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Aerial Photography
Aerial Photography allows you to see what’s on the earth's surface by looking at birds eye view photographs taken from aeroplanes. Aerial Photography is important because it provides a snap shot in time and thus records change that occurs on the earths surface.
Recent photography
The Coordinated Imagery Program (CIP) coordinates the purchase of aerial photography and satellite imagery across Victoria for a range of government and non-government organisations. The program is designed to facilitate all your imagery needs, reduce costs, avoid duplication and to contract manage your project.
The first five project areas have been branded Vicmap Imagery - Aerial Photography 2005-06 for marketing and distribution by Spatial Information Infrastructure, DSE through their Vicmap Data Service Provider network. See www.land.vic.gov.au/vicmap for further information.
Photography available up to 1994
The State of Victoria has been regularly photographed from the air since between the 1940’s and 1994. The majority of images are black and white, with colour starting around the 1970’s.
There are two types of aerial photography available - the traditional vertical photography flown at high level for mapping, and low level obliques (side views) of metropolitan landmarks and events. The photography scales range from 1:10000 to 1:40000.
Images for mapping are held in two forms : Aerial Photography Prints - known as field or office sets used to compile maps, often involving ground or field checks by surveyors and Glass Diapositives - used in the drawing of maps and identification of features on or near the ground.
The images are used in a variety of applications - Mapping, Planning, Real Estate, Tourism, Recreation, Landcare and as court evidence in disputes.
There is a library of images available for viewing at the Land Information Centre, contact Christopher Paull at 57 Cherry Lane, Laverton North 3826. Phone (+61 3) 8368 5432. Prints are available for viewing and photocopies of prints can be obtained. A computerised index of the aerial photographs enables easy searching to identify the required prints.
Photographic prints and enlargements can be ordered from the following suppliers of Aerial Photography Services.
View: Sample Aerial Photography
This document was last reviewed on 21/02/2007.
© 2007 by the State of Victoria
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