The Map Collection and Aerial Photography Site

 

This site enables user to search  for historical maps and aerial photographs based on their geographical locations and to order material over the internet. There is a charge for orders of high quality aerial photographs.
To view the site click here

The map catalog is administered by Map Library, part of the Mount Scopus University Library
The Aerial Photography Archive site  is a research resource developed and maintained  by the Department of Geography and  supported by the Center for Computational Geography  

 

 

Aerial Photography Archive

The Aerial Photography Archive site  is a research resource developed and maintained by the Department of Geography and supported by the Center for Computational Geography. The archive hosts an estimated 1000,00 aerial photographs with 24,000 from the period pre-1948. Over the last decade, 18,500  pre-1948 images, underwent high resolution (600 dpi) scanning and were geo-located (but not geo-coded). These photographs are available for selection and ordering  (for payment in the case of high resolution images) via the archive site. When selecting from a given search area, each aerial photograph pertaining to that area  appears as a red point. These points represent the center of the image and generate a set of co-ordinates. Some of the images are available in three sizes (S,M,L). When ordering it is advisable to generally chose the largest size.

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The archive is comprised of six collections:

  1. Photographs from the period 1917-1918 taken by the Prussian (German) air force during the course of WWI
  2. Photographs from the period 1917-1918 taken by the Australian air force during the course of WWI
  3. Photographs taken by 'American Colony in Jerusalem', 1946-1948. The original photographs are held by the Library of Congress, Washington DC
  4. Photographs taken by the Royal Air Force (RAF)  1944-1948 as part of a project to systematically map Palestine.
  5. Other photographs taken by the RAF for unknown purposes in the early Mandate period.
  6. Photographs taken by Israeli organizations such as the Jewish  Agency and Palmach prior to 1948 and  during the war of Independence.


 

 

The Map Collection

The Map Collection

 Formerly part of the Geography department, the map collection is now located on the 2nd floor of Mount Scopus Central Library and houses some 70,000 printed maps both from Israel and around the world. The focal point of the collection are maps of the area now called Israel, and the Middle East, starting with the map of Napoleon (1799) and other maps of the Ottoman period, via the British Mandate and up until contemporary Israel. The majority of the maps of the rest of the world are from the second half of the 20th century. Part of the collection is cataloged, and accessible via the online library catalog.  We are working on a graphic interface which will enable users to select areas of interest and to receive information on the relevant maps that exist in the map collection. Part of the collection is in the process of being scanned. The scanned maps  are viewable here and they can be downloaded by students and staff of the Hebrew University. Others can contact the head of the Map Department for scans.  

For opening hours for the map department press here

Head of the Map department: Krina Doekes Brandt

Tel.: 02-5880170

Mail: krinad@savion.huji.ac.il

The Map department mail: msl_map@savion.huji.ac.il

Tel: 02-5881153