HMGS conducts yearly aerial photography missions and keeps an
extensive historical archive of 346.290 aerial photos for the whole
country, from 1961. It also disposes old archive aerial photos (from
1939 to 1960). Aerial photos cover the Greek territory as follows:
| Year | Sum | Scale | Region | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 - 1939 | 1.600 | 1:18.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1940 | 2.690 | 1:20.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1945 | 13.200 | 1:42.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1960 | 10.205 | 1:30.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1960 | 8.812 | 1:15.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1960 | 440 | 1:40.000 | Dodecanese Islands | B/W |
| 1964 - 1965 | 523 | 1:40.000 | Crete | B/W |
| 1965 | 272 | 1:40.000 | Dodecanese Islands | B/W |
| 1969 | 4.283 | 1:40.000 | Various | B/W |
| 1970 - | 278.622 | Various | Various | B/W & Coloured |