Greetings from the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS),

This email serves two purposes.  The first is to share with you a new tool
that ASPRS is providing as a free service to the communities that utilize
aerial photography.  The tool is called the *ASPRS Aerial Data Catalog* and
is a means to locate aerial photography from private companies,
universities, states, NGOs, and federal sources.  The catalog contains
metadata allowing users to determine if coverage exists over an area of
interest.  The acquisition date, film type, sensor type, and scale are also
provided along with the supplier contact information.

The second reason for this email is to seek your contributions to the
catalog.  This tool can serve as an additional marketing source, or
possibly the only means, you may have to advertise your holdings.  Again,
the service is free and to contribute simply fill in what is known about
your collections in the attached spreadsheet.

This tool has been needed to shine light on the millions of frames of
aerial photography that are essentially unknown.  The URL for the ASPRS
Aerial Data Catalog is http://dpac.asprs.org.

Lastly, please forward this email to any parties that may be interested in
this free service.

Best,

John Faundeen, Archivis
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​ ​(and Chair, ASPRS Data Preservation and Archiving Committee)
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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