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Aerial and satellite imagery data for Germany

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

All Länder confirmed here publish 20 cm digital orthophotos (mostly four-band RGBI TrueDOP) as open data, and North Rhine-Westphalia publishes 10 cm RGBI DOP10 under dl-de/zero-2.0.

Best open GSD
0.1 m
Latest capture
2025
Datasets
14 · 14 open · 14 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

By state, province or region

Imagery status by subnational area in Germany
Area Status Summary Datasets
Baden-Württemberg National open imagery LGL publishes DGM1, DOM1 and ALS laser scan products as Open GeoData under dl-de/by-2.0. ATKIS Digitale Orthophotos DOP20 (RGB, CIR)
Bayern National open imagery The Bavarian survey administration publishes DGM1 for all of Bavaria and a 20 cm image-based DOM under CC BY 4.0. Digitales Orthophoto 20 cm – Bayern
Berlin National open imagery Berlin publishes primary ALS point clouds and DGM under dl-de/zero-2.0. Digitale farbige (True)Orthophotos 2025 (DOP20RGBI)
Brandenburg National open imagery LGB publishes Brandenburg laser scan data (LAZ) and 1 m DGM under dl-de/by-2.0. Digitale Orthophotos – DOP20 (TrueDOP)
Bremen None known DGM1 for Bremen (2017) and Bremerhaven (2015) is published under CC BY 4.0. –
Hamburg National open imagery Hamburg publishes a 1 m DGM from its 2010, 2020 and 2022 state-wide laser scans under dl-de/by-2.0. Luftbilder Hamburg – DOP Zeitreihe (belaubt / unbelaubt)
Hessen National open imagery HVBG publishes ATKIS DGM1 and DOP20 under dl-de/zero-2.0. ATKIS DOP20 Hessen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Partial open imagery LAiV M-V offers OpenData-Geobasisdaten under CC BY 4.0 via its download portal; the exact elevation products included were not confirmed. OpenData-Geobasisdaten M-V (Geländemodelle, Orthophotos)
Niedersachsen National open imagery LGLN publishes DGM1 as Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF with a STAC API as open geodata. Digitales Orthophoto (DOP) Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen National open imagery Geobasis NRW publishes classified ALS point clouds (4–10 pts/m²), DGM1 and DOM1 under dl-de/zero-2.0. Digitale Orthophotos NRW (DOP10)
Rheinland-Pfalz National open imagery LVermGeo RP publishes the laser-derived ATKIS DGM1 under dl-de/by-2.0. ATKIS DOP20RGBI RP
Saarland National open imagery No open LiDAR-derived elevation model for Saarland was confirmed; DOP20 imagery is published under dl-de/by-2.0. ATKIS DOP20 (2020) Saarland
Sachsen National open imagery GeoSN publishes classified laser scan point clouds (LAZ) and DGM under dl-de/by-2.0. Digitale Orthophotos (DOP) Sachsen
Sachsen-Anhalt National open imagery LVermGeo publishes a state-wide ALS-derived DGM1 under dl-de/by-2.0. ATKIS-DOP20 Sachsen-Anhalt (TrueDOP)
Schleswig-Holstein National open imagery DGM1 from 3–4 pts/m² airborne laser scanning is published under CC BY 4.0. Digitale Orthophotos (DOP20) Schleswig-Holstein
Thüringen None known TLBG offers height data downloads as open geodata (CC BY 4.0 per GDI-DE metadata). –

Datasets 14

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

  • Digitale Orthophotos NRW (DOP10) (opens in a new tab)

    Bezirksregierung Köln, Geobasis NRW

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    0.1 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    All of North Rhine-Westphalia, renewed on a two-year cycle
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    JPEG2000
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • ATKIS Digitale Orthophotos DOP20 (RGB, CIR) (opens in a new tab)

    LGL Baden-Württemberg

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Baden-Württemberg; historical DOP WMS from the 1950s
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • ATKIS DOP20 (2020) Saarland (opens in a new tab)

    Landesamt für Vermessung, Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Saarland

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    2020
    Coverage
    Saarland
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • ATKIS DOP20 Hessen (opens in a new tab)

    HVBG

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    All of Hessen
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • ATKIS DOP20RGBI RP (opens in a new tab)

    Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Rheinland-Pfalz
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • ATKIS-DOP20 Sachsen-Anhalt (TrueDOP) (opens in a new tab)

    LVermGeo Sachsen-Anhalt

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Sachsen-Anhalt
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Digitale farbige (True)Orthophotos 2025 (DOP20RGBI) (opens in a new tab)

    Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen Berlin

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Historical aerial
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    2004–2025
    Coverage
    Whole of Berlin in 2 km × 2 km tiles; annual series back to 2004
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Digitales Orthophoto 20 cm – Bayern (opens in a new tab)

    Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    All of Bavaria, north and south flown alternately on a two-year cycle
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Digitale Orthophotos (DOP) Sachsen (opens in a new tab)

    GeoSN

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    –
    Bands
    RGBI
    Acquired
    2016–2025
    Coverage
    Freistaat Sachsen, annual series 2016–2025
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe