MapStrata allows users quickly bring situational awareness to aerial imagery by automatically importing and aligning maps of the same area. MapStrata's core technology is automatically extracting data from existing maps and automatically aligning that data with aerial imagery. Thus an aerial image can be dramatically enhanced by importing map details showing road networks, building names, gas stations, parks, airports, government buildings, historical markers, political boundaries, geographic features, bridge names, and other details that are not apparent from the image alone. The ability to automatically find, extract, import and align maps to imagery makes MapStrata an important tool in bringing situational awareness to aerial imagery.