Lyon, from directly above
45.7640° N 4.8357° E · France
Sharpest free source hereIGN Ortho (France)
Resolution20 cm/px
Free · no signup · view, download a georeferenced GeoTIFF, or time-travel to 2014.
Why this is sharper than Google Maps
Most people assume Google has the sharpest view. For Lyon it doesn't: the imagery above comes from IGN Ortho (France) at 20 cm/px, versus Google's typical ~30 cm. VNTG checks ~35 free imagery sources — national aerial surveys, Esri, live Sentinel-2 — and shows whichever is sharpest for the exact point you click. You're looking at the confluence and Presqu'île.
What you can do with Lyon in VNTG
- Look closer than Google, free — down to 20 cm/px.
- Download a georeferenced GeoTIFF (EPSG:3857) or PNG + world file.
- Time-travel — step Lyon back through every year since 2014 (Esri Wayback).
- See it fresh — render the latest Sentinel-2 pass, usually days old.
- Live overlays — active fires, cloud/weather, and precipitation radar.