The footprints of every building in NYC

Post by bflesch » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC

C-x_C-f wrote: post #9

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Censored is a very strong word. Are you sure they aren't just lost/never-digitized/unlicensable/Occam's-razor/something-else? Because, I mean: Historic Aerials[1] seems to cover that period pretty well, despite their resolutely awful user interface and extraordinary reluctance towards allowing useful links. [1]: https://www.historicaerials.com/

> Censored is a very strong word I believe GP is using the stats/data science meaning of the word "censor" which is a neutral term simply indicating missing/obscured data (without implication of intent) [0] [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censor#Verb

Post by bflesch » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC

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Check out the 1951 layer [1], it has a huge gap in the rockaway beach / hammels area which is not present in the 1924 layer or any other layers. Historicaerials.com does not offer 1951 or 1924, it only offers 1954 and later. The gap in the 1951 aerials is around the 40°34'51.42"N 73°49'54.81"W coordinates in the Rockaway Beach/Hammels area. From an organizational perspective the gap makes sense because they took the…

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