Aerial Photography

July 13, 2017

An aerial photograph is a picture of the Earth’s surface taken with a specialized camera mounted in an airplane. Start with this page to learn more about how to find aerial photography in Wisconsin.

New WHAIFinder aerial photo application released

July 7, 2017

Try out our new WHAIFinder historic aerial photo application redesigned and redeveloped by SCO student developers.

New Beta Wisconsin Aerial Photography Catalog Released

January 31, 2017

Try out our new Beta Aerial Photography Catalog developed in collaboration with the Robinson Map Library.

Wisconsin Aerial Photography: Oddities and Interesting Sights

July 15, 2015

Sometimes the stuff you can find out there never ceases to amaze!

Wisconsin aerial imagery projects: 2013-2017

December 12, 2014

New interactive status map shows recent and future activity in Wisconsin.

Minnesota art exhibit features aerial photography mosaic

September 13, 2013

Minnesota Geospatial Information Office teamed up with staff from the Walker Art Center on an exhibit by Fritz Haeg entitled “At Home in the City.”

Quantum Spatial formed through merger of AeroMetric, Photo Science & WSI

September 6, 2013

Wisconsin firm acquires two national geospatial service providers.

UW collaborators to be honored for online air photo archive

October 3, 2011

Please join us for a ceremony honoring The Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin, A Digital Archive of Historic Aerial Photographs, a UW-sponsored project picked for the Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation.

Wisconsin historic aerial photographs now available online

February 23, 2011

The Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder was officially rolled out at the Wisconsin Land Information Association conference in Madison last week.

Statewide airphoto project highlighted on WPR

April 30, 2010

Earlier today Wisconsin Public Radio aired a story on the statewide aerial photography project led by the Wisconsin Regional Orthophoto Consortium.