Aerial Images & Orthophotos
Download orthophotos from our archive or find out about the Crown's Aerial Film Negative collection.
LINZ orthophotos
Digital orthophotos, derived from aerial photography, show terrain at a constant scale. Image displacements caused by camera tilt and terrain relief are corrected.
LINZ publishes orthophotos of New Zealand from its archive. The New Zealand orthophotos shown are historical and no further orthophotos of New Zealand will be published.
- Index of New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) geo-referenced orthophotos
NZTM2000 is the current projection, however the available orthophoto coverage is limited. - Index of New Zealand Map Grid (NZMG) non geo-referenced orthophotos
This projection has been superceded by NZTM2000, however the available orthophoto coverage is greater.
Antarctic orthophotos
LINZ also has some Antarctic orthophotos, obtained through satellite imagery, available for download. These were commissioned by LINZ as part of the production of map data for the Darwin Glacier region of the Ross Sea.
Aerial photography
From 1937 to 2005 LINZ and its predecessors, Lands & Survey and Department of Survey and Land Information (DOSLI), commissioned aerial photography for the Crown to use in mapping and database maintenance. With advances in satellite technology, aerial photography is no longer commissioned.
The Crown Aerial Film Negative Collection is now managed by New Zealand Aerial Mapping Limited.
Archives New Zealand also holds some Crown aerial photographs in Archway, its system for documenting government records.
Acknowledging copyright
Where aerial images or orthophotos are reproduced, derived or copied from Land Information New Zealand material the following acknowledgement note should be shown on the product and associated media:
Eg Sourced from Aerial photography S.N. 12345. Crown Copyright Reserved
or
Sourced from Orthophoto V21 Napier. Crown Copyright Reserved.
