Environmental Due Diligence

EDR® Historical Aerial Photos

The largest collection of historical aerial photos in the US. Get the best coverage from a single search with EDR Historical Aerial Photos — including digitally reproduced photos from each decade, often beginning in the 1930’s and continuing to present day.

Key Benefits

Access the industry leading collection

Access a constantly-updated collection, including new additions and continuous improvements to existing photos.

Customize requests

Need a large or irregularly shaped site photo (such as for roadways, railroad lines, and utility corridors)? We can help—contact for more info.

Outline your target property

The polygon you delineate in the order process is carried through on all georeferenced historical aerial images, saving significant time reproducing the polygons on a set of aerials.

Review photos in LIGHTBOX EDR®

View historical aerials alongside government records, other historical resources, and other important data layers.

View historical aerial photos in multiple formats

Review historical aerial photos as PDFs or through EDR LIGHTBOX® Viewer when purchased with an EDR® Package or Radius Map.


LightBox EDR’s Historic Topographic Map Collection

Historical aerial photos help you determine past property uses, locations of old buildings, roads and equipment, past-conditions of vegetation and other features that could be key indicators of recognized environmental conditions on a site.

The photos can be reviewed in traditional PDF format or, when purchased with an EDR® Package or Radius Map, through LIGHTBOX EDR.

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