Ordering Air Photo Products

Do you have your legal land description?

The most important piece of information required to access any land location is the legal land description of the area you would like to cover. Legal land descriptions are determined from the Alberta Township Survey (ATS). For details on the ATS and legal land descriptions, see:

• Legal Land Descriptions

If the legal land description is unknown, visit:

• BaseLoc
  • ATS LSD UTM mapper
    
    A free mapping tool that allows conversion between the Alberta Township System legal subdivision (ATS LSD), Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and latitude and longitude coordinate systems.

Do you have your air photo product type?

The type of air photo products and their intended use will also assist in processing of the order. To view a list of the air photo products offered by Air Photo Distribution, see:

• Air Photo Products

Have you searched the Aerial Photo Record System (APRS)?

Search online using our external Aerial Photo Record System (APRS) website. APRS is the database program that is used to find photographic projects covering a specific section or a group/block of sections. Block searches are not as accurate as section searches.

To complete a search:

• Enter the legal description starting with the Section and followed by the Township, Range and Meridian.
• Only use the numerical values of a legal description separated by dashes. Example: 34-50-23-4.
• A list of projects will appear with links to flight index maps.
• Click on the project number to view/download the flight index map.
• Locate your legal on the flight index map and select the dot (represents photo centre) closest to your site/location. In most cases, only every fifth dot is identified on the index map, the intermediate dots/photo centres are not numbered but are photo centres as well.
• On some flight index maps the intermediate photo centres are not shown and must be interpolated.
• Determine the roll number (usually located in the legend block or at the beginning or end of the flight lines or on the flight line). The roll number has prefix of 2-4 characters, e.g. “AS, TRSG, ED".
• For more information, please read the “README File" contained in the “zipped file" appearing with each flight index map.

Hours of operation

APRS is available from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily.

• Search the Aerial Photo Record System (APRS)
  
  Enter the website by using the following username and password.
  
  User: guest
  Password: guest

Ordering from the Air Photo Distribution Office

The best way to order aerial photograph products is to visit Air Photo Distribution in Edmonton. Our staff can show you the photographs that are available.

If you cannot visit the Edmonton office, call or email Air Photo Distribution:

Phone: 780-427-3520
E-mail: air.photo@gov.ab.ca

Air Photo Distribution Order Forms

Right mouse click on the listed links and select Save As to save order forms to your hard drive. Clicking on the links will open the form within your browser.

• Air Photo Distribution Order Form
  • MS Word version

Payment

All photo products are custom made and must be prepaid. Phone, e-mail or fax orders can be charged to your credit card.

Payment may be made by Visa, MasterCard, or cheque (payable to the Minister of Finance). You can call toll-free in Alberta by contacting the Government of Alberta at 310-0000, request (780) 427-3520.