Bluesky and Getmapping, suppliers of aerial photography to GB government, signed an agreement with on-line mapping specialist GeoXphere to encourage the wider use of Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) within the public sector. Awarded the APGB contract in 2018, Bluesky and Getmapping are offering the latest and most detailed aerial photography available, free at the point of use, to more than 4,500 government organisations. GeoXphere developed XMAP, a cloud-based, entry-level Geographical Information System (GIS), to provide widespread desktop access to a range of mapping resources such as APGB data. In use across local government, XMAP allows users of all technical abilities to acc
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is working with SkylineGlobe UK on a project to provide high accuracy, photorealistic 3D City Models that will be available as off the shelf datasets and via an internet streaming service. The new, dynamic 3D models will provide a visualisation and analytical platform for smart city projects, transport and infrastructure planning, risk assessment and mitigation, development planning and environmental work. To create these unique 3D digital twins, Bluesky and Skyline will integrate leading edge technologies. To capture the city imagery, Bluesky has deployed its hybrid oblique imaging and LiDAR airborne sensor. Skyline is then processing and publishing the data i
A map of trees supplied by aerial mapping company Bluesky is playing an important role in an innovative project to reduce flooding, using natural flood management techniques, around the Spains Hall Estate in Essex. Working alongside engineering company Atkins, the Environment Agency, Essex and Suffolk River Trust and Essex Wildlife Trust, the Estate is looking to protect properties at risk of flooding, improve 18 hectares of habitat and restore two natural water courses. The area is upstream of the ‘picture postcard’ village of Finchingfield that has historically suffered from the effects of flooding, most recently in 2014. The ‘Slow the Flow’ project aims to use natural flood management tec
