Aerial Photographs

Aerial Photographs are another useful tool in determining past land use. By aerial photo interpretation, one can determine past land uses, including details such as stored lumber, piles of fill and service station pump islands.

The aerial photos are ordered from the Geographic Information Centre (GIC) at UBC.
Information and current costs can be found here.

While I cannot speed up the delivery of the aerial photos, what I will do is be the facilitator by ordering (and returning aerials) and digitizing the aerials.

Details:

  • Aerial Photos will be scanned at 600 dpi, unless requested otherwise
  • Usually completed in 3-4 business days (if ordered before 12 pm)
  • Digitized photos are sent via a secure Dropbox link

The costs for this service are:

  • The GIC Costs (click here for a pdf of current costs)
  • Typical GIC cost (including shipping) for a small site is roughly $125
  • Digitization fee of $50 for a small site (approximately 20 photos)
  • Surcharge of $50 for 1200 dpi resolution
  • GST is applied to the above costs.