Historic Aerials is a maps & navigation app developed by Nationwide Environmental Title Research, LLC.
How many times has Historic Aerials been downloaded?
Historic Aerials has been downloaded 8 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.5 thousand times.
What is the rating of Historic Aerials?
Historic Aerials is rated 2.59 out of 5 stars, based on 39 ratings.
Is Historic Aerials free?
Historic Aerials is free to download. The APK download size is 52.96 MB. The latest version available is 1.2.0. The last update was on June 4, 2026.
What are the requirements for Historic Aerials?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2026.
Description
Turn your phone into a virtual time machine.
Explore historical aerial imagery from across the United States and see how landscapes, cities, and neighborhoods have changed through the decades.
HistoricAerials lets you view historical aerial photography and map imagery from multiple decades directly on your mobile device. Instantly compare past and present imagery to understand how land use, development, and property boundaries have evolved over time.
Because HistoricAerials imagery is fully orthorectified, locations shown in the imagery are spatially accurate. You can obtain precise geographic coordinates for features visible in historic imagery, even if those features have disappeared today.
This makes it possible to locate forgotten structures, former industrial sites, abandoned roads, historic homesites, and other lost features directly in the field using GPS.
This powerful research tool is used by:
• Metal detector enthusiasts searching for old homesites, historic schools, and forgotten locations • Environmental consultants conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments • Archaeologists researching historical landscapes • Surveyors and engineers studying land development patterns • Oil & gas professionals locating historic well sites and legacy infrastructure • Real estate professionals investigating property history • Urban planners analyzing land use change • Historians and researchers exploring the past • Property owners and land investigators
Key Features
• View historical aerial imagery spanning multiple decades • Instantly compare past and present imagery • Fully orthorectified imagery that is spatially accurate • Obtain geographic coordinates for historic features and locations • Explore property history and land development patterns • Research sites for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) • Analyze historical land use and environmental change • Discover abandoned roads, rail lines, historic structures, and forgotten places • Frequently used to research historical land use in property boundary and land use disputes • Perfect for archaeology, metal detecting, environmental consulting, and land research • Access the HistoricAerials imagery library from anywhere
HistoricAerials hosts the largest online collection of historical aerial imagery in the United States, allowing anyone to explore how landscapes, properties, and communities have changed over time.
Now you can carry this virtual time machine with you wherever you go.
Recent changes: We’ve updated the design to improve the overall map experience by consolidating multiple buttons into a single expandable control, allowing users to see more of the map with less screen obstruction and providing a cleaner, more streamlined interface, along with general performance improvements and bug fixes.
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This is still in beta, and I'm already loving it. I use the historic aerials website almost every day, and this makes it so much easier than dealing with the web page on mobile. The split map/comparison feature is awesome!! There are ad banners at the top and bottom of the maps, but nothing randomly pops up. Anyone who experiences pop-ups are probably accidently pressing the ads or needs to clean their screen. I'm looking forward to future versions and updates.
★★★★★Woody Guidroz· Apr 6, 2026
For many years, it was my go to historical map site. Now once they work the kinks and gremlins out the app I'm sure she will shine bright and will be a standard
★★★★☆Michael K· May 3, 2026
Been using the web page for years. And thanks to this, no more frustrations trying to navigate the webpage on my mobile phone, Thank You!!!! For me, this is exactly what I needed for metal detecting and locating old wagon 2 tracks on the ranch. Along with Indian TeePee rings for archeology. Keep up the good works, and it can only get better from here! As far as the ads, I'd pay just for ad removal. Also have an automatic map orientation to travel button when selected.
★★☆☆☆Andy Hennig· Apr 9, 2026
I never do review, but I have to say as a metal detectors, I would gladly pay a fee for removing the ads from this app, and I'm sure many others would too. Whether you made it a subscription or one time fee. Doing so would most likely provide the money needed for further development and improvements. I'm not waiting around for ads to cycle while I'm on site metal detecting or looking for places to go. Please consider a paid option for people who truly see the value in a tool like this.
★☆☆☆☆Zachary Smith· Apr 9, 2026
The app is useless. The search function does not work, and you cannot zoom out enough in the viewer to get where you want.
★★☆☆☆Matthew Foskett· Jun 6, 2026
The ads are wretched, especially for active metal detecting. Like I'm out in a field pacing an old feature that is no longer present, and you want me to stop, put my equipment down, hit x. I don't think the gps polling is high enough? Pretty inaccurate and slow to correct even with a dual-band phone. I also don't like the split screen style comparison. Also, the website version (not the app) says I have ad blocker on and obscures the entire screen now which is new. I don't have ad blocker btw...
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