The New Zealand Imagery dataset consists of New Zealand's publicly owned aerial and satellite imagery, which is freely available to use under an open licence. The dataset ranges from the latest high-resolution aerial imagery down to 5cm in some urban areas to lower resolution satellite imagery that provides full coverage of mainland New Zealand, Chathams and other offshore islands. It also includes historical imagery that has been scanned from film, orthorectified (removing distortions) and georeferenced (correctly positioned) to create a unique and crucial record of changes to the New Zealand landscape.
All of the imagery files are Cloud Optimised GeoTIFFs using lossless WEBP compression for the main image and lossy WEBP compression for the overviews. These image files are accompanied by STAC metadata. The imagery is organised by region and survey.

This dataset provides a seamless cloud-free 10m resolution satellite imagery layer of the New Zealand mainland and offshore islands.

The imagery was captured by the European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellites between September 2023 - April 2024.

Data comprises: • 450 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:50000 tile layout. • Satellite sensors: ESA Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B • Acquisition dates: September 2023 - April 2024 • Spectral resolution: R, G, B • Spatial resolution: 10 meters • Radiometric resolution: 8-bits (downsampled from 12-bits)

This is a visual product only. The data has been downsampled from 12-bits to 8-bits, and the original values of the images have been modified for visualisation purposes.

If you require the 12-bit imagery (R, G, B, NIR bands), send your request to imagery@linz.govt.nz

An aerial imagery basemap of New Zealand in Web Mercator (WGS 1984) using the latest quality data from Land Information New Zealand.Add the map service directly to your ArcGIS Online map, or copy the Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) URL below for use in the desktop.This basemap is also available in NZTM from: https://linz.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39cf07ebf8a2413696d8fd4d80570b84 The LINZ Aerial Imagery Basemap details New Zealand in high resolution - from a nationwide view all the way down to individual buildings.This basemap combines the latest high-resolution aerial imagery down to 5cm in urban areas and 10m satellite imagery to provide full coverage of mainland New Zealand, Chathams and other offshore islands.LINZ Basemaps are powered by data from the LINZ Data Service and other authoritative open data sources, providing you with a basemap that is free to use under an open licence.A XYZ tile API (Web Mercator only) is also available for use in web and mobile applications.See more information or provide your feedback at https://basemaps.linz.govt.nz/.For attribution requirements and data sources see: https://www.linz.govt.nz/data/linz-data/linz-basemaps/data-attribution.

This Layer shows the Metadata of the sources of the New Zealand Imagery Map. The coverage of the high resolution imagery exceeds 95% of New Zealand. MetadataClick on the map to see the Imagery used for that location. Where available the metadata will give information about the source, resolution, spatial accuracy, flying season and year of capture.About the NZ Imagery mapThe New Zealand Imagery map is created by Eagle Technology and uses the best available publicly owned high resolution imagery.The map combines high resolution imagery (0.075m - 1.25m) that covers around 95% of New Zealand with the New Zealand 10m Aerial Imagery. The 10m imagery is used for the smaller scales for a more consistent map and for areas where no high resolution imagery is available. This map is updated regularly with the latest high resolution imagery.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us know at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

CurrencyThis basemap is updated as new Imagery data is availableThis map contains two layers, more information on the layers can be found here:NZ ImageryNZ Hybrid ReferenceProjectionNew Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000).Scale/zoom levels:Available scale levelsLevel 0 - 23 (1:591,657,527 - 1:70)About NZ ImageryThe New Zealand Imagery map is created by Eagle Technology and uses the best available publicly owned high resolution imagery.The map combines high resolution imagery (0.075m - 1.25m) that covers around 95% of New Zealand with the New Zealand 10m Aerial Imagery. The 10m imagery is used for the smaller scales for a more consistent map and for areas where no high resolution imagery is available. This map is updated regularly with the latest high resolution imagery.A layer with the imagery footprints and metadata is available here.About NZ Hybrid ReferenceThis vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer for New Zealand in the NZ Transverse Mercator projection. The style is based on the Esri World Hybrid Imagery style. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display. This map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, and administrative boundaries for added context.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us know at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

The NZ Imagery Survey Index dataset provides an index to all orthophoto index tiles found on the LINZ Data Service. Each record in the dataset provides both a geometry of the maximum extent of the orthophoto index, as well as all attributes found in each index tile. This dataset therefore provides information to assess orthophoto coverage and metadata across the entire country.

Please refer to the NZ Aerial Surveys Data Dictionary for detailed metadata and information about this dataset.

The imagery data referenced by this dataset is available on the LINZ Data Service.

Orthophotography over the Waikato Region captured over three flying seasons (summer periods) 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. The area of capture is located within the upper North Island and encompasses all or part of 11 territorial authorities. It also includes parts of Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Whanganui.

Imagery was captured for the ‘Waikato Regional Aerial Photography Service (WRAPS) 2017 - 2019 ’ by Aerial Surveys Ltd, Unit A1, 8 Saturn Place, Albany,0632, New Zealand.

Data comprises: •3668 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5,000 tile layout •Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the supplied tile layout shape file for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 30cm pixel resolution (0.30 m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ±0.5 m @ 95% confidence level.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Waikato 0.3m Rural Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2016-2019)

CurrencyThis basemap is updated as new Imagery data is availableProjectionNew Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000).Scale/zoom levels:Available scale levelsLevel 0 - 23 (1:591,657,527 - 1:70)Cached scale levelsDepending on the available source imagery.For 1m resolution and higher source imagery: Level 0 - 21 (1:591,657,527 - 1:282)For lower resolution source imagery: Level 0 - 19 (1:591,657,527 - 1:1128)Resampled scale levelsResampling is being used for the levels that aren't cached.AboutThe New Zealand Imagery map is created by Eagle Technology and uses the best available publicly owned high resolution imagery.The map combines high resolution imagery (0.075m - 1.25m) that covers around 95% of New Zealand with the New Zealand 10m Aerial Imagery. The 10m imagery is used for the smaller scales for a more consistent map and for areas where no high resolution imagery is available. This map is updated regularly with the latest high resolution imagery.A layer with the imagery footprints and metadata is available here.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us know at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

See layer for more informationProjection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000).Scale/zoom levels:Available scale levelsLevel 0 - 23 (1:591,657,527 - 1:70)Cached scale levelsDepending on the available source imagery.For 1m resolution and higher source imagery: Level 0 - 21 (1:591,657,527 - 1:282)For lower resolution source imagery: Level 0 - 19 (1:591,657,527 - 1:1128)Resampled scale levelsResampling is being used for the levels that aren't cached.AboutThe New Zealand Imagery map is created by Eagle Technology and uses the best available publicly owned high resolution imagery.The map combines high resolution imagery (0.075m - 1.25m) that covers around 95% of New Zealand with the New Zealand 10m Aerial Imagery. The 10m imagery is used for the smaller scales for a more consistent map and for areas where no high resolution imagery is available. This map is updated regularly with the latest high resolution imagery.A layer with the imagery footprints and metadata is available here.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us know at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

Orthophotography within the Bay of Plenty Region captured in the flying season of 2022-2023.

Imagery was captured for BOPLASS Limited by Woolpert NZ Ltd (formerly AAM NZ Ltd), 6 Ossian St, Napier, New Zealand.

Data comprises: • 2684 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:1000 tile layout. • Tile layout in NZTM projection containing relevant information.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Please refer to the tile index layer for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 10cm pixel resolution (0.1m GSD), 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The final spatial accuracy is ±0.25 at 95% confidence level in clear flat areas.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer Bay of Plenty 0.1m Urban Aerial Photos Index Tiles (2022-2023)

INDEX ONLY: These footprints are the index for the 'Sentinel2 2024 Mainland NZ' mosaic. It has been provided to enable users to explore coverage and capture dates of the component imagery. To enquire about ordering the imagery itself, please e-mail lucas[at]mfe.govt.nz. Some imagery is available to stream at https://mfe.maps.arcgis.com/home/gallery.html?sortField=relevance&sortOrder=desc&categories=%2FCategories%2FImagery.

This imagery is 10m, ten-band multispectral 1 (“B2” 490nm), 2 (“B3” 560nm), 3 (“B4” 665nm), 4 (“B5” 705nm), 5 (“B6” 740nm), 6 (“B7” 783nm), 7 (“B8” 842nm), 8 (“B8a” 865nm), 9 (“B11” 1610nm), 10 (“B12” 2190nm), cloud-minimised mosaics of Sentinel 2A and 2B satellite tiles over mainland New Zealand made from scenes captured late-2023/early-2024.

Note: Metadata relates to the mosaicked imagery. This layer has been provided to enable users to explore coverage and capture dates of the imagery. To enquire about ordering the imagery, please e-mail lucas[at]mfe.govt.nz.

This imagery is 15m, six-band multispectral, cloud-minimised mosaics of Landsat 4 satellite scenes over mainland New Zealand captured from late-1988 to early-1993.

This imagery was captured by the European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellites between the 18th-21st February 2023 NZDT. Published here as a part of the response to the severe weather emergency event of Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023. Timing of this imagery capture was after the worst of the flooding.

Data comprises: • 242 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZTM projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:50000 tile layout. • Satellite sensors: ESA Sentinel-2A • Spectral resolution: R, G, B • Spatial resolution: 10 meters • Radiometric resolution: 8-bits (downsampled from 12-bits)

This is a visual product only. The data has been downsampled from 12-bits to 8-bits, and the original values of the images have been modified for visualisation purposes.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection.

Index tiles for this dataset are available as layer North Island 10m Cyclone Gabrielle Satellite Imagery Index Tiles (2023)"

Effective land use management is crucial for balancing development against environmental sustainability, preservation of biodiversity, and resilience to climate change impacts. Despite this, there is a notable scarcity of comprehensive aerial imagery datasets for refining and improving machine learning frameworks to better inform policy making. In this paper, we introduce a substantial aerial imagery dataset from New Zealand curated for the Waikato region, spanning 25,000 km\(^2\), specifically to address this gap and empower global research efforts. The dataset comprises of a main set, containing more than 140,000 images, with three supplementary sets. Each image in the main dataset is annotated with 33 fine-grained, multi-labeled classes and approximate segmentation masks of the classes, and the three supplementary datasets cover spatially coincident satellite imagery and aerial imagery five years prior and five years later from the main dataset.

This map contains two layers, more information on the layers can be found here:NZ ImageryNZ Hybrid ReferenceProjectionNew Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000).Scale/zoom levels:Available scale levelsLevel 0 - 23 (1:591,657,527 - 1:70)About NZ ImageryThe New Zealand Imagery map is created by Eagle Technology and uses the best available publicly owned high resolution imagery.The map combines high resolution imagery (0.075m - 1.25m) that covers around 95% of New Zealand with the New Zealand 10m Aerial Imagery. The 10m imagery is used for the smaller scales for a more consistent map and for areas where no high resolution imagery is available. This map is updated regularly with the latest high resolution imagery.A layer with the imagery footprints and metadata is available here.About NZ Hybrid ReferenceThis vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer for New Zealand in the NZ Transverse Mercator projection. The style is based on the Esri World Hybrid Imagery style. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display. This map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, and administrative boundaries for added context.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us know at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

This dataset is a supplementary dataset to https://zenodo.org/records/11484867. The images in this dataset are spatially coincident, taken ~5 years after the referenced dataset. Below is the description of the referenced dataset

Effective land use management is crucial for balancing the development against environmental sustainability, preservation of biodiversity and resilience to climate change impacts. Despite this, there is a notable scarcity of comprehensive aerial imagery datasets for refining and improving machine learning frameworks for informed policy making. In this paper, we introduce a substantial aerial imagery dataset from New Zealand curated for the Waikato region spanning 25,000 km^2, specifically to address this gap and empower global research efforts. The dataset comprises of a main set, containing more than 140,000 images, with 3 supplementary sets. Each image is annotated with 33 fine-grained, multi-labelled classes and approximate segmentation masks of the classes, with 3 supplementary datasets covering spatially coincident satellite imagery and aerial imagery 5 years prior and 5 years later from the main dataset.

Note: Metadata relates to the mosaicked imagery. This layer has been provided to enable users to explore coverage and capture dates of the imagery. To enquire about ordering the imagery, please e-mail lucas[at]mfe.govt.nz.

This imagery is a 15m, six-band multispectral, cloud-minimised mosaic of Landsat 8 satellite scenes over mainland New Zealand made from scenes captured late-2015/early-2016.

Orthophotography within the Bay of Plenty Region taken in the flying season (summer period) 2018-2019. Coverage encompassed the urban areas within the Bay of Plenty Region.

Imagery was captured for BOP Councils by AAM NZ Limited.

The supplied imagery is in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) map projection. Imagery supplied as 10cm pixel resolution (0.10m GSD), 3-band (RGB). The final spatial accuracy is ±0.2 m @ 95% confidence level.

Context

Maungataketake (Ellett’s Mountain) was a volcanic cone on the shore of the Manukau Harbour, Mangere, New Zealand. In the second half of the twentieth century the mountain was quarried away. Maungataketake was a terraced Māori Pā, and archaeological excavations (only now in the process of being published) were undertaken there between 1972 and 1975, and in 1982, prior to its complete destruction. There is aerial imagery of the mountain available that depicts the mountain prior to quarrying. With these data a 3D model of the site was made using photogrammetry, which was also used to create a digital surface model (DSM) and contour map of the mountain. The resulting data is provided here and is aimed for further geospatial applications. In addition, the resolution of the provided DSM has analogues for the wider region and therefore could be incorporated to represent the landscape pre-destruction. Further to this a representation of the 3D model may be found on SketchFab.

Method

The photogrammetry model was created in Agisoft Metashape version 1.5.4. Ten aerial images were used of Maungataketake and the surrounding area, captured on 19^th August 1960. These images were downloaded from http://retrolens.co.nz and are licensed by LINZ CC-BY 3.0. The model was aligned and the spare point cloud filtered by gradual selection with the following parameters: projection error = 0.2; reconstruction uncertainty = 10; projection accuracy = 2.5. The dense cloud was processed with depth maps of ultra high quality and aggressive filtering. The resulting points cloud was edited to remove outlying points and processed into a 3D model.

The resulting 3D model was manually edited to remove faces representing trees on Maungataketake only, but not the surrounding area. This was done as to obtain representative surface contours of the mountain. The model was georeferenced by the identification of points on the landscape present on the 1960 composite image and contemporary satellite imagery. A 0.5 m DSM and contours at 1 m resolution were calculated of Maungataketake.

Contents of dataset

• A geodatabase with:
  • Control points used for georectification
  • 1 m contours without elevation of Maungataketake
  • 1 m contours with elevation of Maungataketake
  • 0.5 m composite aerial image
  • 0.5 m DSM of area covering control points
  • 0.5 m DSM of Maungataketake
• Aerial photographs Crown_583-1924_22-26, Crown_583_1925_22-26
• Licence for aerial photographs from http://retrolens.co.nz
• Attributes of aerial photographs

Index Tiles ONLY, for actual orthophotos see layer NZ Nearshore Islands 0.5m Satellite Imagery (2010-2021)

Satellite Imagery of some of Aotearoa New Zealand's nearshore islands which do not have aerial imagery coverage. The imagery was captured between 2010 and 2021 and encompasses Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, Poor Knights Islands, Hen and Chickens Islands, Karewa Island, Taumaihi Island, Motunau / Plate Island, Motuhaku Island / Schooner Rocks, Solander Island / Hautere, Little Solander Island, Rarotoka Island, Escape Reefs, Dog Island and Ruapuke Island and its surrounding islands.

Imagery was captured for Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand by Maxar, Inc.

Data comprises: • 78 ortho-rectified RGB GeoTIFF images in NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 projection, tiled into the LINZ Standard 1:5000 tile layout • Tile layout in NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 projection containing relevant information.

Please refer to the tile index layer for specific details, naming conventions, etc.

Imagery supplied as 50cm pixel resolution, 3-band (RGB) uncompressed GeoTIFF. The spatial accuracy is <8.5m at 90% confidence