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Aerial and satellite imagery data for Belgium

National open imagery Openly licensed aerial orthophotography at 1 m or finer covers about 70% or more of the land area.

Both large regions publish complete, regularly refreshed orthophoto coverage. Flanders publishes annual winter mosaics covering Flanders and Brussels, plus 10 cm imagery captured with DHMV II, under the free-reuse model licence. Wallonia publishes annual 25 cm RGB and near-infrared mosaics under CC BY 4.0.

Best open GSD
0.1 m
Latest capture
2026
Datasets
3 · 3 open · 3 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

By state, province or region

Imagery status by subnational area in Belgium
Area Status Summary Datasets
Flanders National open imagery DHMV II LiDAR (2013–2015) gives region-wide 1 m DTM/DSM free under the Flemish model licence; annual orthophotos. Orthofotomozaïek, grootschalig, winteropnamen, kleur, 2013-2015, Vlaanderen , Orthofotomozaïek, middenschalig, winteropnamen, kleur, meest recent, Vlaanderen
Wallonia National open imagery Two region-wide LiDAR campaigns (2013–2014, 2020–2022) with 1 m DTM/DSM and annual 25 cm orthophotos, CC BY 4.0. Orthophotos de la Wallonie (annual series)
Brussels-Capital Region National open imagery Airborne LiDAR point cloud (2021) downloadable as LAS under CC BY 4.0; Flemish orthophoto mosaics include Brussels. Orthofotomozaïek, middenschalig, winteropnamen, kleur, meest recent, Vlaanderen

Datasets 3

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