Land Use and Natural Resources Inventory and Land Related Information System aerial photographs, 1967-1974, bulk 1968.

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Land Use and Natural Resources Inventory and Land Related Information System aerial photographs, 1967-1974, bulk 1968.

This series consists of aerial photographs taken to produce overlay maps for the LUNR and LRIS projects. Prints of these aerial photographs were hand coded to show general and specific use of land. Overlays were then produced from the coded prints for use by government and private planning, development, and conservation agencies.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6858795

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New York (State). Office of Planning Coordination

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New York (State). Dept. of Commerce.

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New York (State). Office of Planning Services

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In 1966 Governor Rockefeller directed the Office of Planning Coordination to conduct a natural resource inventory of New York State. The result was the Land Use and Natural Resources (LUNR) Inventory. Between 1967 and 1968 a contractor completed aerial photography of Upstate New York; New York City and Long Island were photographed in 1969-1970. The state also contracted with Cornell University's Center for Aerial Photographic Studies to design the inventory, conduct the...

New York State Economic Development Board

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The predecessor to this Board, the Council of Economic Advisers, was created by executive order in 1968 to advise the Governor on economic and fiscal policy matters affecting the state, to study and report on economic trends in the state, to prepare an annual state economic report, and to make special economic and fiscal studies as deemed appropriate. The Council consisted of seven members appointed by the Governor, and was instructed not to duplicate the functions of ex...