Orthophoto View Service, Annual

The product contains the orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) produced each year, in colour and IR, with a resolution of 0,16 m and 0,4 m from 2019 and onwards and 0,25 m and 0,5 m between 2006 – 2018. The product name in Swedish is Ortofoto Visning Årsvisa.

About this product

The product contains the orthophotos (scale corrected aerial photographs) produced each year, in colour and IR, with a resolution of 0,16 m and 0,4 m from 2019 and onwards and 0,25 m and 0,5 m between 2006 – 2018. 

Important to know

Consider the following before ordering the product:

  • To use this product, you need to pay a fee and sign a license agreement with terms for usage.
  • 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 product is updated at the end of each year with that years orthophotos.

Orthophotos are produced according to The national image provision programme. New orthophotos are produced each year, covering approximately 30 % of the country, with a resolution of 0,4 m or 0,16 m and an interval of between 2 and 10 years, depending on location. Orthophotos covering the south of Sweden and areas along the east coast are produced every other year with 0,16 m resolution, alternating before and after leafing. Orthophotos with the higher resolution are also produced over some larger localities and chosen areas in other parts of the country.

Read more about plans and outcomes for orthophotos.

Version history

Version and date

Changes compared with previous version

Version 1.8

Available in verification environment: 2022-12-07.

Available in production environment: 2022-12-07.

  • New layers with 2022 orthophotos and aerial photograph seamlines, continuously updated.

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Copyright and publication

Read more about what applies when you want to publish the Land Survey's maps, aerial photographs and other geographical information.

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