Calgary then and now (1953-2012)

[speedog]

Calgary then and now - an aerial picture from 1953 of the Queens Park Cemetery area and a screen scrape of Google Maps satellite imagery from 2012...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5040260/pics/hw-1953.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/5040260/pics/hw-2012.jpg

More of this old aerial imagery can be had here (http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/airphotos2&CISOBOX1=Nose).

[FixedGear]

cool! I think we're inadvertently causing a denial of service attack though :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

i wish there was an easier way to find an area though, like a map you could click or something

[speedog]

Those old pictures and how they're coded is based upon the National Topographic System Geographic Grid - more info here (http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/topo/map).

[90_Shelby]

Use this to reference the flight paths with google maps.

http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/collections/airphotos2/www/mapsheet.php?ms=82o

[speedog]

90_Shelby's link is pretty good, never knew there used to be a water tower just north of King George school - link (http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/airphotos2&CISOPTR=51155&DMSCALE=50.00000&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=1200&DMX=0&DMY=28&DMTEXT=&REC=1&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0).