tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post2705889203196350242..comments2024-03-23T05:35:06.468-04:00Comments on ancestral roofs: what do birds see?Ancestral Roofshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-54961653678420428172013-04-04T14:31:16.754-04:002013-04-04T14:31:16.754-04:00Thanks for these links Mark, glad to share them.Thanks for these links Mark, glad to share them.Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-16216907438517842402013-04-04T14:27:39.839-04:002013-04-04T14:27:39.839-04:00Love these shots. Spent time to reconcile these pi...Love these shots. Spent time to reconcile these pics with my own modern recollections of Picton. North American Hotel, etc... I think aerial shots are so fascinating in an historical context...often used for archaeological purposes too. Both Fort Lawrence (c. 1750) and the old Acadian village of Beaubassin were rediscovered when aerial shots located terrestrial anomalies:<br />http://publicarchaeologyexperience.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/aerial-photography-at-the-fort-lawrence-national-historic-site-of-canada/<br /><br />Just found out the first aerial shot in Canada was over the Halifax Citadel, 1883, from a balloon. <br /><br />And though not aerial, I'm blown away by this 1856 panorama of Toronto:<br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Armstrong_Beere_%26_Hime_panorama_of_Toronto_1856.JPGmarknoreply@blogger.com