Phayao Aerial Photomosaic

Aerial Photomosaic
1. Williams-Hunt Aerial Photograph Collection
2. Chiang Mai Aerial Photomosaic
3. Chiang Rai Aerial Photomosaic
4. Chiang Saen Aerial Photomosaic
5. Fang Aerial Photomosaic
6. Lampang Aerial Photomosaic
7. Lamphun Aerial Photomosaic
8. Mae Chan Aerial Photomosaic
9. Pa Pao Aerial Photomosaic
10. Phayao Aerial Photomosaic
11. Phrae Aerial Photomosaic
12. Uttaradit Aerial Photomosaic

This page discusses World War II aerial photos taken by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and provided on-line by the Geo-spatial Digital Archive Project (GDAP)1 in its Williams-Hunt Aerial Photograph Digital Collection.2

The Williams-Hunt collection has a single set of aerial photos for Phayao3 dated 05 October 1944:4

The four-photo aerial photomosaic:5

A larger image is available for download here.6

The following GDAP images were used in the above photomosaic:7

 02498.zip8.
02571.zip9.
02572.zip10
02573.zip11

and assembled approximately like this, using a combination of Microsoft ICE and manual fitting:12

GDAP, the source of these photos, has asked that the following information be included regarding the aerial imagery shown above:

  • Williams-Hunt Aerial Photos Collection
  • Original from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
  • Digital Data from Center for Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University
  • Digital Archive from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA), Thailand

 

Major Revisions List
Rev
Date
Description
0
2012 10 05
 First published on Internet
2
2024 03 01
 Converted to WordPress by Ally Taylor
3
2026 01 12
 Updated, author errors & typos corrected

 

Last Updated on 12 January 2026

  1. webpage, at link <http://gdap.crma.ac.th/>, is no longer available[↩]
  2. webpage, at link <http://gdap.crma.ac.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=3>, is no longer available. The collection and its origin are described in detail in:

    ● Lertlum, PhD, Col Surat, and Dr Elizabeth Moore, Williams-Hunt Aerial Photograph Collection, (undated); available as here linked.
    ● Moore, Elizabeth, The Williams-Hunt Collection, Sari – International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 27(2)(2009), pp 265-284.
    ● Periasamy, Makeswary, “A View from the Top”, biblioasia, 5(1) (Apr 2009), pp 38-42.[↩]

  3. N19°10.00 E99°54.10 Source: Google Earth fix on apparent center of town.[↩]
  4. “Terrain” map from  Nations Online Project: Searchable Map and Satellite View of Thailand using Google Earth Data (link: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_thailand.htm is no longer available). Annotation (red & blue colored items) placed with Microsoft Publisher by author; my ref: \02370 Other locations\02370 Phayao\WH\Phayao mosaic locatn map1.jpg[↩]
  5. Photos 02571.jpg and 02572.jpg were assembled using Microsoft’s ICE, a panorama program. Because of a peculiar distortion when ICE was used on all four images, photos 02498.jpg and 02573.jpg were fitted manually; mosaic is oriented so that north is top-of-page. My ref: bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\Lampang Composite 12 PHAYAO.jpg[↩]
  6. My ref: bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\Lampang Composite 12 PHAYAO.zip[↩]
  7. The files used here vary in size between 100K and 300K.[↩]
  8. My ref: \bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\02498a.jpg[↩]
  9. My ref: bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\02571a.jpg[↩]
  10. My ref: \bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\02572a.jpg[↩]
  11. My ref: bPROJECT\_MAPS\THAILAND Maps\Williams-Hunt (WH) Aerials\LPG\LPG 12 Phayao ok\02573a.jpg[↩]
  12. Drawn by author using Microsoft Publisher; my ref: \02370 Other locations\02370 Phayao\WH\Phayao mosaic assy.jpg.[↩]
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