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Aerial and satellite imagery data for France

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

IGN's BD ORTHO provides nationwide 20 cm colour and infrared orthoimagery from triennial flights, and BD ORTHO Historique covers the 1950s–1995, both under Licence Ouverte 2.0.

Best open GSD
0.2 m
Latest capture
1995
Datasets
2 · 2 open · 2 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

Datasets 2

Free is not the same as open. Cost is what you pay to get the data; the licence says what you may do with it. How cost and licence are defined

  • BD ORTHO (opens in a new tab)

    Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN)

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGB+NIR
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Metropolitan France and overseas departments, triennial acquisition
    Licence
    Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    JPEG2000, WMTS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • BD ORTHO Historique (opens in a new tab)

    Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN)

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    –
    Bands
    –
    Acquired
    1950s–1995
    Coverage
    France, archive orthoimages
    Licence
    Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    JPEG2000, WMTS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe