Aerial Photographs - what do we provide?

We specialise in all aspects of aerial photography from creation to application, including hard copy photographs. This includes digital aerial pictures as well as aerial prints, both framed or unframed.

Our aerial photographs make great gifts, and they're especially useful for people who have everything! You can buy an aerial photograph of your street, the place you got married or even that memorable UK holiday destination. Also available are large format photographic prints of locations, ranging from A4 to A2 size. Plus each week there's a Map of the Week, which show different aerial images from around the UK.

Aerial Photography - how it works

Our aim is to create and maintain a full set of map-accurate aerial photographs of the UK at affordable prices. The dataset is a complete, colour, digital aerial survey.

The initial aerial coverage has been at a nominal scale of 1:10,000 and is digitally scanned at 25cm resolution, so that details such as trees, buildings, fences, houses, gardens and even footpaths can be identified.

It's important that the UK database is current, so we're constantly updating our aerial data. On days when the climate is right, we continue our photographic work under a regular re-flying programme.

Digital Aerial Photos & Pictures

If you need a digital aerial photo for a private project or a work-related activity, then you can buy digital aerial pictures and download them direct to your PC.

We can provide detailed digital aerial photos ready to download in minutes, covering areas up to 2km x 2km. Plus we recently launched ultra-detailed aerial photography of selected cities.

About Getmapping

Getmapping plc is the UK's leading supplier of aerial photography to the public and private sectors. Established in November 1998 by Tristram Cary and Joe Studholme, the company was set up to produce and market the first ever complete, seamless aerial photographic image of the UK - The Millennium Map.