Historical aerial photography map of Switzerland in 1946. (Type “SWISSIMAGE” in the search bar to access all other historical Swiss photographic maps)
Historical aerial photography map of Switzerland in 1946. (Type “SWISSIMAGE” in the search bar to access all other historical Swiss photographic maps)
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I found this recently on the Swisstopo blog when I was searching for some historical information, and ended up spending a couple hours clicking through the aerial photographies from all the taken decades. I knew map.geo.admin.ch before, but I haven’t known about the old aerial maps, and now it is definitely one of my favourite features!
There are way too many damn people living here now…
That’s so interesting !
Thanks for the find !
Basel also has a ton, including a 1933 version by Swisstopo.
https://map.geo.bs.ch/s/orthofotos
There are also Aerial photos. Just click on the box and you’ll be taken to the Luftbildviewer.
https://map.geo.bs.ch/s/luftbilder
Swisstopo is a fucking treasure
Where I (and several hundred other people) live now were fields and a farm back then. The streets were heavily “corrected”. I see what looks like a brook, but there are no signs of a such these days (nor of farm buildings). Perhaps the brook is underground now…