Modern UK Aerial Photography

Aerial photography obtained from The Geoinformation Group's (TGG) Cities Revealed project, acquired by the Landmap project, is available for over 65% of the UK's population, from 1969 to 2010. The imagery has a high resolution of 5-25cm. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC.

When using these data please also add the following copyright statement: Cities Revealed © The GeoInformation Group yyyy

Date (Publication): 2007-08-01T14:32:32

Date (Creation): 2007-08-01T14:32:32

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/1999cc89208158c8616845f01ac93100

Citation identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 1999cc89208158c8616845f01ac93100

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Landmap	unknown	Author
The GeoInformation Group (TGG)	unknown	Author
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/landmap.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic and specific use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1968-12-31T23:00:00

End date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are available in ecw (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) and MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) formats which can both be opened with most image viewing/editing or GIS software such as such as Erdas ER viewer. Both formats are ultimately compressed images however the MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) format (.sid extension) allows large compressed raster image files (such as aerial photographs or satellite imagery) to be quickly viewed without having to decompress the entire file. The data are archived in the directory structure of country/region_year/format/data for ease of use. Metadata containing location and other information (.ers, .sdw and .xml files) are included with their respective data files.

Name

Version

Data are available in ecw (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) and MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) formats which can both be opened with most image viewing/editing or GIS software such as such as Erdas ER viewer. Both formats are ultimately compressed images however the MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) format (.sid extension) allows large compressed raster image files (such as aerial photographs or satellite imagery) to be quickly viewed without having to decompress the entire file. The data are archived in the directory structure of country/region_year/format/data for ease of use. Metadata containing location and other information (.ers, .sdw and .xml files) are included with their respective data files.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/1999cc89208158c8616845f01ac93100	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/landmap/data/optical/m_ap	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.geoinformationgroup.co.uk/	The GeoInformation Group website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/conditions/landmap.html	Landmap terms of use

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.geoinformationgroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Modern-Final-v6.pdf	The GeoInformation Group Cities Revealed modern aerial photography product sheet

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data collected and prepared by the Landmap team before a copy of the data were obtained by NEODC directly from Landmap.

Metadata

File identifier: 1999cc89208158c8616845f01ac93100 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Landmap: Optical Earth Observation Collection
b918b02c3c2c55391f51e8465bd7621f

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-05T03:03:07

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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