Jon,
The original LFC film resides in our Archives. The film types are listed
below:
3414 Black & White (four rolls of the eight LFC rolls are this film type)
Kodak high-definition aerial film High-definition film designed for very
high altitude reconnaissance photography. Features a 2.5-mil Estar base
with a dyed-gel backing.
3412 Black & White (one roll of the eight LFC rolls are this film type)
Kodak Panatomic-X Aerocon II. Fine-grained panchromatic film generally
used in small-format aerial reconnaissance photography. Features a 2.5-mil
Estar base with a dyed-gel backing.
SO-242 Color (one roll of the eight LFC rolls are this film type)
Kodak aerial color film (Estar thin base). Color, slow-speed,
high-definition, high-resolution film for high-altitude aerial photography,
on 2.5-mil Estar polyester support. Skylab S190-A.
SO-131 Color (one roll of the eight LFC rolls are this film type)
Kodak high resolution color IR film.
Best,
John Faundeen, Archivist
U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Center
47914-252nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57198 USA
Office: 605-594-6092 Mobile: 605-838-7081
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:09 PM, Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I’ve got a ton of SkyLab film!!! I’ve never heard of anyone else having
> it. Who else does?
>
> I also have 9x18 film from a space shuttle large-format camera. It’s
> AMAZING they were shooting a 9x18” film camera into orbit.
>
> I know some of this stuff is available on EarthExplorer, but it’s not
> comprehensive. I have not had a chance to research how this film was
> made. Some of it is obviously copy film (and it would be silly to think
> that UCSB has the camera film that flew in orbit), but my memory of looking
> at it under a loupe is that some of it is super high quality.
>
> Does anyone have some details about the program that distributed these
> film sets?
>
> Jon R. Jablonski
> Director, Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory
> Curator for Cartographic Materials
> UCSB Library
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>
> On Jan 19, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Bigwood, David <[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Would it be too much trouble to check if it has info on the underfilghts
> for the Skylab Earth Resource Experiment package back in 1972? We have the
> film but not much documentation. For example, on the 9th flight we have 3
> rolls of film. Not sure if that is all or if we are missing rolls. The
> experiment was to have a plane do aerial photography along the same path as
> the space station and then compare the two.
>
> Thanks,
> David Bigwood
> [log in to unmask]
> Lunar and Planetary Institute
>
> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Essic
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2017 7:50 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject:* Re: APSRS CDs - Database of aerial photo missions
>
> That's great David, I would love to see the database. If it's too large
> to email, let me know and I'll send details about our file sharing
> service. I'm really glad you did this export.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 7:39 AM, David Hodnefield <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I’m pretty sure the ASPRS database has not been updated since 1996. Some
> years ago I migrated the ASPRS database into MS Access. I did it by
> exporting all the records to comma delimited text files. I don’t recall
> the exact process anymore, but I’m pretty sure I did the export based on
> the type of film (B&W, Color, BIR, CIR). Because all the fields come out
> as pure text, the files were rather large. It was a rather slow process,
> but at least it only had to be done once! I recommend exporting the
> records and then importing the text files into a more powerful database
> like SQL (MS Access is too wimpy). Splitting the one flat table into
> multiple tables would make for a more efficient database (it may be
> possible to export some of the other tables from ASPRS). Feel free to
> contact me if you have more questions.
>
> David
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Essic
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2017 4:07 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* APSRS CDs - Database of aerial photo missions
>
> Hello,
>
> The APSRS CDs released in the mid-1990s contain an database used to list
> all the federal-level aerial photo missions covering any given 7.5 minute
> quadrangle area. To use, one must install a front-end software app for
> querying the underlying database. The software is 16-bit and thus cannot
> be installed on modern 64-bit computers. Meanwhile, the underlying
> database appears to be in a proprietary binary format that can't be easily
> opened and read.
>
> I am thus wondering if anyone knows of a continuity plan to update the
> software and/or the database? Or is there an alternative means for
> accessing the data, perhaps something online? Using EarthExplorer, this
> can be done in a round-about way, but you have to select each agency one at
> a time to see what may possibly be available.
>
> By the way, APSRS (not to be confused with ASPRS) stands for Aerial
> Photography Summary Record System.
>
> I appreciate your thoughts and ideas!
>
> Jeff Essic
>
>
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> Jeff Essic
> Data Services Librarian
> North Carolina State University
> D.H. Hill Library, Research Engagement Department
> Box 7111, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
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>
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