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THE HISTORIC RECORDS REGISTER
We have a new Historic Records Viewer available on Canterbury Maps! This is an interactive application built to share our history.
Published: 31/08/2016Resource Consents Layer Updates
We are updating the structure behind our resource consent layers. Click here to see what will change in Canterbury Maps.
Published: 17/08/2016View our Historical Imagery Gallery
Take a look into Canterbury’s past through our historical imagery gallery. View the changes that have taken place, and buildings that have stood through the years.
Published: 11/08/2016New LiDAR and Imagery Coming soon!
New LiDAR in the Selwyn and Christchurch City areas is available now and new Imagery is coming soon!
Published: 13/04/2016Imagery ImageServer being retired
One of our Imagery services in being retired
Published: 18/03/2016The Canterbury Historic Plans Register - BETA
The Canterbury Historic Plans Register is an interactive application built to share our history. Environment Canterbury holds land use ...
Published: 19/02/2016Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan approved
The Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery has now approved the Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan.
Published: 15/12/2015Newsletter
getting started
You can use Canterbury Maps to find property, geographical, recreational, locational information and more! To browse our map collection, go to our Map and Apps page.
Or alternatively you can search our collection straight from the frontpage. Just start typing in the 'Find Maps apps' search box and relevant items will appear within the drop down box.
To look for specific property information, go to the Map viewer and type in your property address. From here you can then turn on layers to show specific data. Find out more about this app here.
User Story
How we use Canterbury Maps?
Our geotechnical engineers and planners regularly make use of the online GIS mapping system to access key property information and for identifying consented activities. We also make use of the Canterbury Maps ESRI and LINZ data portals for data discovery and to obtain up-to-date data sets.
We also make use of the historical aerial photography web service to show ... read more ... view all our user stories. Submit one yourself?
Who are we?
The Canterbury Maps portal is a joint data-sharing initiative brought to you by Canterbury's regional and territorial authorities. Coordinated by the staff at Environment Canterbury, you will find data on this site from
- Environment Canterbury
- Kaikoura District Council
- Hurunui District Council
- Waimakariri District Council
- Christchurch City Council
- Selwyn District Council
- Ashburton District Council
- Waimate District Council
- Mackenzie District Council
- Timaru District Council
- Waitaki District Council.
Popular Maps
Consent Application Resources
Resources for consent applications in the Canterbury region.
Groundwater
Features and information relating to Groundwater quantity, quality and supply in the Canterbury Region.
Land & Property
Layers and features related to Land and Property Information
Grab our Data
All data is freely available to the public through our download service.
Download our map data, view our apps and explore the Canterbury region through our interactive map viewer(s).
Developers looking for mapping data can download our layers and API's by going to our Data page.
All data unless specifically stated is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License.
Feedback
Tell us what you think of our site, the tools on the site and anything else you want to tell us.
We are interested in your ideas and views to improve this site or it's tools and welcome your feedback.
You can either use the green feedback button the far right of this website or send us an email at
Go Mobile!
If you prefer to browse our maps on the go then download our Canterbury Maps phone app.
It is available on the Apple iTunes store for iPhones/iPads and also in Google Play for Android phones and tablets.
Find out more information by visiting our Mobile page.
Quick Tour?
Our quick tour gives you an overview of the features available on this site ranging from ...
the home page, maps & apps gallery, map viewer(s) and the data download service.