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Historical Aerial Photo Review Information
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission has historical aerial photos available for viewing. The aerial photos are in hard copy format and are available for the following years: Lehigh and Northampton Counties—1964, 1971, 1974, 1981; Northampton County—1986; and Lehigh County—1988. We do not make copies of the hard copy aerial photos, but you may use a digital camera to photograph the photo.
To view the aerial photos, please contact Teresa Mackey to make an appointment by phone (610-264-4544), or email: tmackey@lvpc.org.
If at all possible, please notify us at least 24 hours prior to the appointment time you are requesting. Whether you call or fax, you will need to provide us the parcel ID information (PIN for Lehigh County or Map-Block-Lot for Northampton County), the
municipality, and the county. If you do not have the parcel ID, please provide an address and some other supplemental
information (e.g., owner name, parcel size, or nearest cross street) to help in pinpointing the subject parcel. The cost
for the review is as follows and is payable with cash or check (payable to LVPC):
1 or 2 sites: $25, plus 6% sales tax
3 or 4 sites: $50, plus 6% sales tax
5 or more sites: $50 + $10 for each site over 4, plus 6% sales tax
Digital Aerial Imagery
Digital aerial imagery is available for download through the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) website. The "Pennsylvania Imagery Navigator" provides online access to aerial imagery and raster data.
Penn Pilot: Historic Aerial Photos of Pennsylvania
Aerial Imagery
1939
1964
2010
Geospatial Data
Pennsylvania Digital Geographic Data
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is the official public access geospatial information clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Many geospatial dataset are available for download through PASDA.
United States Census Bureau - TIGER Products
TIGER = Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
TIGER products are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database, containing features such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas. The Census Bureau offers several file types and an online mapping application.
United States Department of Agriculture- Natural Resources Conservation Service
Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
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