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Available as an ArcGIS REST service, as well as WMTS.
2026-09-30T00:00:00
ArcGIS REST map service
https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/get-started-with-the-services-directory.htm
Cached map service
11.5
https://maps.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Basemap/Coastal_BW_1920_WM/MapServer
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https://maps.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Basemap/Coastal_BW_1920_WM/MapServer/WMTS
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PO Box 212
Trenton
NJ
08625-0212
njgin@oit.nj.gov
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NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
ArcGIS REST map service
11.5
https://njgin.nj.gov/njgin/edata/imagery/
NJ Geographic Information Network - Imagery
https://njogis-newjersey.opendata.arcgis.com/
NJ Geographic Information Network - Open Data
Coastal_BW_1920_WM
2026-09-30T00:00:00
NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Land Use Managment Program, Division of Land Resource Protection, Bureau of Tidelands Management
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Lavoratory (CHL)
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The original dataset from which this cached map service was created should be cited as: Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 20050224, 1920 Aerial Photography of the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey from Cape May to Sea Bright and Sandy Hook, United States of America.
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
PO Box 212
Trenton
NJ
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NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>This service provides access to a raster dataset containing scanned and georeferenced black and white aerial photographs of the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. Photograph date is believed to be 1920, based upon hand-written notation on some of the storage envelopes. In addition, photo 012 shows Turtle Gut Inlet to be open, and the inlet closed naturally in 1921. Source of original images: photographic archives of the Beach Erosion Board (predecessor of the former Coastal Engineering Research Center), presently stored at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. Original image condition: variable. These prints look like they were made quickly because many of the negatives are crooked on the photographic paper. Most are low contrast and show fading and discoloration. Printed on single-weight glossy paper. The printing date is unknown.</span></p></div></div></div>
This cached map service (Web Mercator) makes georeferenced historical photographs available online for researchers and coastal managers to analyze shoreline change, urbanization trends, wetland loss, transportation patterns, coastal protection structures, and geomorphic changes.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory; NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Land Use Management Program, Division of Land Resource Protection, Bureau of Tidelands Management; NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS) (service provider)
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See General Constraints, Use Limitation (Use Constraints)
<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>The data layer in this service is not survey data and must not be used as survey data. See the balance of this metadata record for conditions that limit appropriate uses. Users are urged to look at this documentation to assess the fitness of the data for any planned use.</span></p><p><span>Acknowledgement of the service provider and of the data creators would be appreciated for maps, data or other products derived from this service. See credits for those listings.</span></p><p><span>The State of New Jersey makes great effort to provide secure, accurate, and complete data and metadata. However, portions of the data and metadata may be incorrect or not current. Any errors or omissions should be reported for investigation. </span></p><p><span>The State of New Jersey, its officers, employees or agents shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of data and metadata, including but not limited to, damages or losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy or timeliness of any such data and metadata, or damages incurred from the viewing, distributing, or copying of those materials. </span></p><p><span>The data and metadata are provided "as is." No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the data and metadata, or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources. </span></p><p><span>The State disclaims any duty or obligation either to maintain availability of or to update the data and metadata.</span></p></div></div></div>
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2026-09-30T00:00:00
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
PO Box 212
Trenton
NJ
08625-0212
njgin@oit.nj.gov
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NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
ArcGIS
No special handling required.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The data layer(s) in this service are not survey data and must not be used as survey data. Users are urged to review the balance of this metadata record, and records for the components, to understand the conditions that limit appropriate uses and to assess the fitness of the data for any planned use.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Acknowledgement of the service provider, NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS), is requested for maps, data or other products derived from this service. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The State of New Jersey makes great effort to provide secure, accurate, and complete data and metadata. However, portions of the data and metadata may be incorrect or not current. Any errors or omissions should be reported to njgin@oit.nj.gov for investigation. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The State of New Jersey, its officers, employees or agents shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of data and metadata, including but not limited to, damages or losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy or timeliness of any such data and metadata, or damages incurred from the viewing, distributing, or copying of those materials. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The data and metadata are provided "as is." No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the data and metadata, or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The State disclaims any duty or obligation either to maintain availability of or to update the data and metadata.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>All website data distribution by NJOGIS is, in addition, subject to the Conditions of Use for State of New Jersey executive branch web sites, listed on the State’s Legal Statement & Disclaimers page https://www.nj.gov/nj/legal.html.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
See General Constraints, Use Limitation (Use Constraints)
ArcGIS
No special handling required.
All paper image prints were scanned on the same UMAX PowerLook 1000 scanner and processed with SilverFast v6.2.Or6 software. Contrast and gain of each photograph was individually adjusted to emphasize features near the shore. Used automatic curve function by drawing a box in the area of interest. Then expanded the box to the full image area without readjusting the contrast or gain.
The service provides data for the area of the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey from Cape May to Sea Bright, United States of America. Although the set of imagery contains photos of Sandy Hook, no frames between Sea Bright and Sandy Hook have been found. As a result of this discontinuity, no images of Sandy Hook are included in this service. Total number of frames is 194. Frames 087 to 090 were duplicate coverage and have not been included in the archive. These files have not been orthorectified or projected.
The accuracy of the imagery is variable. In some loacations the imagery is within two (2) feet and in others as much as 40 feet off. Although each tile had as many as 40 links used in the georeferencing process, the source imagery contained spatial errors uncorrectable through georeferencing. The majority of tables included anywhere from ten to fifteen links.
All images were georeferenced by the NJDEP comparing known control points in imagery to 1930s Aerial Photography of New Jersey Web Map Service, NJDEP 1977 Tidal Wetlands Basemaps Web Map Service, New Jersey 2002 High Resolution Orthophotography, and New Jersey 2012 High Resolution Orthophotography, Natural Color Map Service imagery, all published by the NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). RMS error values of georeferenced images were documented on 174 of the 179 total images. Values ranged from 2.16 to 38.40 with an average of 8.10. No positional testing was done by BGIS. This imagery does not meet national map accuracy standards, nor should it be used as a base for mapping.
Paper prints were supplied by the Beach Erosion Board (predecessor of the former Coastal Engineering Research Center), presently stored at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. The UMAX PowerLook 1000 scanner with SilverFast v6.2.0r6 software was supplied and used by the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center. Georeferencing was performed by the NJDEP, Division of Land Use Regulation, Bureau of Tidelands.
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1920 Aerial Photography of the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey from Cape May to Sea Bright and Sandy Hook
historical imagery
1920-03-31T00:00:00
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Lavoratory (CHL)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Lavoratory (CHL)
Formerly Beach Erosion Board and Coastal Engineering Research Center
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The aerial photos were flown between February and March of 1920. Information on the printing process of the silver gelatin paper prints is unknown. Total number of frames is 194. Frames 087 to 090 were duplicate coverage. The photographs were converted to TIFF images at a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi by the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
2005-01-11T00:00:00
Andrew Morang
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineering Research and Development Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Research Physical Scientist
(601) 634-2064
(601) 634-3080
3909 Halls Ferry Road, ATTN: CEERD-HN-CE
Vicksburg
MS
39180-6199
US
andrew.morang@usace.army.mil
7:45 AM to 4:15 PM (Central), Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays
The scanned 600 dpi TIFF images were downloaded by the NJDEP, Division of Land Use Regulation, Bureau of Tidelands, from the website for the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (http://chl.wes.army.mil/shore) , since changed to http://rsm.usace.army.mil/shore/newjersey/shore1920/nj-1920-faq.html. Images were georeferenced by the Tidelands Bureau either in the original TIFF format or as converted JPEGs. Processing referenced either the 1930s Aerials, 1977 Tidal Wetlands, or the 2002 and 2012 Orthophotography WMS services. Link files were saved and RMS errors recorded for the 179 images included in the dataset (3 were duplicate imagery and 11 in the Sandy Hook area were discontinuous from the main imagery grouping). Link files were saved and RMS errors recorded for all but five of the images (11, 21, 34, 41, and 42). RMS errors recorded during georeferencing ranged from 2.16 to 38.40, with an average of 8.10. Each georeferenced TIFF image was then clipped 300 feet at the perimeter and mosaicked.
2016-01-01T00:00:00
Tom Straus
NJDEP - LUM Bureau of Tidelands
Information Technology Specialist
609-984-1433
P.O. Box 439, 501 East State St.
Trenton
NJ
08625
US
Tom.Straus@dep.nj.gov
A file geodatabase was created to house a newly constructed mosaic dataset configured to the correct spatial reference systems. Next, the TIFF files were incorporated to function as the requisite raster data sources. Following this, a procedure was executed that involved calculating statistics and generating overviews. Finally, the cache was generated, using a New Jersey-specific Area of Interest and a custom-made tiling scheme ranging from 2311162.217155 to 564.24588. Throughout this cache generation process, all tiles were systematically recreated.
2026-07-31T00:00:00
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
use email
PO Box 212
Trenton
NJ
08625-0212
US
njgin@oit.nj.gov
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
A new blank service was created with the previously established area of interest. Following the service creation, a map server cache infrastructure was constructed, with verification confirming that all specifications such as coordinate systems matched. Finally, the map server cache tiles and associated scales were imported and made accessible to the public through the established web service infrastructure.
2026-08-01T00:00:00
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
PO Box 212
Trenton
NJ
08625-0212
njgin@oit.nj.gov
US
use email
John Macready
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This data set consists of a set of black and white aerial photographs acquired in February to March of 1920. The images cover coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean Coastline in New Jersey from Cape May to Sea Bright. The photographic prints have been scanned and georeferenced to NAD83 NJ State Plane US Survey feet, to create georeferenced digital files. Each black and white TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image covers an approximately 8300 by 7000 foot area (approximately two square miles). Each image is cropped and sized differently with a variety of overlap to preserve maximum coverage and clarity of detail. Each pixel in the images will have a gray scale value between 0 (black) and 255 (white). The georeferenced image files are named with a number coordinated to its image number in the original photographic set, which is physically written on each print. For files numbered 147 to 183, each image is approximately 24 megabytes in size. Each image file includes an accompanying ESRI-format "world" file (".tfw" file extension) containing the coordinate information used to display and register the image in ESRI software. All other images are JPEG format, approximately 2500 kilobytes in size. The entire set of 179 images with associated files is approximately 1.4 gigabytes in size.
Digital source images: http://rsm.usace.army.mil/shore/newjersey/shore1920/nj-1920-faq.html
Information about georeferencing and post-processing: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/contactbgis.html