1969 Aerial

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Skagit County publishes 1969 aerial photos online

Skagit County is excited to be releasing aerial photography captured 45 years ago. The imagery is available to view through the county’s online web map tool called iMap and also can be acquired by providing a hard drive for the raw files to the GIS department.

The extent of the 1969 aerial image
1969 Image Extent

The Seattle based company Walker and Associates had recently been purchased by a national firm and before the negatives were packed up and left the region we were able to have them scan the originals. The used a special processes for cleaning off the dust and high resolution scanners that can scan at 12 micron resolution. In addition they have tiled all the images together and geo-referenced  them to overlay on our current imagery and data. This makes it easy to click back and forth between different time periods of aerial images.

The 1969 imagery is available digitally by contacting the GIS department, filling out a liability form and arranging to bring in a portable hard drive.

Comparison of George Hopper Exit in Burlington

Aerial view of the area where the George Hopper Road exit currently exists in 1969
1969 Image
Aerial view of the George Hopper Road exit in Burlington
2013 Image (Captured by Pictometry Intl.)

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