| Maps have been around for centuries, it
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| | houses in the village; he followed this
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| is hard to image how our forefathers were
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| | feat with another depicting Paris in
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| able to so accurate depict the world with
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| | 1868. Unfortunately these aerial maps no
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| the limitations they face. Babylonian
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| | longer exist, but James Wallace Black's
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| clay tablets are the earliest surviving
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| | aerial shot of Boston in 1860 is still in
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| signs of any maps made. These showed the
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| | existence today.
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| world as flat; because no one knows for
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| | By 1906, the full range of what could be
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| sure when or where the first map was
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| | done with a camera in mid-air was being
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| drawn the Babylonian depiction hold the
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| | realized. Photographer George Lawrence
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| honor as the world's first map. This map
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| | captured the aftermath of the San
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| was found in 1930 in present day Iraq.
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| | Francisco Earthquake of 1906 using a
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| While we can trace the history of maps to
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| | number of kites equipped with cameras.
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| ancient times, the history of aerial maps
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| | This showed the use of aerial photographs
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| is much shorter. The discipline came
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| | as a map to identify what destruction was
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| about only after the advent of
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| | done to the area. The first such picture
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| photography and flying. The first aerial
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| | using an airplane was done by Wilber
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| maps were photographs taken from hot air
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| | Wright, of the Wright brothers, in 1909.
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| balloons in the mid 1800s. The first
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| | Today many aerial maps are available from
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| record aerial photograph was taken over
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| | Microsoft TerraServer, which includes
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| France in 1858 by Nader (Gasper Felix
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| | thousands of spy maps from the Cold War
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| Tournachon). He took a picture of a
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| | era. These are a great addition to the
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| French village, Petit-Bectre from a hot
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| | developing knowledgebase on the history
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| air balloon. This picture showed the
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| | of aerial maps.
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