By Finding aid prepared by Anna Stewart and Elizabeth Nielsen.
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]
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.
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.
Oregon State University. Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory
United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Natural Resources
Oregon--Aerial photographs.
Oregon--Remote-sensing images.
Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)--Aerial photographs.
University History
Aerial photographs.
Satellite imagery.