The Geomatics Division archives contain over 22,000 aerial photographs. The oldest date from 1930, but they are generally located between 1950 and 2003. The set provides a link to an interactive map allowing the download of multi-year aerial photographs held by the City for the purposes of producing basic cartography. The images are available all over the island of Montreal or partially depending on the years and the scales of aerial photographs. An aerial photograph is a photograph taken from the air. Normally, these are taken vertically, on board an aircraft, using a highly accurate camera. NOTE1: The Geomatics Division collection is distinct from that of the Archives of Montreal. NOTE2: The City distributes the photographs in its possession. However, in the event that a right holder has claims on this subject, he is invited to submit them to the City. NOTE3: It should be noted that for archival images from paper media, the City does not generally hold the original slides. Refer to the index for details.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**