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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Storage of Aerial Photos]
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:54:47 -1000 (HST)
From: Ross Togashi <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

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Aloha,

I'd like to add to Maura O'Connor's message by giving the particulars
for
the mentioned WAML Information Bulletin photoessay on aerial photograph
storage methods.

The photoessay appeared in the vol.28, no.1, November 1996 issue and
shows the setup of the National Library of Australia (Maura O'Connor),
the University of Oregon Map Library (Peter Stark), and the University
of Hawai`i Library Map Collection.

At the University of Hawai`i, the aerial photographs are stored in
custom-
made drop-front style boxes.  The boxes are then kept on their sides in
legal-size file cabinets.  Not all file cabinets have the exact same
interior dimensions and care must be made in choosing the right ones as
it is a close fit!

Aloha,
Ross Togashi
Photoessay Editor, WAML Information Bulletin
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Storage of Aerial Photos]
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:48:11 +1100
> From: "Maura O'Connor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum'" <[log in to unmask]>
>
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> Dear Don
> The National Library of Australia has over 800,000 aerial photographs of
> the
> country and areas to the north.  We store our photographs in specially
> made,
> but standard stock issue (in Australia),  of aerial photograph boxes,
> made
> by the firm South and Justice.  The firm is located in Sydney, NSW.
> Within the boxes we gather the photos into their flight runs and run a
> strip
> of strong paper/light cardboard around them with a small tag protrouding
> on
> which we record the flight no.  We arrange the boxes according to a
> standard
> topographic series.  Because our photography dates back to 1928 and
> covers
> most of the period then to the late 1960s, with some to the late 1980s
> we
> have arranged the photography by the inch to the mile topo series.
> Hence a
> box may be labelled on its edge : I56-5-422  1949 which identifies the
> year
> of the photography and the topographic sheet area covered.  On the side
> of
> the box, the name of the area covered eg Liverpool and the flight runs.
> The
> material is then indexed in the same way topo sheets are indexed.  The
> photo
> boxes are then housed in the topo sheet order in book compactus
> shelving,
> which is electrically operated.
> We also have flight diagrams for most of our photography and that is
> organised in the same order.  The diagrams are drawn over a topographic
> base
> and show the direction of the flight lines, the occurrence and number of
> every ca. 5th print and run nos., together with info on flight details,
> runs, date of photography altitude, etc.
> I wrote an article about this which was published in the WAML journal
> many
> years ago.  It included photogrpahs of our system.  If you do not have
> access to the journal I will track down the details for you.
> Yours sincerely
> Maura O'Connor
> Map Curator
> National Library of Australia
> CANBERRA   ACT  2600
> AUSTRALIA
> Phone : 61 2 6262 1280
> Fax : 61 2 6262 1653
> Email : [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
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> > From:         Johnnie D. Sutherland[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To:     Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum
> > Sent:         Thursday, 13 March 2003 7:13 AM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      [Fwd: Storage of Aerial Photos]
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Storage of Aerial Photos
> > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:33:50 -0500
> > From: Don Harris <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > CC: Don Harris <[log in to unmask]>
> >
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> > Can someone tell me how aerial photographs are stored in their library?
> > Are they stored in flatfiles, hanging files, in boxes, etc.?  Are there
> > specific cabinets designed for the air photos or are standard cabinets
> > used?
> >
> > We're a new company specializing in cabinets and supplies for the map
> > storage market and could use some advice regarding the aerial
> > photographs.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Don Harris
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>