Satelite Images

A Short History Of Arial Maps

Although the history of maps go back a long way, ariel maps are of much more recent origin. Aerial view maps came into existence only after the skills of photography and flying were mastered. The earliest aerial photo maps were taken in the mid nineteenth century from hot-air balloons in France by Nader. He photographed a French village in which the houses were visible. This was followed by another photograph of Paris taken in 1868. These first aerial image maps do not exist any longer but an aerial view of Boston taken by James Wallace Black taken in 1860 still exist today.

By early twentieth century, people started realizing fully the scope of taking photographs in mid air. A photographer named George Lawrence took aerial view maps of San Francisco after an earthquake in 1906, in which he used kites fitted with cameras. This displayed the usefulness of aerial photographs used as a map to show the destruction that took place in the area. The first aerial photograph taken from an airplane was carried out by Wilber Wright in 1909.

Today, thousands of images are easily accessible from microsoft aerial maps, in addition to the ever expanding knowledge base derived from aerial maps.

The Internet has many other Web sites which offer satellite or aerial photographs of almost any area in the world; all you have to do is to just click on the area on the map and then zoom in. Dozens of satellites have been launched with new technology, and these have created wonderful online aerial maps so that a person can sit at his desk with a computer, and view practically any spot on earth, with the help of digital aerial photography, such as MSN aerial maps. In a fabulous aerial view, you can even see how the earth would appear to Martians! The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has taken photographs which show our planet as a bluish, small looking ball.

With just a click of the mouse, you will get aerial property maps of any neighborhood you are interested in exploring. Especially if you happen to be in a major US city, all that you have to do is to go to a aerial property maps site, choose your price range, and you will be shown maps with the location of each rental property with links to information such as contact details and a link to your email program.

If you would like to see a high resolution satellite picture of your own home, Microsoft TerraServer is the place for the best aerial maps. Although it is not live, the photos are beautifully clear and it is free. In the TerraServer site, you select your location by its geographical coordinates and name of place, or you can click on a spot on the world map and then you zoom in or zoom out. While not all areas of the globe have been documented, your hometown in the US is likely to be there!