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From: Brian Kuns
List Editor: Marion Wallace <wallace@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Archives of historical aerial photos in East Africa
Author's Subject: archives of historical aerial photos in East Africa: Query
Date Written: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:05:30 -0400
Date Posted: Thu, 30 Sep 2009 09:05:30 -0400

Stockholm University
brku4045@student.su.se

[Cross-posted from H-Africa]

Stockholm University, as part of an EU funded project involving European
and African universities, is doing a preliminary inventory of archives
of historical aerial photos in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. A particular
interest is aerial photos from before independence, but
post-independence aerial photos are of interest as well. I am a student
in the university's Human Geography Department and I have been asked to
begin this process.

I wish to ask then if anyone knows of archives of aerial photos in
Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda and/or in Europe? If so, do you have contact
information for the archive and information on the procedures for
accessing, copying or scanning the photos? Also, what kind of condition
are the photos in, and is there accompanying information on flight path
and coordinates?

A more general question is: are there any efforts underway to catalogue,
digitize and/or preserve historical aerial photos in East Africa (or
elsewhere in Africa?).

Any insight on the above questions would be highly appreciated.

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