Aerial Photos

SMO undertakes colour aerial photography periodically at different altitudes. SMO also undertakes false colour infrared aerial photography and oblique aerial photography occasionally upon requests. Copies of these aerial photos in the form of duplicate and enlargement are obtainable on order. Enlargement of most aerial photos can be made to the maximum of 8 times depending on the quality of the images.

SMO maintains two Aerial Photo Libraries for inspection of aerial photos by the public. They are located at the headquarters at 23/F, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, Hong Kong and at District Survey Office/Kowloon at 10/F, Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building, 250 Shanghai Street, Kowloon. Digital images of aerial photos are also available for viewing at kiosks of the Map and Aerial Photo Retrieval System at all SMO Map Sales Centres.

SMO keeps aerial photos from 1924 to the present. Members of the public are welcome to visit the Libraries or Map Sales Centres to search and/or place order for the aerial photos they want.

Black and White - Vertical Photo size: 250 x 250 mm	Black and White - Oblique Photo size: 250 x 250 mm
Colour - Vertical Photo size: 250 x 250 mm	Colour - Oblique Photo size: 250 x 250 mm

Price of Aerial Photos - Paper (PDF Format)

Digital Aerial Photos (DAP)

Digital Aerial Photos were produced from original aerial films (taken by Lands Department in Year 1963 and thereafter) by means of high-precision photogrammetric scanner at a resolution of 1,800dpi or better. Digital Aerial Photo is suitable for photogrammetric measurement. In purchasing the Digital Aerial Photo, relevant camera calibration report, if applicable would be provided correspondingly.

The Digital Aerial Photo is provided in TIFF Format and the delivering media is DVD. The file size of Black & White and Colour aerial photo images is about 300MB and 1.1GB respectively.

Black and White - Vertical (Full Frame)	Black and White - Vertical (Portion)
Colour - Vertical (Full Frame)	Colour - Vertical (Portion)

Price of Digital Aerial Photo (PDF Format)

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