Aerial mapping company Bluesky International has secured its position as the leading UK provider of 3D mapping data following the purchase of the very latest high performance aerial mapping sensor from Hexagon. The Leica CityMapper-2 is the world’s only hybrid oblique imaging and LiDAR sensor and the latest version, released in 2020, offers twice the data collection capacity. This purchase adds to Bluesky’s existing, multi-million pound portfolio of state of the art aerial su

Liverpool School of Architecture is using 3D building models, derived from the latest aerial photography, to help teach students online during the pandemic lockdown. Created by aerial mapping company Bluesky, the geographically accurate simulations provide real world context so students can understand a location and set their architectural designs within an existing site. The Bluesky models will also be used within the final submissions by second year students to create stree

Wallington © National Trust Images Andrew Butler The National Trust has commissioned aerial mapping company Bluesky to produce a highly detailed 3D map of its Wallington Estate in Northumberland. At 13,500 acres, Wallington is the largest Estate in the care of the National Trust and until now no large-scale archaeological investigations have been undertaken. The Bluesky LiDAR survey will bring to life the hidden archaeology of the site; revealing more of the area’s medieval p