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Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, 1972-1982

By Finding aid prepared by Anna Stewart and Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, 1972-1982

Predominant Dates: 1972-1974

ID: MAPS Satellite

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photographs, 1972-1982.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest include a variety of satellite images and aerial photographs depicting Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. Most of the images are at a small scale and depict large areas; more detailed images of Mt. St. Helens in Washington and the Oregon Coast are part of the collection.

Scope and Content Notes

The Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest include a variety of satellite images and aerial photographs depicting Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. Most of the images are at a small scale (1:1,000,000) and depict large areas. However, several detailed images are also part of the collection. An aerial photograph of Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake taken in 1972, several years before the catastrophic 1980 eruption, and several aerial photographs of the Oregon coast are included. All of the images were made from data captured in the early 1970s. One item was prepared in 1982 using 1974 data.

Images in the collection were prepared by NASA from Landsat data and by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region and the Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (ERSAL) at Oregon State University. A radar mosaic of western Oregon produced by Motorola Aerial Remote Sensing, Inc. is available in the collection. The images depict vegetation cover, water bodies, physical land features, and topography. The collection documents the types of satellite images and aerial photographs that were produced in the early 1970s.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 17 items; 3 map folders

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.

Related Materials: Records of the Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (RG 218) at OSU are available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. The Center also houses several collections of aerial photographs including the Marys Peak Area Aerial Photographs (P 293), McDonald Forest Aerial Photographs (P 294), Siuslaw National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 292), Umatilla National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 296), and United States Dept. of Agriculture Aerial Photographs of Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon (P 267).

Preferred Citation: Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest (MAPS Satellite), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Oregon State University. Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory
United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

People, Places, and Topics

Natural Resources
Oregon--Aerial photographs.
Oregon--Remote-sensing images.
Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)--Aerial photographs.
University History

Forms of Material

Aerial photographs.
Satellite imagery.


Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photographs, 1972-1982
Folder-Item 1.1: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Imagery of the Northwest, 1972
At a 1:1,000,000 scale showing Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Canada, Montana, and California.
Folder-Item 1.2: Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) Imagery, 1972
At a 1:1,000,000 scale. Includes Washington, Oregon, and parts of Canada, California, and Idaho.
Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 1.3: Landsat Imagery of Region Surrounding Bend, Madras, and Prineville Oregon, 1972
No scale provided but includes Mt. Bachelor, Sisters Mountains, Lake Billy Chinook, and parts of Warm Springs and the Ochoco National Forest.
Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 1.4: Digitally Enhanced Landsat Image of Mt. Shasta and Klamath Falls Region, 1982
At a 1:250,000 scale; Eureka frame no. 117; 1974 data published in 1982.
Folder-Item 1.5: Mt. Saint Helens and Spirit Lake, Washington Aerial Photograph, 1972
Folder-Item 1.6: Coos Bay Oregon and Vicinity Aerial Photograph, 1974
Extent: 2 copies

Folder-Item 1.7: Waldport Bay Oregon and Vicinity Aerial Photograph, 1974
Folder-Item 1.8: Yachats Oregon and Vicinity Aerial Photograph, 1974
Folder-Item 2.1: Radar Mosaic (West-Look) of West-Central Oregon, circa 1975
At a 1:250,000 scale. Produced by Motorola Aerial Remote Sensing, Inc.
Folder-Item 3.1: U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Imagery, 1972
At a 1:1,000,000 scale.
Extent: 3 copies

Folder-Item 3.2: Oregon Uncontrolled Satellite Imagery Mosaic from NASA ERTS Imagery, 1973
At a 1:1,000,000 scale. Prepared by David Faulkner, Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory, Oregon State University.
Folder-Item 3.3: Oregon Imagery Constructed from 26 Earth Resource Technology Satellite images, 1974
At approximately a 1 inch to 20 miles scale. Prepared by Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory, Oregon State University.

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