Historical orthophoto View Service

The product contains historical orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) in black-and white (b/w), colour (RGB) and infra-red (IR) from the years 1949 – 2005, divided into different layers. The product meets the requirements for INSPIRE. The product name in Swedish is Ortofoto historiska Visning.

About this product

The product contains historical orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) in black-and white (b/w), colour (RGB) and infra-red (IR) from the years 1949 – 2005, divided into different layers. The product meets the requirements for INSPIRE.

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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)
  • The product gives you access to information in forms of maps and images. You can look at them, but you are not able to process or change them.
  • You need a system or an application to use this product. It has an application programming interface (API) and cannot be used directly in an Internet browser.

Maintenance and update frequency

The service is continuously updated with historical orthophotos as they are produced.

Read more about production status under Plans and outcomes.

Documentation

The documentation for Historical orthophoto View Service in Dokumentation geodataprodukter (in Swedish, new window)

Services that meet the INSPIRE specifications are available free of charge on www.geodata.se/geodataportalen (new window). There you can also find detailed information about the services. On the INSPIRE website (new window), you can read the implementing rules that form the basis for our INSPIRE services. 

Version history

Version and date

Changes compared with previous version

Version 1.0

 

Available in production environment:
2022-03-30

Supplemented with year layers 1993-2005, containing orthophotos in back-and-white with a resolution of 1 m and orthophotos in colour and IR with a resolution of 0,5 m. Lines and texts can also be shown with an alternative colour.

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