Imogen WegmanMar 22, 2023

I went looking for a resource for a student, and ended up spending an hour down a rabbit hole of aerial photography.

I was thrilled to discover that sixty years of Tasmania's aerial photos have been digitised and put online. Last time I saw these was in the vaults of the department.

https://dpipwe-au.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=01018d8cffe449ba8ac4c569a40bf5fb

#Tasmania #histodons #history #AerialPhotography #photography #maps #cartography #HGIS #GIS

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Show threadImogen Wegman

I really love the technical details that come with aerial photographs. The clock, the altimeter, the (not always) level.

#photography #AerialPhotography #histodons #history #HistoryOfScience

Mar 22, 2023 at 6:41amWeb
Show threadImogen WegmanMar 22, 2023

As someone who grew up in an area ravaged by Tasmania's 1967 bushfires, I naturally went looking for them in the data. Here's my local brewery, looking like someone has peeled off its lid.

#Tasmania #histodons #bushfires #history #AerialPhotography #Photography

Show threadImogen WegmanMar 23, 2023

Yesterday, I was looking at historic aerial photography of my neighbourhood. This morning it inspired my feet to take my morning walk back to the creepiest thing I've found in the bush near my house.

A dumped old car is one thing. It's the shoe that's been sitting there for decades that gets me. I check back every few years and there's a little less car each time, but the shoe just keeps going.

It isn't next to any old or new road and I've checked the newspapers for accidents in this area, nothing seems obvious, but without knowing the type or age of car it's a little hard to be sure. This land has never been built up but has had some farms, so this could well have been dumped.

Do we have a vintage car corner of mastodon yet?

#histodons #VintageCar #walking #creepy

Show threadCoprolite9000Mar 23, 2023

@imo_weg
If you figure out an abandoned vehicle hashtag, I’ve definitely got stuff to contribute from elsewhere in the world!

(Also, abandoned boots and shoes. *Definitely* creepy as heck…)

Show threadImogen WegmanMar 23, 2023
@coprolite9000 maybe @AbandonedAmerica knows the 'what's this abandoned and rusted out car that only has a badge and a headlight left' hashtag.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 23, 2023
@imo_weg @coprolite9000 I do not, I'm afraid. Never was great with hashtags
Show threadCoprolite9000Mar 23, 2023

@AbandonedAmerica @imo_weg

How about ... #NowWhereDidIParkTheCar ?

(Cue an inaugural contribution from a quick rummage in Lightroom - a burned-out car in leafy Derbyshire...)

Show threadDave JMar 22, 2023
@imo_weg Is that the Cascade Brewery? Did the 1967 fire do much damage to the facades? They’re stunning buildings, but I’ve always wondered how much was original.
Show threadImogen WegmanMar 22, 2023
@davej yep, it's Cascade. The classic historic façade survived, but I'm not entirely sure how old that actually is - I have a vague memory it was mid to late 19th century. You can still see the damage to the sandstone though, where the heat has turned the rock pink.
Show threadDave JMar 22, 2023
@imo_weg Thank you! I’ll keep an eye out next time I’m down that way.