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Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: emodin on January 17, 2004, 05:42:09 PM
Keele University in the UK is scheduled to post ~5 million WWII aerial photos on the net on Monday.

The BBC article and some sample pics can be found at the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3399809.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3399809.stm)
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: 1K0N on January 17, 2004, 06:07:57 PM
OMG the few samples they offer are impressive...
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: Replicant on January 18, 2004, 04:41:37 AM
That's going to be a great resource!  Will look forward to it!
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: DYGCaps on January 18, 2004, 11:18:27 PM
Should be aweome to see, thanks for posting this.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: TBolt A-10 on January 19, 2004, 12:13:22 AM
Thank you for posting the news!  :D

TBolt
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: JustJim on January 19, 2004, 04:36:54 AM
doesn't seem to post a link as to where they will be, if anyone finds it please post it here looks like someplace alot of us will be spending some time.

thanks,

JustJim1
III/Jabostaffel
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: AKCasca on January 19, 2004, 08:00:16 AM
it will be at http://www.evidenceincamera.co.uk when it goes live. Thanks for posting this, heard it on the world service this weekend but couldnt remember the url.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: gofaster on January 19, 2004, 08:38:13 AM
Holy Crap!:eek:   There are some nice shots in there.  The Pegasus Bridge photo is definitely cool.  The concentration camp shots are particularly moving.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: JustJim on January 20, 2004, 04:14:09 AM
Aerial Reconnaissance Archive

 

Thank you for accessing our new website, we are currently experiencing a high volume of enquiries at http://www.evidenceincamera.co.uk

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Any enquiries to evidenceincamera@keele.ac.uk

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Instant Hit lol, will be nice I bet when you can get in.

JustJim1
III/Jabostaffel
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: Decker on January 20, 2004, 05:19:22 AM
Very nice indeed...

I did my degree at Keele 10 years ago and they never had anything like that when I was there :(
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: Flyboy on January 20, 2004, 08:49:52 AM
anyone els cant open that website?

or is it still under constraction?
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: Easyscor on January 20, 2004, 10:47:16 AM
Google search produced two pages of hits to News organizations as well as the site.  My guess is their server couldn't handle all the traffic.  Hopefully it will be back up soon.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: TBolt A-10 on January 20, 2004, 12:22:18 PM
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Originally posted by Flyboy
anyone els cant open that website?

or is it still under constraction?


I've been trying to get into the site for the last 24-hours w/out success.  They need a bigger pipe to handle the traffic.  lol.

In a way, it's great to see that these pictures can draw SO much interest.  I was afraid that most of our society didn't care about anything that wasn't packaged into an hour of not-quite-reality TV. :rolleyes:

TBolt
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: Shiva on January 20, 2004, 08:05:12 PM
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Originally posted by Easyscor
Google search produced two pages of hits to News organizations as well as the site.  My guess is their server couldn't handle all the traffic.  Hopefully it will be back up soon.


The site has been slashdotted since two days before they were supposed to be coming online with the picture archive.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: TBolt A-10 on January 20, 2004, 11:16:33 PM
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Originally posted by Shiva
The site has been slashdotted since two days before they were supposed to be coming online with the picture archive.


I don't understand what you mean by this.   :confused:

TBolt
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: MiloMorai on January 21, 2004, 09:53:03 AM
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Originally posted by TBolt A-10
I've been trying to get into the site for the last 24-hours w/out success.  They need a bigger pipe to handle the traffic.  lol.

In a way, it's great to see that these pictures can draw SO much interest.  I was afraid that most of our society didn't care about anything that wasn't packaged into an hour of not-quite-reality TV. :rolleyes:

TBolt


It is just not flight simmers who want into that site. I doubt there is a server around that can handle the traffic, of those who want photos, will generate.
Title: WWII Aerial photos
Post by: 214thCavalier on January 26, 2004, 04:09:46 AM
The site is now up and running.

HOWEVER its kinda busy :)


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Due to huge interest in evidenceincamera, we are redesigning elements of our website. We will be adding more functionality, and access to search facilities, over the next few days.We apologise for the inconvenience, but the site is currently busy. Please try again later.

Evidenceincamera has been created by The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives (TARA) at Keele University. Our aim is to make the aerial reconnaissance photographs, deposited by the UK Ministry of Defence at TARA, accessible via the internet.

During World War II, photgraphic reconnaissance played a major part in the intelligence war. The advanced photographic techniques developed, gave intelligence officers the ability to view the enemies activities in 3D, and make highly accurate assessments. Discover a new way of looking at our history, and our future at evidenceincamera.