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Sideshoots - associated subjects => Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions => Topic started by: grahame on April 16, 2018, 08:28:43



Title: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: grahame on April 16, 2018, 08:28:43
Picking up on a Facebook post from our good friend and member RichardB, I learned that Britain from above images are now available for free download for personal use.   https://britainfromabove.org.uk

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(http://www.wellho.net/pix/EPW041323.jpg)


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: didcotdean on April 16, 2018, 09:49:48
Didcot (pre-Parkway) station 1928
(https://i.gyazo.com/a393db8d53488d1fb509a50b01293d8e.jpg)
(https://i.gyazo.com/04607236efabd2d1c933c44344f5c029.jpg)

The latter shows how little there was surrounding the station even approaching 90 years after it having been built.

There were plans to build more houses to the south of the station but this didn't happen until after the Second World War. Indeed much of the area shown here in the foreground was never built on and is now Julian's Car Park.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: SandTEngineer on April 16, 2018, 11:34:07
Grahame, Can't see anything on their website about this.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: grahame on April 16, 2018, 11:52:37
Grahame, Can't see anything on their website about this.

Search and find an image of interest, and you'll find a download button below it. Click that and you'll be offered the free download subject to the terms quoted above.     Here's a sample link:

https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW039885/download


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: SandTEngineer on April 16, 2018, 11:55:15
Ah.  Time to don the dunces hat ::) :P

Thanks Grahame.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: stuving on April 16, 2018, 11:58:48
Grahame, Can't see anything on their website about this.

I'm not sure it's so very new - you can download the screen-resolution version, but not the full resolution image unless you pay. Given how much detail is in the pictures, about 1000 pixels doesn't show very much. Of course the originals may be a bit limited in fine detail anyway.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: grahame on April 16, 2018, 12:07:08
I'm not sure it's so very new ...

It was new to me  ;D - and perhaps to our members.   Agreed it may have been there a while.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: CyclingSid on April 16, 2018, 16:39:47
The original images were typical high resolution vertical or oblique aerial photography, often used by local authorities (as they still do with digital aerial photography). Not sure what resolution they were scanned to.


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: bobm on April 16, 2018, 18:19:16
I'm not sure it's so very new ...

It was new to me  ;D - and perhaps to our members.   Agreed it may have been there a while.

It was new to me as well - but also the cause of me spending an hour browsing this morning when I should have been working!!


Title: Re: Britain from above - historic pictures
Post by: Rob on the hill on April 16, 2018, 19:57:14
I have found these aerial images very useful in the past while working on a project. The 96,000+ online images are just part of the Historic England archives which are stored at the former GWR railway works site at Swindon, some of which are in the original drawing offices. It is also possible to visit the archives to view other images which are not available online.
https://www.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/archive-services/



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