NJDEP - NJGS - Bulletin 66, Mapping Digest for New Jersey, 1965

FEDERAL AGENCY AERIAL [PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONSVarious Federal agencies periodically obtain air photo coverage ofportions of New Jersey. Summarized below is information relative tosources and types of photography. Since scale, material, and quantityconsiderations determine prices, highly detailed instructions and pricelists are not warranted in this publication. Therefore, only a brief summaryof representative costs (which are standard in the Federal Government)will be listed. Correspondence with the proper agency willenable prospective buyers to obtain complete, up-to-date information byreturn mail. In general, one month should be allowed for deliveryafter an order for photographs is initiated.The Map Information Office of the United States Geological Surveymaintains records of aerial photographic coverage of the United Statesand outlying areas, based upon reports from Federal and State agenciesand commercial companies. From these records the Map Information Officefurnishes data to prospective purchasers on available photographyand the agency holding the aerial film.There is no central sales office from which reproductions of aerialphotographs may be obtained; they must be purchased from the agencyholding the film.Requests for data on aerial photography should be addressed to:United States Geological SurveyMap Information OfficeWashington, D. C. 20025As an adjunct to serving in .the capacity of a clearing house for airphotography data, the Map Information Office periodically producesstatus maps showing areas for which aerial mosaics or photo maps andunmounted aerial photographs are available. Individuals with a continuinginterest in air photo coverage should obtain the latest editions ofthese status maps for their files:1. Status o[ Aerial Mosaics (United States), Catalog No. I 19.5/3:Ae 8/2, scale 1:5,000,000, 150 m._-l.9 in., 27x41 in......... N/C2. Status o[ Aerial Photography (United States), Catalog No. I19.5/3: Ae 8/961, scale 1:5,000,000, 150 m.= 1.9 in.,27x41 in.............................................................................. N/CDue to diversified requirements, photography obtained by Federalagencies will generally range in scale from 1:10,000 to 1:30,000. Aerialcamera lens focal length specifications vary from four inches to twelveinches. The special nine-lens camera used by the United States Coastand Geodetic Survey produces prints which look like and can be usedas photographs taken with a single lens of 831 inch focal length and130 degree field of view.Since stereoscopic coverage (60g end lap) requires about twice asmany prints as pictorial photography, the prospective purchaser should21NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY