Aerial & Mapping Products for Purchase
Spatial Services has a range of aerial and mapping products for purchase.
Aerial Photography
Recent and historical aerial photography of Townsville and Magnetic Island is available for purchase. Aerial photographs have been captured of different areas since 1941 and some variation may occur within the areas photographed. Please check your options with our staff or view samples of areas available (including links to flightplans) below . For further details and pricing for all our aerial photography products, please see our Fees and Charges section.
Please click on a thumbnail image to view an example of each product.
Prints and copies
Contact Prints* Enlargements also available | Diapositives | Mosaics* |
Townsville Aerial Photo Print** 1m x 1m and 1.5m x 1.5m available | Laser Prints/Copies | Orthophoto Maps |
- Contact prints, mosaics and enlargements
- *from the original film or diapositives offer the most accurate reproduction of colour and scale. Diapositives are duplicates of the frame from the original film (the equivalent of a negative). A minimum charge applies to all aerial photo contact prints diapositives, and there is a minimum one week delivery time.
- **Other larger customised sizes also available upon request.
- Laser prints/copies of aerial photographs are available in both colour and black and white.
- Orthophoto maps are laser printed copies of aerial photographs with a scale and north arrow like conventional maps.
Digital aerial photography
Digital Orthophotos | Digital Mosaics .jpeg and .tiff available | Scanned Aerial Photography | Registered and Rectified Aerial Photos |
- Digital orthophotos are geo-referenced to Coordinate System GDA94 zone 55, and are available as .jgw and .tfw (georeferenced jpg and tiff formats respectively).
- Registered and rectified aerial photos - can be requested by contacting Geospatial Solutions Customer Service who will further outline the processes involved.
- Scanned aerial photographs and digital mosaics are not registered (to North) or rectified (to a coordinate system). They are available in standard .jpg and .tiff formats.
Aerial flight plans
Click on the links beneath the thumbnail to view the flight plans (runs) and centre points of photographs.
2005 - Scale 1:10,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
2005 - Scale 1:40,000 Flight Plan: Townsville Local Government Area |
2004 - Scale 1:10,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island (Bays) |
2000 - Scale 1:4,000 Castle Hill, The Strand, Rocky Springs and Woodstock (no flight plans available) |
2000 - Scale 1:10,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
2000 - Scale 1:35,000 Townsville (no flight plan available) |
1999 - Scale 1:4,000 Flight Plans: Townsville, Cungulla |
1999 - Scale 1:5,000 Flight Plan: Magnetic Island (Bays) |
1995 - Scale 1:4,000 Flight Plans: Townsville, Cungulla and Giru |
1995 - Scale 1:5,000 Flight Plan: Magnetic Island (Bays) |
1995 - Scale 1:10,000 Flight Plan: Outlying Areas |
1995 - Scale 1:30,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
1992 - Scale 1:27,750, Flight Plans: Townsville and Magnetic Island (Bays) |
1989 - Scale 1:6,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
1989 - Scale 1:12,000 Flight Plan: Magnetic Island |
1986 - Scale 1:10,000, Flight Plan: Ross River |
1985 - Scale 1:6,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island |
1985 - Scale 1:30,000 Mt Stuart (no flight plan available) |
1982 - Scale 1:6,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
1982 - Scale 1:12,000 Flight Plan: Magnetic Island |
1976 - Scale 1:6,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
1976 - Scale 12,000 Flight Plan: Magnetic Island |
1972 - Scale 1:30,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island |
1971 - Scale 1:30,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island |
1971 - Scale 1:4,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island (Bays) |
1961 - Scale 1:12,000 Flight Plan: Townsville |
1961 - Scale 1:7,400 Flight Plan: Ross River |
1959 - Scale 1:11,500 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island |
>1952 - Scale 1:11,000 Flight Plan: Townsville and Magnetic Island |
1941 - Scale 1:8,500 Flight Plan: Townsville |
For further information about Aerial Photography Products, please contact Spatial Services on 13 48 10.
Maps for Purchase
We have a wide range of contemporary and historical maps available for purchase. Please download the Schedule of Fees for further details and pricing for all our mapping products.
These maps can be obtained by contacting Council and will be available on our website in the near future.
Standard maps
- City Plan* several maps available including current precincts (zoning)
- Electoral Boundaries
Customised maps
- Cadastral, Property (Site Plan)**
- Cadastral, Property with Additional Layers
- All Services Plots
- Contours (0.2m)
Natural hazard maps
- Landslip Hazard ***
Historical maps
We have historical maps and plans from the Townsville region and beyond from as early as 1865. Historical maps are an interesting record of Townsville's past and make an unusual gift.
Please download the Schedule of Fees for further details and pricing for all our mapping products.
The listing below represents some of the maps we have available.
- TPH 01 Townsville, 1865
- TPH 02 Townsville, 1933 (2 sheets)
- TPH 03 Garbutt, 1926
- TPH 04 Proposed electric tramways, Townsville, 1903 (5 sheets)
- TPH 05 Improvement to the Town Hall, 1922
- TPH 06 Improvements to the Town Hall Vestibule, 1922
- TPH 07 Tender seats on the beach, 1879
- TPH 08 Charters Towers, Towers Goldfield, Drawn by Robert Logan Jack, 1878
- TPH 09 Geological sketch map of the district between Charters Towers and the coast by Robert Logan Jack, 1878
- TPH 10 Townsville,1866
- TPH 11 Significant buildings belonging to Townsville's Heritage, Flinders Street and the Strand, 1978
- TPH 12 Townscape assessment of Townsville city area, 1978
- TPH 13 Townsville wartime installations, 1942-1945
- TPH 14 Charters Towers railway station (north of Gill Street) 1901
- TPH 15 Charters Towers railway station (south of Gill Street) 1901
- TPH 16 Customs House, Townsville, 1941
- TPH 17 Plan No. 7 Cape River, circa 1860s
- TPH 18 Road from Townsville to Thorntons Gap, 1866
- TPH 19 Townsville railway branch line, 1881
- TPH 20 Cape River diggings, circa 1860s
- TPH 21 Additions and alterations to residence on Melton Hill for Dr. E. Humphrey, 1909
- TPH 22 Addition to Queensland Hotel, 1892
- TPH 24 Townsville wartime installations (print), 1907
- TPH 25 Dalrymple Road RAAF installations, circa 1940s
- TPH 26 RAAF operational base, Groote Eylandt, 1941
- TPH 27 Garbutt RAAF Station, proposed bomb fusing and arming area, circa 1940s
- TPH 28 Charters Towers, 1942
- TPH 30 Proposed hardstanding, Garbutt Pacific Wing, 1944
- TPH 31 RAAF aerodrome layout, 1951
- TPH 32 RAAF station, Townsville, water reticulation, 1939
- TPH 33 No 8 stores depot at Garbutt, RAAF Townsville, 1944
- TPH 34 RAAF landing ground, Bohle River, 1942
- TPH 35 Charters Towers, 1942
- TPH 36 Aerodrome reserve, Townsville, 1939
- TPH 37 No. 13 SO and No. 42 RDF wing stores site RAAF Townsville, circa 1940s
- TPH 38 No. 1 project and 4th air depot, Townsville, 1947
- TPH 39 Cumberland GM Cdys. Properties Etheridge Goldfield, 1895
- TPH 40 Townsville flying boat base, 1943
- TPH 41 RAAD installations, Garbutt Area, 1945
- TPH 42 Residential Districts Order in Council (first town planning control), 1926
- TPH 43 Townsville City Hall (22 sheets), 1925
- TPH 44 Theatre Royal (10 sheets), circa 1920s
* The City Plan 2005 and City Plan Maps can also be downloaded from Council's Townsville City Plan webpage as PDF files. The Zoning and Strategic Plan maps (which were superseded by the City Plan 2005) were only available for reference until 31 December 2006 - please contact Spatial Services for details.
** Council's cadastral database is more accurate (+/-0.1m, compared to the industry standard of +/-0.5m) and more up-to-date than any other cadastral information available for the Townsville Region.
*** We recommend purchasing the Landslip Hazard Study report (available from Planning Services) with landslip hazard maps.
For further information about Maps, please contact Spatial Services.