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Appendix 1: sources of aerial photography

Bob Bewley, Danny Donoghue, Vince Gaffney, Martijn van Leusen, Alicia Wise (1998). Revised by Bob Bewley and Kieron Niven, Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity (2011), Guides to Good Practice

(Aerial Photography (Vertical only) sources arranged alphabetically by country).

Austria (Österreich)

An archive of aerial photographs of archaeological sites is available from the Aerial Archive at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory (Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte) at the University of Vienna. Contact Michael Doneus at Michael.Doneus@univie.ac.at for more information.

Canada

GeoConnections Discovery Portal — formerly Canadian Earth Observation Network (CEONET). Offers a very large website with a variety of data archives and spatial databases. Aerial photography has been collected from a wide variety of agencies and companies in Canada and beyond.

Slovenia (Slovenija)

There is an extensive archive of aerial photographs covering the Republic of Slovenia. 1:20,000 vertical photographs can be obtained from the Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy (Ministrstvo za Okolje, Prostor in Energijo), and newer 1:17,500 (and larger) photographs are also available.

United Kingdom

National aerial photography coverage for the UK is available from the following organisations. If they do not have what you’re looking for, they can probably point you in the right direction:

England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
English Heritage
English Heritage National Monuments Record
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ
UK
Ordnance Survey
Colby House
Stranmillis Court
Belfast
BT9 5BJ
UK
RCAHMS
John Sinclair House
16 Bernard Terrace
Edinburgh
EH8 9NX
UK
Welsh OfficeRegister of Air Photographs
Planning 9
Room G-003, Crown Offices
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF1 3NQ
UK
RCAHMW
Plas Crug
Aberystwyth
SY23 1NJ
UK