BASIC INFORMATION

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Orthophoto 1957
Albania (ALB)

Orthophoto produced from the 1957 photogram, which covers part of the Western Lowlands of Albania and the city of Korça. This orthophoto was produced in GEOTIFF format and in the Geodetic Reference System (KRGJSH), based on the provisions of the Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 669, dated 07/08/2013, as amended. The orthophoto product is in panchromatic format (black and white). The orthophoto was produced from scanned images of aerial photographs. The pixel size is 70 cm. The original image of the orthoimage is in Geotiff format. Semi-automatically generated seamlines were used for the mosaicking of the orthophotos. Clarification: The manual notes on the aerial photographs from which the orthophoto was obtained were made for reasons of use at the time of the product production. The data are in accordance with the standard with the Council of Ministers No. 397, dated 19.06.2019, On the approval of the document "State Standards for Technical Specifications of Geospatial Information in Albania - Topic: Orthoimagery"

CCD
Eng

GRAPHIC OVERVIEW

Visual representation of the resource
Not specified

CLASSIFICATION AND KEYWORDS

Categorization and keyword information
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover category
comService Orthoimagery Orthophoto Topographic map

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Geographic extent and bounding box
KRGJSH

TEMPORAL INFORMATION

Temporal coverage and dates
Available data
Dec. 28, 2023
Jan. 1, 1957
Jan. 5, 2024

QUALITY AND CONFORMANCE

Data quality and standards conformance

Aerial photographs were taken from the Archives of the Institute of Geography and Cartography of the Army (IGJIU). In the scanning process, semi-professional scanners were used with which copies (positives) of this photograph were scanned, printed on paper with an average scale of 1:16500, size 30x30 cm. The digital scanning resolution is 800 DPI. The photographs were used for the process of deciphering and creating Topographic Maps at a scale of 1:25000.

0.7
ISO 19139
Conformant

ACCESS AND DISTRIBUTION

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copyright

There are no restrictions on public access.

Not specified

CONTACT INFORMATION

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State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG)
Publisher
Email: info@asig.gov.al
Website: https://asig.gov.al
State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG)
Publisher
Email: info@asig.gov.al
Website: https://asig.gov.al

METADATA DETAILS

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Eng
Oct. 20, 2025
AL_ASIG_Orthophoto_1957