Orthophoto imagery 2006
The City's orthophoto coverage includes the City, UBC, and the University Endowment Lands and parts of Richmond, the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and the North Shore. As such, it exceeds the area defined by the City's facet grid (see Facet grid boundaries dataset).
The 2006 orthophotos are very high quality 10 cm pixel resolution.
Data access
Orthophotos are only available to download directly from our FTP site.
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MrSID format:
- Zipped facets files - download facet sets from a map
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ECW format:
- Zipped facets files - download facet sets from a map
- Download a single ECW file for the entire city. This file is very large (4 GB)
Coordinate system
Mr. SID and ECW formatted data are projected in UTM Zone 10, NAD83 (CSRS).
Data currency
This imagery is captured at one point in time and is current as of that date but it does not change. The 2006 orthophotos were captured on April 5 and 27, 2006
Data accuracy
Imagery is accurate as of the date it was taken although colours may or may not be exactly as occurred on that day as colours change from moment to moment due to sun and cloud cover.
Dataset schema
JSON Schema
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