2021
Robotic digitisation begins
NCAP begins automated print digitisation of the DOS collection. Within just two years, this sees over 1.7 million images preserved and digitised to support international climate change research.
We are the custodians of a unique collection of aerial photography, featuring historic events and places from around the world.
1,500+
Images digitised daily
174
Countries and territories
100
Years of aerial imagery
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Explosive ordnance disposal
Boundary disputes
Police investigations
Historical research
TV and media
Land use change & environmental
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NCAP begins automated print digitisation of the DOS collection. Within just two years, this sees over 1.7 million images preserved and digitised to support international climate change research.
RCAHMS, which would later merge with Historic Scotland, acquires the aerial photographic collections held at Keele University to form NCAP, the National Collection of Aerial Photography.
Multi-decade mapping project of 55 British overseas territories eventually merges with Ordnance Survey.