Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from above with a camera mounted, or hand held, on an aircraft, helicopter, balloon, rocket, kite, skydiver or similar vehicle. It was first practiced ...

Aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed ...

Full Disclosure: This mapmaking event was funded in part by a Philly Tech Week micro-grant provided by the organization that publishes Technically Philly. If you wanted to create detailed aerial maps ...

For five days last week, thousands of eyes were on the skies as the annual Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival. It once again drew visitors to Battle Creek for a week of aerial festivities ...

People in downtown DC were spooked Friday by the sight of a balloon hovering high above them. Without warning, the dirigible appeared high over city streets, just lingering there. What was it doing up ...

A hot air balloon crash in Texas that likely killed all on board Saturday may scare vacationers and festival-goers from taking part. But data shows the peaceful pastime remains a relatively safe ...