Historical Aerial Photography Boundaries for Western Australia

Western Australia's Landgate provides boundaries and metadata for historical aerial photography projects. The imagery coverage spans from 1948 to the present day, capturing a large portion of the state. Some projects remain uncatalogued.

Use Cases

• Map historical land cover change by analyzing photography boundary extents over time
• Georeference uncatalogued imagery using project metadata for spatial alignment
• Build a spatial index of available aerial photography for Western Australia using boundary polygons

Strengths

• Imagery coverage spans over 70 years, from 1948 to present
• Covers a large portion of Western Australia
• Provided by the authoritative state land information authority, Landgate

Limitations

• Some projects are noted as not yet catalogued, indicating incomplete metadata
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessment
• Access requires handling web service formats like WFS and WMS

Provenance

Source

Landgate (Western Australian Land Information Authority)

Collection Method

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Time Range

1948 to present

Freshness

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Geography

Western Australia