Satellite data search
Here is how organisations can access and use satellite imagery for their own research, monitoring, and reporting purposes.
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Organisations can use the national imagery datasets (primarily from satellite) for:
- land management
- infrastructure planning
- emergency management
- forest-age assessment
- land-cover mapping
- gap-filling aerial photography.
Licensing restrictions vary. Please refer to each dataset description below for details.
“All-of-Government” licensing terms restrict access to central, regional and local governments, universities, and crown research institutes. Controlled access may be granted to contractors of these government bodies on a per-project basis.
Any applicable terms of use and end user license agreements must be signed and strictly adhered to.
Note: The Ministry’s ArcGIS Online site provides public streaming options for Creative Commons datasets.
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 2 October 2024 to 1 April 2025
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x TIF (cloud-optimised)
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 23 October 2024 to 29 March 2025
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x TIF (cloud-optimised)
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 3 October 2023 to 1 April 2024
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x TIF (cloud-optimised)
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 14 September 2023 to 18 April 2024
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x TIF (cloud-optimised)
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2022 to 28 February 2023
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 11 October 2022 to 28 February 2023
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 03 October 2021 to 01 April 2022
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 16 October 2021 to 28 March 2022
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 04 October 2020 to 08 March 2021
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 06 October 2020 to 06 February 2021
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2019 to 01 April 2020
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 25 October 2019 to 02 February 2020
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020 for Sentinel data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2018 to 01 April 2019
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 10 October 2018 to 31 March 2019
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2017 to 31 March 2018
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 25 October 2017 to 22 February 2018
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 04 October 2016 to 16 March 2017
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 21 December 2016 to 02 February 2017
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 02 October 2015 to 28 March 2016
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 18 November 2015 to 17 March 2016
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 04 October 2014 to 26 March 2015
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Natural Colour (RGB)
Resolution: 1.5m
Capture date range: 26 October 2012 to 01 April 2014
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 450 x geoTIFF (1:50,000 tiles)
Licensing: NZ Organisations - Airbus DS
Download: Email Airbus Defence and Space (Australia)
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 04 November 2013 to 28 February 2014
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2010 to 15 March 2013
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 03 October 2012 to 01 March 2013
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 04 October 2011 to 29 February 2012
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 21 January 2012
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 02 October 2010 to 24 March 2011
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 4 x IMG
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download:Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 22m
Capture date range: 22 December 2009 to 06 May 2010
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x geoTIFF
Licensing: NZ Crown-only - DMC International
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Natural Colour (RGB)
Resolution: 2.5m [synthetic blue band]
Capture date range: 18 January 2008 to 21 June 2009
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 422 x geoTIFF (1:50,000 tiles)
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 11 September 2008 to 13 October 2008
Projection: CITM2000
File format: 1 x IMG
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 10m
Capture date range: 03 November 2006 to 11 April 2008
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 29 September 1999 to 24 February 2003
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]
Type: Multispectral
Resolution: 15m
Capture date range: 14 November 1988 to 24 February 1993
Projection: NZTM2000
File format: 2 x IMG
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey
Stream: 3-band Raster Tile Cache (NIR, SWIR, Red)
Download: Email the LUCAS team
More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]