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 [log in to unmask] ORCiD http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-2921 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 > [log in to unmask] 805-893-4049 > > 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 > ------------------------------ > <image001.png> *limiting liability with relevant environmental* > *research* > > *David Hodnefield, President* > *Historical Information Gatherers* > > *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* > 952-253-2004 ext 111 <(952)%20253-2004> > www.historicalinfo.com > > *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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------ > Jeff Essic > Data Services Librarian > North Carolina State University > D.H. Hill Library, Research Engagement Department > Box 7111, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 > (919) 515-5698 > http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis > > >