Take a low altitude flight over Paris on Géoportail, with our amazing high definition aerial views.

Check out Géoportail’s orthophotographs of the French coast: essential data from the coastal geographic reference for the coasts of the North Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

Now it’s easy to superimpose street names and numbers on aerial photos.

Already available for metropolitan France and very soon for French territories overseas, these new large scale maps are perfect for displaying urban data.

Géoportail regularly updates its aerial photos and other data. Find out how often updates take place.

Géoportail has added new data to improve your 3D browsing. This new data includes: names of communes and place-names, roads, points of particular interest in a given geographical zone etc.

IGN’s Géoportail 2010 competition runs from June 18th to September 24th, 2010. The aim of the contest is to give both amateur and professional developers an opportunity to present and promote original, innovative cartographic applications or proposals for applications, that have been created using IGN’s online services.

On June 10th, 2010, the French National Geographical Institute organised a presentation of the wealth of riches offered by Géoportail along with its very latest functionalities. The presentation, which was intended for the press, decision-makers and professionals operating in the geomatics sector, took place at the Atelier Richelieu in Paris, and was attended by a number of IGN’s partners.

Compare aerial photographs from 2000 to 2005 with more recent ones taken between 2006 and 2010. On Géoportail you can follow the changes that have affected the urban and rural landscapes, and see new infrastructure and land developments.

The Corine Land Cover can now be accessed via Géoportail and enables viewing of land cover in metropolitan France. As such it is an excellent tool for measuring environmental impacts.

Land Registry layer information can be viewed for all parts of France in 2-D and 3-D.

View your own data or geographic data supplied by others on Géoportail.

More functionalities and more user-friendly: with Géoportail you can now search for places by address or get to a particular place or point more quickly and easily by entering its geographical coordinates.

One of the tallest dams in Europe, this work of Herculean proportions was originally the object of considerable controversy and its construction transformed both the landscape and the lives of local inhabitants. Today it constitutes a renewable energy source that is of ever increasing value for the future: hydroelectric power.

The Arc-et-Senans Saltworks, in the Doubs département, was built during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI and produced salt on an industrial scale. Its unique semi-circular form was inspired by Greek architecture. It has been classified as a Unesco World Heritage site.

Now you can look at Spanish maps on Géoportail. This partnership between IGN and IDEE (Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de España) is a concrete example of the application of the INSPIRE European directive.

Visit Annecy, a town known as ‘The Venice of the Alps’, and sail along its canals as if you were really there...

The Rance tidal power plant in Brittany turns tidal power into electricity. Although the principle is eco-friendly, it has nevertheless had an environmental impact that designers did not foresee. The Rance estuary has now found a new environmental equilibrium.

The sensitive urban zones (ZUS) and free urban zones (ZFU) are areas which have a particularly prominent role to play in local authority policies. They can now be viewed on the Géoportail by means of the partnership established with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

The website published by the office of the French President uses Géoportail’s API for its cartographic interface.

The theme of the European Heritage Days which took place on September 19 and 20, 2009, was “Heritage for Everyone”. See Géoportail’s suggestions for visits, compiled with the aid of the French National Monuments Centre.

Now on Géoportail you can view the coastal map, which is the product of assembling IGN’s land maps with the maps of the seas and oceans produced by the SHOM (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the French Navy). Another great reference tool to improve your knowledge and understanding of France’s coastal areas

Take a look at this new IGN map on Géoportail - it’s perfect for exploring a region on foot, by bike or by car.

Fly over the Opal Coast and the Lorient area of the 1920s and 1930s with exceptional aerial photographs taken at the time.

The Great Dune of Pilat is a unique natural site on the Acquitaine coast, lying at the heart of a continually evolving, fragile environment that needs to be protected.

Travel back through space and time with Cassini’s famous map! See it in colour, just as it was in the XVIII century. A collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Humanities’ demographic history laboratory at the French School for Advanced Social Science Studies (EHESS), the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France) and the French Geographical Institute.

See where the Météo-France weather stations are and read their descriptions.

The geological maps produced and published by the BRGM (French Geological Survey) show the distribution of the various types of rock found in France. These scientific reference documents are now available for viewing on Géoportail.

2010 was declared ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ by the United Nations. In partnership with the French Natural History Museum, Géoportail shows you all the sites where the flora and fauna benefits from special protective measures.

Edugéo, managed by France’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) and Ministry for Education, was officially launched on 1 October, 2008 by Education Minister Xavier Darcos, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Secretary of State for the Environment and Patrice Parisé, Director General of the IGN.

A major update of Géoportail data has improved the site still further. The graphic quality of the maps and photos has been optimised, the data revised, new information layers incorporated, and more.
Géoportail is now even more accurate, more comprehensive and more user-friendly.

South-west France is still suffering from the aftermath of Cyclone Klaus, which caused considerable damage in the area on January 24th, 2009. On Géoportail you can see the map of estimated forest damage compiled by the French National Forestry Inventory (IFN).

Now available in beta version, the Géoportail API is a multi-purpose mapping tool. It is currently used by the official French presidential site at the Council of the European Union.

Travel through space and time with a 1906 topographic map of Paris and the surrounding area...

View the floods of 1910 on a historical or modern map background, or superimposed on an aerial photograph...Vital knowledge of the past to help us anticipate today’s risks.

Calling all keen yachtsmen, fishermen and anyone who loves the sea! Before you set sail, check the tides in France and all over the world with Géoportail.

Discover a special satellite image that will help you improve your understanding of the Guyana territory, particularly its tropical forest - with Géoportail.

In partnership with the Eiffel Tower Company, Géoportail brings you the great Parisian lady – in 3D!

Try a new interface that helps you get the most out of the wealth of information available from Géoportail.

You are already familiar with 3D views of buildings shown as basic geometric volumes. Now you can preview a more realistic 3D view: roof shapes, walls, you can see it all on the screen...

An absolute must-have for walkers and ramblers: Géoportail’s geographic maps now have added volume, by adopting 3D technology.

From now on you can view buildings in three dimensions on Géoportail. This new feature enhances the rendering of a site’s natural contours and makes visualisation of urban landscapes even more realistic and exhaustive. Available from December 4, 2007.

Innovation continues on Géoportail, as it makes 3D viewing of land registry parcels available. This new feature comes as an additional service to the visualisation of natural terrain relief and the urban environment. It was scheduled to be available on line from December 4, 2007.

Discover the new data provided by Géoportail’s partners: the palace of Versailles in 3D, the coastline, over 400 gardens and some 10,000 video clips about a thousand French communes are now available for viewing.

Explore the palace of Versailles in 3D, thanks to our partnership with the Palace of Versailles Public Institute and Museum (Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles).

The French National Audiovisual Institute (INA) has opened its archives to the public via Géoportail. Some 10,000 video clips about a thousand French communes are now available for viewing.

Whether you’re a green-fingered garden-lover or just like taking a stroll amongst the flowers, you will enjoy visiting the 400 or so green spaces that are now open to the public via Géoportail.

From now on you can visit France in 3 dimensions and explore both metropolitan France and its overseas territories (DOM) from an entirely new perspective. All aboard!

Tracing the border between land and sea, the coastline is a reference item produced as a result of our partnership with the SHOM (French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service), available for consultation now on Géoportail.

Explore the French Overseas Territories with Géoportail: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island, French Guyana, Polynesia, etc...

The new version of Géoportail has even more reference data. You can view the data and juxtapose the various layers. Here is the information available as from now...

Géoportail is changing: now it is more exhaustive, easier to use and better suited to cater for its various users’ different requirements. Find out how it has changed.