The California Coastal Records Project, founded in 2002, documents the California coastline with

aerial photos Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing ai ...

taken from a helicopter flying parallel to the shore. Their webpage provides access to these images. One photo was taken every 500 feet. The entire California coast is included, except sections of Vandenberg Space Force Base (although some historical photos are included from an earlier survey in 1989). Most of the coast has been photographed several times, and the website has an interface for comparing photos taken during different years. Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman were recipients of the 2004

Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography The Ansel Adams Award for Photography, formally called Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, named in honor of American photographer Ansel Adams, is a photography award administered by the Sierra Club. The award "honor photographers wh ...

from the

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization with chapters in all 50 United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who be ...

for their work on the project.

Streisand effect

The project was sued in 2003 by Barbra Streisand, who claimed they infringed upon her privacy by displaying photographs of her Malibu home. The project countersued under the SLAPP provisions of California law and prevailed in court.Streisand’s Lawsuit to Silence Coastal Website Dismissed
/ref> The lawsuit drew additional public attention to Streisand's home, giving name to the

Streisand effect Attempts to hide, remove, or censor information often have the unintended consequence of increasing awareness of that information via the Internet. This is called the Streisand effect. It is named after American singer and actress Barbra Streis ...

: the phenomenon where attempting to hide or censor information instead draws greater attention to the information.

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External links

California Coastal Records Project
Geography of California 2002 establishments in California Aerial photography Coastal erosion in the United States