-------- 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]> ------------------ 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] > ---------- > 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]> > > ------------------ > 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] >