Northeast Greenland oblique aerial photographs

The dataset comprises more than 6,400 oblique aerial photographs acquired during the systematic 1:500,000 geological mapping programme in North Greenland carried out by the Geological Survey of Greenland (now GEUS) between 1978 and 1985.

The photographs document steep fjord and valley walls and were collected as part of geological field investigations. The images have been digitised and made available through a web-based interface, allowing users to access individual photographs, their geographic locations and associated geological coding linked to the regional geological map.

The dataset represents a systematic visual documentation of geological features in North and Northeast Greenland.

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Date ( Publication )
2012-01-01
Identifier
dk.geus / grl_northeast_greenland_oblique_photos
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose
The purpose of the dataset is to provide access to historical oblique aerial photographs supporting geological mapping, interpretation and documentation of North and Northeast Greenland.
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GIS-support ( )
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GIS-support
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Dataset
  • Oblique aerial photographs
  • Northeast Greenland
  • Fieldwork
Forskningsemner Forskningsemner ( Theme )
Geografisk Geografisk ( Place )
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
CC BY 4.0
Other constraints
The photographs constitute historical documentation material and should be used with proper attribution to GEUS.
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
500000
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1978-01-01
End date
1985-03-11
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Supplemental Information
The dataset forms part of the dissemination of the geological mapping work in North Greenland and complements the published geological maps at a scale of 1:500.000.
Reference system identifier
WGS 84 / UTM 24N (EPSG:32624)
Distribution format
  • WMS ( )

  • REST ( )

Distributor
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GIS-support
OnLine resource
Interactive webmap ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Interactive map displaying the dataset.

OnLine resource
North Greenland collection of oblique aerial photographs - (Twin Otter photos) ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Search for publications by GEUS researchers in GEUS' Publications

OnLine resource
NEGreenland_ObliquePhotos ( ESRI:REST )

ArcGIS REST Service

OnLine resource
Oblique_colour ( OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities )

ArcGIS WMS Service

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

The photographs were acquired as part of the 1:500,000 geological mapping programme in North Greenland conducted between 1978 and 1985 by the Geological Survey of Greenland. The oblique aerial photography programme focused on systematic documentation of fjord and valley exposures.

The analogue photographs were subsequently digitised and georeferenced. Image positions were linked to geological coding and regional geological map information before publication in a web-based system.
File identifier
510d1b45-cdfa-441c-b34b-49e49073a733 XML
Metadata language
Danskda
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-02-27T15:10:44.592377Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GIS-support ( )
 
 

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Keywords

Dataset Fieldwork Northeast Greenland Oblique aerial photographs
Forskningsemner
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