An overhead shot of a city and river
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Imagery Archive

MSU Historic Aerial Imagery Archive

Our archive consists of hundreds of thousands of historic aerial photographs dating from the 1930s to the early 2000s. These data are useful for environmental site assessments, real-estate activities, planning, mitigation, land use change, shoreline erosion, property disputes and more. Our photographs have been roughly referenced which allows them to be brought into a GIS program for additional analysis. Data include county datasets from the USDA, specialty datasets such as large scale leaf-off MDOT photographs, shoreline images, high Altitude NASA color infrared imagery and more.

Ordering Imagery

Using our online request system, your order will be filled quickly – usually within 24 hours. Following your order, you will receive an email with a link to download the imagery.

ADD A BUTTON TO ORDER IMAGERY - URL is https://archiverequest.rsgis.msu.edu/Login.aspx

Charles. Please add the content shown on our live site at: https://rsgis.msu.edu/aerial/samples

A map viewer for investigating and acquiring our photographs is coming in early 2025!