Historical orthophotos

The product contains orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) in black-and-white (b/w) with a resolution of 0,5 m and 1 m, and orthophotos in colour and IR with the resolution of 0,5 m, from the years 1949 – 2005. The product name in Swedish is Ortofoto historiska Nedladdning.

About this product

The product contains orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) in black-and-white (b/w) with a resolution of 0,5 m and 1 m, and orthophotos in colour and IR with the resolution of 0,5 m, from the years 1949 – 2005. In an orthophoto the scale and the distance between points are not affected by the variation in the terrain, which is the case in an aerial photo with central projection.

Important to know

Consider the following before ordering the product:

  • The product is free of charge and can be used and published freely according to Creative Commons, CC0 (new window)
  • This product provides access to information that you order, download and store yourself.

Maintenance and update frequency

The product is continuously updated with new orthophotos as they are produced.

Read more about plans and outcomes for historical orthophotos.

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The product is provided as open data. Place your order in Geotorget Order.

The license and what it means

Our open spatial data is available under the open data license Creative Commons, (CC0). The license means that you may use, distribute, redo, modify and build on Lantmäteriet's open data.

This also applies in commercial contexts without any restrictions. Feel free to list Lantmäteriet as the source when you disseminate our open data, but this is not a requirement.

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