Property history
See when a building, extension, pool or driveway first appears, or what a plot looked like before you bought it.
Satellite imagery / Historical archives
Historical satellite imagery
by date or address.
See what a place looked like on a past date. Search open archives that go back decades and commercial high-resolution archives from the early 2000s, then order the images that match your dates, with their capture dates and license documented.
Availability, minimum order area, price and license depend on the location and the request. We confirm them in your quote; submitting an enquiry does not place an order.
Common uses
Why people look back in time.
Before-and-after evidence
Compare a site before and after a storm, flood, fire or construction project with dated images.
Environmental baselines
Document land cover, vegetation or water at a reference date for a project or report.
Land-use change and research
Measure how farmland, forest, coastline or a city has changed across years or decades.
How ordering works
From your request
to files you can use.
- 01
Tell us the place and the need
Share the location or boundary, the dates and what you want to see or measure. A rough description is enough to start.
- 02
Review the options and the quote
We check suitable sources and show the capture dates, coverage, resolution, license and complete price before you commit.
- 03
Receive the data
Get the files with their metadata and license, ready for your own tools, or ask us to quote an analysis.
Before you buy, check
- Whether a cloud-free capture exists near your exact date; the nearest may be days or months away.
- Season and time of day, which change how the same place looks.
- Resolution differences between years, which limit what you can compare.
- Georeferencing accuracy, especially for older aerial photos.
- The license and metadata you need if the image will be used as evidence.
Questions
Historical satellite imagery: your questions.
Can I get a satellite image of my house from a specific date?
Only if a satellite captured your area around that date without cloud. We search the archives near your date and show the candidates with their actual capture dates, resolution and price.
How far back does satellite imagery go?
Landsat images go back to 1972, Sentinel-2 to 2015, and commercial sub-meter imagery to around the early 2000s. Aerial photography archives are often older.
Is Google Earth historical imagery enough?
Often it is enough for a quick look. For a specific date, measurement, evidence or publication, you may need the original image with its metadata and a license that covers your use.
Get a price
Which historical satellite imagery do you need?
Tell us the place, what you need and your budget. We reply by email with options and a price within one business day.
Get a price for your place