The Aerial Archive will be closed starting on 12/24/25. We will resume operations on 1/12/26.
Requests submitted during this time will be completed in the order they were received.
Happy Holidays from the Archive team!
Our archive consists of hundreds of thousands of historic aerial photographs dating from the 1930s to the early 2000s. These data are useful for environmental site assessments, real-estate activities, planning, mitigation, land use change, shoreline erosion, property disputes and more. Our photographs have been roughly referenced which allows them to be brought into a GIS program for additional analysis. Data include county datasets from the USDA, specialty datasets such as large scale leaf-off MDOT photographs, shoreline images, high Altitude NASA color infrared imagery and more.
Ordering Imagery
Using our online request system, your order will be filled quickly – usually within 24 hours. Following your order, you will receive an email with a link to download the imagery. Individual images are $30 each.
Nick Weil, GISP
Aerial Archive Manager
weilnich@msu.edu