WCC, 1 to 500 scale aerial photograph transparencies

Descriptive Data

Archives Identifier00462Date Range1989-1992DescriptionThis is a series of aerial photographic transparencies covering the geographic area administered by the Wellington City Council (WCC). The transparencies were used as in-house reference tools for various purposes, such as town planning, zoning, and management of Council maintained infrastructure. They were produced at a scale of 1:500, the same scale (or equivalent to the earlier 40 foot to the inch scale) used by previous series of aerial photograph transparencies and footprint maps used since the 1890s. The aerials complimented these footprint maps, which continued to be used and updated until the early 1990s.

The series consists of a single set (or fly-over) of aerials, carried out over 1989-1992. A subsequent flyover took place in 1996; from this point a GIS system was introduced and hard copy transparencies ceased to be created and used.

The aerials are indexed using the NZMS grid system of mapping introduced by Lands and Survey Department in 1980; WCC officially adopted this indexing system in 1989. The NZMS system has slightly different boundary points than the previous in-house system used to index aerial and footprint maps. Street names have been annotated to help use the maps. A small number also have other working annotations, such as proposed roads and subdivision layouts, property boundaries and lot numbers, trig points and street numbers. The transparencies can be accessed either by map grid number or by street name. Each item description lists the map grid number, and the streets that appear on that transparency. Depending on the length of some streets more than one transparency may need to be checked to find the area required.

Series 00386 can also be used to identify the relevant map location to search this series. Searching by map grid number also allows comparison with earlier maps held by Archives; the Thomas Ward Survey Maps and 1937 Housing Survey Maps (Series 00500, 00514 and 00515).Quantity (Linear Metres)17MediumPhotographSystem of ArrangementArranged numerically by map grid referenceCollection TypeWellington City Council

Maps and Plans

Access Information

Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling or Creating AgencySurvey BranchRelationship Date Range1988-1991

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WCC, 1 to 500 scale aerial photograph transparencies