California Coastal Records Project
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The California Coastal Records Project documents the California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 coastline with aerial photos taken from a helicopter flying parallel to the shore. Their webpage provides access to these images.

The entire California coast is included, except sections of Vandenberg AFB (although they include some historical photos 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.

The project was sued by Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

, who claimed they infringed upon her privacy by displaying photographs of her Malibu home. The project countersued under the SLAPP
Strategic lawsuit against public participation
A strategic lawsuit against public participation is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition....

 provisions of California law, and prevailed in court. Streisand v. Adelman et al., in California Superior Court; Case SC077257
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