You could use the historic topos. The interface that USGS and Esri have put
on them make the swipe between the, say, 1952 topo and the contemporary map
dramatic:

                http://arcg.is/2bsYrqI



And the time feature on Google Earth has an almost unbelievable 1950 image.
Of course you said GIS, and as far as I know you still can’t get that open
in a GIS.



-jon



ps: you can also license imagery from me:
https://www.google.com/#q=las+vegas+site:http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/&start=0

www.airscalifornia.com, but then you are in the georeferencing business.







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*Subject:* Looking for historical GIS data and imagery for Las Vegas area



Hi everyone,



I am a GIS Librarian up in Canada at the University of Toronto, and it has
been awhile since i have worked with US GIS data.



I working with a Professor interested in urban change and mapping. Would
anyone know of a urban change dataset for Las Vegas that could be shared
for use in a teaching lab? I am just looking for a historical collection of
aerial or sat images, census polygons, and perhaps some land use files.



Any suggestions would be welcome.



Many thanks,

Andrew



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Andrew Nicholson

Coordinator, GIS & Research Data Services

University of Toronto Mississauga Library

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