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San Francisco Bay Area High Resolution Aerial Photography and Satellite Imagery

April 20, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Satellite Imagery

Virgin America Terminal at SFO — This aerial photograph showing the Virgin America terminal at the San Francisco International Airport ("SFO") is part of a high resolution aerial photography data set that covers the entire San Francisco Bay Area acquired in 2011. The imagery has a resolution of a 1' pixel -- one pixel or picture element covers one foot on the ground. The imagery is suitable for printing up to an approximate scale of 1"=100'. Included in the coverage of this data set are the following Bay Area counties: San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Napa. High resolution satellite imagery is acquired even more frequently. The most recent acquisition of San Francisco has a 50cm pixel resolution and was acquired yesterday, April 19, 2012. Additional recent high resolution satellite imagery of the San Francisco bay area was acquired
April 8 and April 4, 2012.
Image ID: AHLV3608

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Aerial Photography Hangar One Moffett Field Mountain View

April 16, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Historical Aerial Photography

aerial photograph Hangar One Moffett Field — Hangar One was built in the 1930s for the naval airship USS Macon. Designed by German air ship and structural engineer Karl Arnstein, it is the world's largest freestanding structure covering eight acres. Hangar One is over 1000 feet long and 198 feet high and is an example of aerodynamic architecture. The hangar rests on a reinforced pad which is anchored to concrete pilings. The US Navy has evaluated a variety of options for remediating lead, PCBs and asbestos used in the construction of the hangar, and Google executives have proposed participating in cost of restoring the hangar as part of an agreement to store their corporate aircraft in Hangar One.
The lower aerial photograph shows Hangar One's structure under its skin (photographed April 14, 2012) at the doors originally designed to shield the USS Macon from winds as it moved in and out of the hangar.
Image ID: AHLB5504 (upper); Image ID: AHLB9139 (lower)
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aerial Hangar One Moffett Field being reskinned — Hangar One was built in the 1930s for the naval airship USS Macon. Designed by German air ship and structural engineer Karl Arnstein, it is the world's largest freestanding structure covering eight acres. Hangar One is over 1000 feet long and 198 feet high and is an example of aerodynamic architecture. The hangar rests on a reinforced pad which is anchored to concrete pilings. The US Navy has evaluated a variety of options for remediating lead, PCBs and asbestos used in the construction of the hangar, and Google executives have proposed participating in cost of restoring the hangar as part of an agreement to store their corporate aircraft in Hangar One.
The lower aerial photograph shows Hangar One's structure under its skin (photographed April 14, 2012) at the doors originally designed to shield the USS Macon from winds as it moved in and out of the hangar.
Image ID: AHLB5504 (upper); Image ID: AHLB9139 (lower)
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Aerial Photography San Jose California

April 10, 2012 June 24, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial photograph San Jose Califonia — This aerial photograph of downtown San Jose, California shows San Jose City Hall, designed by Richard Meier & Partners and numerous additional buildings in the vicinity, including the Knight Ridder building, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, the Fairmont San Jose hotel and portions of San Jose State University. San Jose is the tenth largest city in the USA and third largest in California.
It is the headquarters of numerous companies including
Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems and eBay.
Image ID: AHLB5718
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Aerial Photography of the Robert Mondavi Winery

April 3, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial photo Robert Mondavi winery — This aerial photograph shows the Robert Mondavi Winery at its current location in the Napa Valley between Oakville and Rutherford. Robert Mondavi founded the winery in 1966 with the objective of producing quality wines that would rival their European counterparts. He became a pioneer in developing and marketing California wines. Constellation Brands, Inc., the world's largest wine company, acquired Robert Mondavi Winery in 2004.
Image ID: AHLB4615
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Historical Aerial Photography San Francisco Bay Area

March 28, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Historical Aerial Photography

aerial fog moves through Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay — This broad historical aerial overview of San Francisco Bay shows the fog entering through the Golden Gate in 1985. Fog covers a good portion of the City of San Francisco and extends into the bay between Angel Island and Treasure Island. On left side of this aerial photograph are portions of Marin County including Tiburon and the Richmond San Rafael bridge. On the upper right, Alameda and the Port of Oakland. Because the San Francisco Bay Area was an important early center for aviation, it is covered more extensively with historical aerial photography than many other portions of the United States.
Image ID: AHLV3574
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Aerial Maps and Satellite Imagery of Manhattan New York City

March 21, 2012 June 23, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Historical Aerial Photography, Satellite Imagery

aerial map Manhattan New York City — This aerial map, a mosaic of numerous aerial photographs of New York City, shows Manhattan from the northern end of Central Park to Battery Park. A variety of different straight down, vertical views of Manhattan are available including high resolution satellite imagery, infrared aerial photography and historical aerial photography. Benefits of high resolution satellite imagery include the number of photography acquisition dates that are available and the availability of recent imagery. High resolution satellite imagery of New York City was acquired on over 15 different dates in 2011 and there are already over 3 dates in 2012 for which high resolution satellite imagery of Manhattan is available, the most recent of which was acquired less than 10 days ago.
Image ID: AHLV3491
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Aerial Photography San Andreas Fault Crystal Springs Reservoir

March 16, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial photo San Andreas Fault Crystal Springs Reservoir — A rift valley created by the San Andreas Fault contains the Crystal Springs Reservoir, a pair of artificial lakes in the northern Santa Cruz mountains in San Mateo County, California. The reservoir was built and originally owned by the Spring Valley Water Company and was later deeded to San Francisco. Water is piped into the reservoir from Hetch Hetchy and from the Pilarcitos Creek and Alameda Creek reservoirs. This aerial photograph shows the San Andreas fault as it runs toward Point Reyes. Interstate 280 and the San Francisco International Airport are on the right.
Image ID: AHLB2130
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Aerial Photography Pigeon Point Lighthouse

February 28, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial Pidgeon Point Lighthouse — Originally lit at sunset November 15, 1872, the Pigeon Point Lighthouse has a Fresnel lens which is composed of over 1000 prisms and lenses. The lighthouse and the rocky promontory on which it sits are visible through the fog in this aerial photograph and are preserved as Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, a California state park. Located on highway one 5 miles south of Pescadero, it is an important landmark for ships approaching San Francisco from the south. The lighthouse was originally equipped with a lamp that burned refined lard, which was later replaced by a kerosene lamp and in 1926 by a 1000 watt electrical bulb. The Fresnel lens has a range of 24 nautical miles and is now lit only on special occasions though a rotating 24 inch aerobeacon mounted on the front of the tower is still an active navigation aid. An electrically operated fog horn has also been installed.
Image ID: AHLB8220
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Aerial Photograph of the Green Roof at the San Francisco Academy of Sciences

February 1, 2012 July 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial photograph green roof San Francisco Academy of Sciences — Designed by Renzo Piano, the California Academy of Sciences living roof covers an area of 197,000 square feet. This aerial photograph of the green roof shows the undulations which are part of the design and draw cool air into the open piazza located in the center of the building. Green roofs are excellent insulators reducing both heating and cooling energy consumption. The roof helps to lower urban air temperature, mitigating the heat island effect, causing cities to be significantly warmer than the surrounding areas. The nine species of native plants growing on the roof were selected for their ability to thrive and propagate in the unique climate present in Golden Gate park. Among the species are wildflowers including the California poppy and the California plantain and a variety of perennial plants.
Image ID: AHLB8220
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Aerial Photography of Apple Silicon Valley Campus

January 25, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

aerial photo Apple Computer headquarters Cuptertino — An aerial photograph of Apple Inc.'s world corporate headquarters located at 1-6 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. This campus occupies 32 acres located in the heart of Silicon Valley at the southeastern corner of Interstate 280 and De Anza Boulevard. Built in 1993 by Sobrato Development Cos, the Apple campus consists of six buildings that total 850,000 square feet.
Image ID: AHLB4633
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