Aerial Photography
The Map Library has roughly 62,000 airphotos in black & white and colour.
- Greater Victoria, most of Vancouver Island, B.C. Lower Mainland, Queen Charlotte Islands
- Scales 1:5,000 to 1:70,000.
- Dates: 1928 - 2005.
Searching for Airphotos in the Map Library
About British Columbia Airphotos
UVic Map Library Airphoto Database or use the NEW UVic Map Library Airphoto Database
British Columbia provincial government airphoto Index maps site (B.C. Basemap Online Store: 1964 onwards only) Ordering BC airphotos from Basemap online store
British Columbia provincial government historic airphoto Index maps links to provincial government ftp site (scanned maps with flight lines) Victoria area: Large scale (1951-1985); Medium scale (1936-1967); Small scale (1970-1995)
Canada federal government airphoto Index maps of historic airphotos in the University of Victoria Map Library (1926-1980)
National Air Photo Library on-line please follow the search tips to find photos of interest. Ordering federal airphotos from NAPL.
Digital airphoto collection - UVic has a small collection of digital airphotos purchased from the National Airphoto Library. Low-resolution photos are available online, high-resolution images are available only to UVic staff and students.
Other remote-sensing and imagery links
For more information, contact:
250-721-7356
maps@uvic.ca
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