Digital Spatial Data

Aerial Photographs/Orthophotos - Milwaukee County

The AGSL has orthophotos of Milwaukee County. Spatial and temporal overages vary. Below is a list of major aerail/orthophotos held by the AGS Library. For assistance in finding and obtaining aerial photos and orthophotos, please email us at gisdata@uwm.edu. 

Milwaukee Co. - 1936 

• Description: Scanned, ortho-rectified black-and-white (b/w) flown by USDA.
• Coverage: Southwestern part of Milwaukee County - covers cities/towns/villages of Greendate, Franklin, Greenfield, Hales Corners, Milwaukee and Oak Creek. 
• Scale: 1:36,000 or 1"=3,000'
• Resolution: N/A
• Dates: May 14, 1936
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Projection: NAD 1927 State Plane WI-South
• Access constraints: None
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 1937 

• Description: Scanned, ortho-rectified black-and-white (b/w) flown by USDA
• Coverage: East and Northeast part of Milwaukee County - covers cities/towns/villages of Bayside, Cudahy, Fox Point, Milwaukee, St. Francis, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay. 
• Scale: 1:20,000 or 1"=1,667'
• Resolution: N/A
• Dates: N/A
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Projection: NAD 1927 State Plane WI-South
• Access constraints: None
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 1956 

• Description: Scanned, ortho-rectified black-and-white (b/w) flown by USDA
• Coverage: East and Northeast part of Milwaukee County - covers cities/towns/villages of Bayside, Cudahy, Fox Point, Milwaukee, St. Francis, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay. 
• Scale: 1:20,000 or 1"=1,667'
• Resolution: N/A
• Dates: N/A
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Projection: NAD 1927 State Plane WI-South
• Access constraints: None
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 1963 

• Description: Paper, black-and-white (b/w) flown by USDA.
• Coverage: Entire Milwaukee County. 
• Scale: 1:20,000 or 1"=1,667'
• Resolution: N/A
• Dates: March 1963
• Format: Paper
• Projection: WTM 83/91 (Wisconsin Transverse Mercator)
• Access constraints: None
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 1963-85 

• Description: Paper, ortho-recrified black-and-white (b/w) distributed by SEWRPC. Each sheet covers 4 sections (or 4 square miles).
• Coverage: Southeastern Wisconsin region, including Milwaukee County. 
• Scale: 1:4,800 or 1"=400'
• Resolution: N/A
• Dates: Vary (please see the index map below to identify temporal coverages.)
• Format: Paper
• Projection: N/A
• Access constraints: Duplicates are copyright protected. Either a portion of the photo can be copied, or the entire photo can be copied at a lower resolution.
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 1995 

• Description: Scanned, ortho-rectified black-and-white (b/w) produced by SEWRPC & distributed by WI DNR.
• Coverage: Milwaukee Co (same series is available for the 7 southeastern WI counties). 
• Scale: 1:4,800 or 1"=400'
• Resolution: 2-foot pixels
• Dates: May 1995
• Format: MrSID (Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database)
• Projection: WTM 83/91 (Wisconsin Transverse Mercator)
• Access constraints: UW-Milwaukee students, faculty and staff for educational use only.
• Index Map

 Milwaukee Co. - 2000 

• Description: Scanned, ortho-rectified black-and-white (b/w) produced by SEWRPC.
• Coverage: Milwaukee Co (same series is available for the 7 southeastern WI counties). 
• Scale: 1:2,400 or 1"=200'
• Resolution: 1-foot pixels
• Dates: Spring 2000
• Format: GeoTIFF or MrSID (Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database)
• Projection: NAD 1927 State Plane WI-South
• Access constraints: UW-Milwaukee students, faculty and staff for educational use only.
• Same aerial photos for the City of Milwaukee are available for viewing and printing at the Map Milwaukee website.

 Milwaukee Co. - 2002 

• Description: Digital, ortho-rectified multi-color orthophoto produced by AirPhotoUSA.
• Coverage: Milwaukee Co (same series is available for Ozaukee County). 
• Scale: 1:4,800 or 1"=400'
• Resolution: 2-foot pixels
• Dates: November 2002
• Format: Custom format (.jim) - "photomapper" software required.
• Projection: N/A (photos can be re-projected in the "photomapper" software)
• Access constraints: UW-Milwaukee students, faculty and staff for educational use only.

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