World Aerial Photos Data

Orthophotography of urbans areas within Auckland taken in the flying seasons (summer period) 2016-17.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Auckland Council’ by AAM NZ Limited, 6 Ossian St, NAPIER, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
•7,801 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:1,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. The products are tiled into NZTopo50 1:1,000 tiles. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 7.5cm pixel resolution (0.075m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ± 0.15m @ 90% confidence level.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Auckland 0.075m Urban Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2017)

Orthophotography over the Waikato Region captured over three flying seasons (summer periods) 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. The area of capture is located within the upper North Island and encompasses all or part of 11 territorial authorities. It also includes parts of Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Whanganui.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Waikato Regional Aerial Photography Service (WRAPS) 2017 - 2019 ’ by Aerial Surveys Ltd, Unit A1, 8 Saturn Place, Albany,0632, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
•3668 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 30cm pixel resolution (0.30 m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ±0.5 m @ 95% confidence level.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Waikato 0.3m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2016-2019)

Orthophotography within the Wellington Region taken in February 2021.

Imagery was captured for Greater Wellington Regional Council by AAM NZ Limited, 6 Ossian St, Napier, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
•1072 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 30cm pixel resolution (0.3m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ± 2.0 m @ 90% confidence level.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Wellington 0.3m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2021)

Orthophotography in the Northland Region taken in the flying season (summer period) 2014 - 2016. Coverage is of all areas areas within the Far North district, The Kaipara district, Whanagei City, Northland Regional council areas.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Northland Aerial Imagery Consortium (NAIC)’ by Aerial Surveys Ltd, Unit A1, 8 Saturn Place, Albany,0632, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
•2,465 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. The products are tiled into NZTopo50 1:5,000 tiles. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 40cm pixel resolution (0.4m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is +/-0.6m @ 67% confidence level in clear open spaces

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Northland 0.4m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2014-16)

Orthophotography for the Auckland region taken between 2010 and 2012. Coverage encompassed the entire Auckland Council area.

Imagery was captured for the Auckland Council by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd, 208 Warren Street, PO Box 6, Hastings 4156, New Zealand.

Data has subsequently been provided to LINZ and this comprises:
•271 x ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:10,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. The products are tiled into NZTopo50 1:10,000 tiles. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 50cm pixel resolution (0.5m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is +/-3m (@ 90% confidence).

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Auckland 0.5m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2010-2012)

Orthophotography within the Manawatū-Whanganui Region captured in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 flying seasons. Coverage encompasses Manawatū-Whanganui Region.

Imagery was captured for Manawatū-Whanganui LASS Ltd by Aerial Surveys Ltd, Unit A1, 8 Saturn Place, Albany 0632, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
• 953 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5000 tile layout
• Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the tile index layer for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 30cm pixel resolution (0.30m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ±0.5 at 95% confidence level in clear flat areas.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Manawatū-Whanganui 0.3m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2021-2022)

Orthophotography of urban areas within Wellington City taken in the flying season (summer period) of 2020-2021.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Wellington City Council’ by AAM NZ Limited, 6 Ossian St, NAPIER, New Zealand.

Data comprises:

• 2020 x ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:500 tile layout

•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 7.5cm pixel resolution (0.075m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF.

The final spatial accuracy is ±0.2m @ 90% confidence level.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Wellington City 0.075m Urban Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2021)

Orthophotography for the Waikato region taken during 2012 and 2013. Coverage encompassed the entire Waikato Regional Council area.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Waikato Regional Aerial Photography Service (WRAPS) 2012 ’ by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd, 208 Warren Street, PO Box 6, Hastings 4156, New Zealand.

Data has subsequently been provided to LINZ and this comprises:
•3545 x ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5,000 tile layout
•Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. The products are tiled into NZTopo50 1:5,000 tiles. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 50cm pixel resolution (0.5m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is +/-2m (@ 90% confidence).

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Waikato 0.5m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2012-2013).

Orthophotography within the Canterbury Region captured in December 2020 to February 2021. Coverage encompasses Christchurch City and Banks Peninsula townships.

Imagery was captured for Environment Canterbury by Landpro Ltd, 13 Pinot Noir Drive, Cromwell 9310, New Zealand.

Data comprises:
• 7291 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:500 tile layout
• Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the tile index layer for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 7.5cm pixel resolution (0.075m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ±0.2m at 90% confidence level in clear flat areas.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Christchurch 0.075m Urban Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2020-2021)

This dataset provides a seamless cloud-free 10m resolution satellite imagery layer of the New Zealand mainland and offshore islands.

The imagery was captured by the European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellites between September 2020 - April 2021.

Technical specifications:

• 450 x ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:50,000 tile layout
• Satellite sensors: ESA Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B
• Acquisition dates: September 2020 - April 2021
• Spectral resolution: R, G, B
• Spatial resolution: 10 meters
• Radiometric resolution: 8-bits (downsampled from 12-bits)

This is a visual product only. The data has been downsampled from 12-bits to 8-bits, and the original values of the images have been modified for visualisation purposes.