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Aerial and satellite imagery data for Italy

Partial open imagery Open orthophotos or high-resolution imagery exist, but only for limited areas such as regions or cities.

Open orthophotography in Italy is regional. Bolzano/Bozen publishes an orthophoto series up to 2023 at 20 cm, Emilia-Romagna publishes RER2022 RGB and NIR orthophotos at 20 cm, and Puglia publishes 15 cm imagery for its southern provinces, all CC BY 4.0 or CC0 via dati.gov.it. No open national orthophoto download was confirmed.

Best open GSD
0.15 m
Latest capture
2023
Datasets
3 · 3 open · 3 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

By state, province or region

Imagery status by subnational area in Italy
Area Status Summary Datasets
Emilia-Romagna Partial open imagery RER2022 and later LiDAR-photogrammetric campaigns provide 0.5 m DTMs and 20 cm orthophotos for priority areas, plus coastal LiDAR from 2004, 2010 and 2019, CC BY 4.0. Ortofoto RER2022 (RGB and NIR)
Bolzano/Bozen (South Tyrol) National open imagery The autonomous province publishes 2.5 m province-wide DTM/DSM, 0.5 m models for settlement areas, and LiDAR point-cloud coverages under CC0. Ortofoto 2023
Puglia Partial open imagery PST river and coastal LiDAR (1 m DTM) is available nationally; 15 cm orthophotos cover Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto. Ortofoto 2015 (Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto)

Datasets 3

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

  • Ortofoto 2023 (opens in a new tab)

    Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    –
    Acquired
    2023 (series from 1999)
    Coverage
    South Tyrol
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    API
    Formats
    WMS, WMTS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Ortofoto RER2022 (RGB and NIR) (opens in a new tab)

    Regione Emilia-Romagna

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    GSD
    0.2 m
    Bands
    RGB and NIR
    Acquired
    2022–2023
    Coverage
    RER2022 pilot areas
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    API
    Formats
    WMS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe