Photo Index 1956
Arlington County - GIS Portal
Updated Nov 2, 2026
About this dataset
This map service contains historical aerial photograph index layers representing aerial imagery acquisition years from 1934 through 1989 for Arlington County, Virginia. Each index polygon identifies the footprint and reference information for individual aerial photographs and provides access to scanned image files archived as PDFs. The dataset supports historical land use analysis, property research, environmental studies, transportation planning, and documentation of Arlington County's development over time. Coverage and completeness vary by year.
Contact: Department of Environmental Services
Data Accessibility: Publicly Available
Update Frequency: As Needed
Last Revision Date: 7/29/2026
Creation Date: 7/29/2026
Feature Dataset Name: Photo_Indexes
Layer Name: Photo_Index_1934_poly, Photo_Index_1949_poly, Photo_Index_1953_poly, Photo_Index_1955_poly, Photo_Index_1956_poly, Photo_Index_1957_poly, Photo_Index_1962_poly, Photo_Index_1967_poly, Photo_Index_1969_poly, Photo_Index_1974_poly, Photo_Index_1977_poly, Photo_Index_1980_poly, Photo_Index_1982_poly, Photo_Index_1983_poly, Photo_Index_1986_poly, Photo_Index_1989_poly
Data and resources (11)
- HTML
ArcGIS Hub Dataset
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- ArcGIS
ArcGIS GeoService
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CSV
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- ZIP
Shapefile
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GeoJSON
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KML
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File Geodatabase
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- TXT
Feature Collection
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- XLSX
Excel
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GeoPackage
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SQLite Geodatabase
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