Canterbury Imagery 1955 - 1959

Aerial imagery of the greater Canterbury area taken between 1955 and 1959

Created by: canterburymaps
Last updated: Friday, April 19, 2024

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Description

Aerial imagery of the greater Canterbury area taken between 1955 and 1959.

The NZAM images in this collection have been provided NZAM Napier and scanned from original mosaics by CCC into high resolution .tif files. Some of the images have degraded over time prior to scanning and contain defects such as scratches and burn marks.

The LINZ images  in this collection have been sourced from the Crown archive at NZAM Napier and scanned into high resolution .tif files. Some of the images have degraded over time prior to scanning and contain defects such as scratches and burn marks. 

These images have been manually georeferenced and have a yet to be determined spatial accuracy. This imagery is not suitable for taking distance measurements.

NZAM surveys are copyrighted and the LINZ surveys are available under creative commons  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/

Where can I download these images?

Visit the Historic Imagery Register (HIR) or visit RetroLens. You may also find additional images in RetroLens which are not available on Canterbury Maps.

Map Credits

NZAM, Environment Canterbury

Access and Use Constraints

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