Historical Black and White Aerial Photography for Seminole County, Florida
Starting in 1940 with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), then a Department of the US Department of Agriculture, a series of aerial photographs was acquired for Seminole County. These ASCS aerials, originally provided and stored as black and white 9" x 9" contact prints, as well as other paper aerial photos collected over the years by Seminole County's Engineering Office have been scanned and provided digitally in the jpg format. The images are not currently geo-referenced and hence cannot have other GIS data layers overlaid without additional processing.
The scanned imagery includes 1940, 1948, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1986,1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993 photography. The hard copies are available for review at the County's Engineering Division. You can view or download some of the aerial photography from the link below.
- Seminole County Historical Aerials Viewer (1940 - 2002). View jpgs and download Mr.Sid files.
Other Digital Aerial Photography
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with various State agencies began acquiring and making available to local Governments, quadrangle based Digital Ortho Quarter Quad (DOQQ) imagery in the early 1980s as part of a program to collect nationwide imagery at a common scale for planning and land management purposes.
- View the Available Aerial Photography/Imagery by County from the FDOT Surveying & Mapping Office. Search, request and download from their APLUS System.
- View and download Imagery from the St. Johns River Water Management District
Digital aerial photography is available in the Mr.Sid format. Mr.Sid files can be viewed with the free GeoViewer from Extensis or esri's Explorer for ArcGIS. Note: These are external websites and a 3rd party software.
If you have any questions, please contact the Geographic Information Services Division at (407) 665-1105
or email mbarnes@seminolecountyfl.gov
Other sources for aerial photography and satellite imagery we've found useful:
- National Ag. Imagery Program County Mosaic (NAIP)
- LABINS Survey Data Interactive Map
- The National Map Viewer and Download Platform (USGS)
- TerraServer.com