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I'm not sure that your geography professor is correct. I've seen what purports to be a German orthophoto map prepared during the first world war. It was on an online auction site, and I was the under-bidder, so I don't know where it is now. Fortunately I did keep a copy of the photograph and can send it, if you or your professor contact me. Best regards, Terence Day PhD Department of Geography Okanagan College Kelowna, BC tday at okanagan.bc.ca ________________________________________ From: A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Francis Herbet [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 10:42 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: First ever orthophotomap? Anyone on ‘Lis-maps’ got any authenticated ‘first’; or pointers/source(s)? Or forward this, too, to Soc. Cartographers? From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Weessies, Kathleen Sent: 29 January 2015 19:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: First ever orthophotomap? A geography professor is hoping to nail down the first ever orthophotomap. She has done extensive research on the history of remote sensing and aerial photo interpretation, and estimates that the first true orthophotomap (with rectification) was probably made in the early 1950s. Is anyone out there in mapland the proud owner of this piece of history or at least know of it? Kathleen Weessies Geosciences Librarian; Head, Map Library Michigan State University Main Library 366 W. Circle Drive, W308 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-884-0849