from the original film archives we’ve acquired, these newly added images have already been scanned in extremely high resolution. And they have been available in various places for some time. But until now, they have been difficult to find, navigate, and make sense of. The work our Vintage Aerial team has done on these images, including geolocation and mosaicking, allows us to layer these images on top of contemporary maps and imagery, and allows our users to browse them in a familiar online map interface.

Today we’re releasing the first batch of our work. This release includes over 322,000 square miles of imagery covering Ohio and Pennsylvania, the two states in which we have the largest number of photos in our own historic collection. The imagery spans the 1940s to 2000s. In the coming months we’ll process and release additional states, years, and imagery sources to augment our own collection of oblique aerial photos.

We’ve also incorporated National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery into our county and photo-page maps for several years, which makes viewing changes over the years even more striking.

We’re thrilled to present these newly added images to you in this unique way. We believe this additional content will make it easier to find, locate, and enjoy photos in our collection that until now have not been geolocated. And we believe that these images are an interesting resource of its own, a fascinating perspective on the ever-changing American landscape.

We are excited to be releasing over 250 thousand new photos from Alabama. This brings the total number of photos for this state to 574,400. Over the past 60 years, Alabama has undergone tremendous change, from the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s to the economic and social challenges rural communities face today. Yet despite all these changes, one thing has remained constant: the resilience and perseverance of the people who call Alabama home.

We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

We are thrilled to announce the addition of over 295 thousand photographs from New York and New Jersey to our collection. The region has experienced significant urban expansion, resulting in considerable changes to its landscape. We invite you to explore these images and immerse yourself in their rich history. The specifics of the newly-accessible photographs are outlined below.

New York

We have added 237,458 photos bringing the total to over 668 thousand. Previously we had no photos from Putnam County but this release adds 1,111 photos for this area. You can view all the new photos in New York sorted by county and year here.

New Jersey

We have added 58,459 photos bringing the total to over 157 thousand. Previously we had no photos from Passaic County but this release adds 235 photos for this area. You can view all the new photos in New Jersey sorted by county and year here.

We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

We are excited to announce new updates to the user profile page that will enhance the user experience and improve usability. Our team has been working diligently to produce new features that will allow users to more easily navigate their photos and comments.

User Comment Search

This new feature provides users the ability to search through their comments directly on their profile page. This feature is especially useful for individuals who have commented on numerous images but have yet to organize them into respective albums. Users can simply navigate to the comment section of the profile page and enter a keyword. All photos that match the keyword will then appear, allowing users to easily find the photo they were searching for or create a new album with a common keyword.

Pinned Images Page

Additionally, our Geotags Page has undergone recent updates, including a newly designed interactive density map that displays users’ geotagging activity. Clicking on the color-coded clusters zooms the map providing more detailed information, and clicking on the small blue dots representing individual pins displays the corresponding photo.

Full-screen Pinned Images Map

Furthermore, users are now able to enable full-screen mode on our Pinned Images Map. Simply click the full-screen icon on the upper left of the map on the photo page. This feature displays a larger, more interactive view of the photo, including the flight path, current photo, and nearby pinned images. Additionally, users can toggle between satellite imagery and street view by utilizing the button in the top-right corner.

Thank you for being a part of the Vintage Aerial community, and we look forward to continuing to serve our users!

I am excited to introduce the newest feature on VintageAerial.com: Albums!

Albums allow you to group together photos from Vintage Aerial’s extensive collection. Whether you are organizing photos by location, family member, topic, or another criteria, Albums make it easy to keep your favorite photos organized and accessible.

They’re also a great way to share photos you find with friends or family. When you create an Album, you can also choose to make it Personal so only you can view your Album.

To add photos to an Album, simply navigate to the photo you want to add and click on the “Add to Album” button. Choose the Album you want to add the photo to, add an optional caption, and you’re done! You can add as many photos as you want to an Album, and you can even create multiple Albums.

Albums are only available to registered users, but registration is quick, easy, and free.

We hope you enjoy this new feature, and invite you to give us your feedback!