[GH85Carrera]

Now no one business has the management. The archives will research what they have of a certain subject. Of course they have a crazy huge collection and have every type of collection from old guns to moon mission artifacts to images of every sort. The aerials are from government programs and I had to request the specific section township and range of the image. They told me what was available. Nothing more. I had to track down a list of certified archivists that are licensed to go to the archives with their own equipment and scan a negative. Of course there are tons of archivists that only specialize in 18th century French treaties or art of one area or just aviation manufacturers production records. The list is endless.

I finally found some that specialize in aerial images. Now I need to figure out which one will have the best scanner and the knowledge on how to get a good scan for an aerial.

If they try to make a scan that looks pretty it is junk for my needs. I want a low contrast 2,100 PPI scan right from the scanner. No Photoshop work done to it. I need a scan with detail in the highlights and detail in the shadows. It looks ugly and flat but it provides the detail needed. It is not an art project, it is a map.

When I get done with it the final product is a geo-referenced map. Nothing will make an photo of an old refinery look pretty, but it will be easy to see the equipment on the ground and know just where a storage tank was or a fracking tower or wherever.