Temporal Series of the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) - Salish region, British Columbia (1950-1982)

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The National Air Photo Library (NAPL) of Natural Resources Canada archives over 6 million aerial photographs covering all of Canada, some of which date back to the 1920s.

This collection includes Time Series of aerial orthophoto mosaics over a selection of major cities or targeted areas that allow the observation of various changes that occur over time in those selected regions.

These mosaics are disseminated through the Data Cube Platform implemented by NRCan using geospatial big data management technologies. These technologies enable the rapid and efficient visualization of high-resolution geospatial data and allow for the rapid generation of dynamically derived products. The data is available as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) files for direct access and as Web Map Services (WMS) or Web Coverage Services (WCS) with a temporal dimension for consumption in Web or GIS applications.

The NAPL mosaics are made from the best spatial resolution available for each time period, which means that the orthophotos composing a NAPL Time Series are not necessarily coregistered. For this dataset, the spatial resolutions are: 25 cm for the year 1950, 50 cm for the year 1959, 50 cm for the year 1967, 50 cm for the year 1972, 50 cm for the year 1978 and 70 cm for the year 1982.

The NAPL indexes and stores federal aerial photography for Canada, and maintains a comprehensive historical archive and public reference centre. The Earth Observation Data Management System (EODMS) online application allows clients to search and retrieve metadata for over 3 million out of 6 million air photos.

The EODMS online application enables public and government users to search and order raw Government of Canada Earth Observation images and archived products managed by NRCan such as aerial photos and satellite imagery. To access air photos, you can visit the EODMS web site: https://eodms-sgdot.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/index-en.html

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-03-31
Date ( RI_366 )
2020-08-01
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( National air photo library )
1-800-661-2638
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Mosaic
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Access to information
  • Remote sensing
  • Aerial photography
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
Begin date
1950
End date
1982
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Reference system identifier
https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • GeoTIF ( 1.1 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

  • WCS ( 1.1.1 )

  • Web App ( N/A )

  • JSON ( IETF RFC 8259 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
1-800-661-2638
OnLine resource
1950 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (25 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
1959 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (50 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
Web Viewer of NAPL Temporal Series - Salish region, British Columbia (1950-1982) ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
Web Viewer of NAPL Temporal Series - Salish region, British Columbia (1950-1982) ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

OnLine resource
1967 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (50 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
1972 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (50 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
1978 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (50 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
1982 - Orthophoto Mosaic of Salish region, British Columbia (70 cm) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Application Programming Interface (API) ( HTTPS )

API;JSON;zxx

OnLine resource
Temporal Series of the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) - Salish Region, British Columbia (1950-1982) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Temporal Series of the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) - Salish Region, British Columbia (1950-1982) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Web Coverage Service (WCS) for Temporal Series of the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) over selected regions ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WCS;zxx

File identifier
f498bb69-3982-4b62-94db-4c0e0065bc17 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Collection of Temporal Series of the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) 114417c3-41a4-4cf7-8acd-2eb9d16c97f3
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-01-25T16:38:46
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
1-800-661-2638
 
 

Overviews

overview
Overview of the Orthophoto Mosaic for 1967

Spatial extent

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