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Overview

The Coordinated Imagery Program (CIP) is designed to facilitate government's imagery and elevation needs, reduce costs, avoid duplication, and contract manage your project. CIP streamlines the acquisition, storage and access to aerial images and elevation products.

Organisations can take part in the Coordinated Imagery Program through ongoing access to past data, or by partnering on specific projects to support uses such as:

  • urban growth area planning
  • property views
  • asset management
  • tracking native vegetation.

Read more about Vicmap Imagery and Elevation data.

Join the program

Public organisations

Public organisations can join the program as a CIP Purchase Partner on a project basis, or as a CIP Subscriber on an annual basis, or both.

CIP Purchase Partners

  • can specify their project requirements and help drive the acquisition program
  • receive advice, project management and procurement services from the CIP team
  • receive the benefit of ongoing license to the project data they have partnered in.

To enquire about becoming a CIP Purchase Partner, send your completed EOI form to coordinated.imagery@transport.vic.gov.au

CIP Subscribers

  • receive access to all data in the CIP archive during their subscription period
  • cannot contribute to the overall direction of the acquisition program
  • must renew their subscription for continued access.

To find out more about becoming a CIP Subscriber, please email coordinated.imagery@transport.vic.gov.au.

Private Organisations

Private organisations can purchase a license for CIP imagery and elevation data through one of our Data Service Providers.

Status of Current CIP Projects

The map below shows the progress of current photography and elevation projects underway with CIP Purchase Partners. You can zoom in and out to explore the map. Click on a shaded polygon on the map to see more details about the project.

CIP Imagery and Elevation Archive

You can explore all photography and elevation projects that are available to CIP Subscribers via the interactive Vicmap Imagery and Elevation Coverage map. The map details all LiDAR Points, LiDAR DEMs and aerial photography captures. It includes details such as date of capture, resolution, and historical accuracy.

Read more about our extensive collection of aerial imagery, and how we capture elevation data:

Page last updated: 03/07/26