Abstract:  Historical aerial imagery can objectively and accurately record the evolution and changes ollandforms , topography, environmental conditions, natural landseapes, and cultural landseapes during dif.ferent historical periods. It plays a significant role in research and transformation related to urban resoureeand environmental issues , providing scientifie decision-making support for social progress and sustainabledevelopment. This paper focuses on 6 000 historical aerial images from Kunming City in 1989. Through aseries of steps, including, photographic digitization, batch cropping of images, three-dimensional modelconstruetion , automatic matching, and quality inspection , a comprehensive and seientific workflow for re-constructing digital three-dimensional models is explored. The resulting outputs are intuitive and measura-ble three-dimensional models. Experimental results demonstrate that the outcomes obtained using thismethod meet application requirements. This approach not only revives historical aerial images . extendingtheir lifespan, but also provides fundamental historical surveying and mapping data for research on urbanconstruetion changes, land use changes, and national situation monitoring.

Key words:  historical aerial imagery, 3l model reconstruetion, image conliguration, aerial imagery database