The Sprawling of Atlanta

Visualizing Metropolitan Area Change, 1940s to Present

Documentation is forthcoming, but you can download all the project shapefiles and census data.

WMS links for using the aerial mosaic layers in GIS applications:

• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1938_1943
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1955
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1968
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1972
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1981
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_1993
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_2005
• https://geo.library.gsu.edu/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=sprawlingatl:sprawling_atl_2013