Architects Kirkland Fraser Moor (KFM) are pioneering the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to bring to life design processes and stakeholder consultations. Using VR based on a 3D building model created by aerial mapping company Bluesky, the Hertfordshire practice successfully secured planning permission for a new housing development on green belt. The KFM VR experience placed the design in its real-world context giving viewers the opportunity to interact with the development and un

Wiltshire Council is using data from a map which details the location and attributes of more than 300 million trees to improve the management of its trees in parks and woodlands, alongside roads and on other Council owned land. The Bluesky National Tree Map was originally purchased to inform a countywide tree audit, now used on a daily basis the data is a valuable resource when responding to enquiries and or complaints from residents allowing officers to identify and locate i

Photorealistic 3D models from Bluesky are being used to produce a new interactive map of London. Created by the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), part of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London (UCL), the 3D virtual map brings together live real-time data streams including sensor readings, TFL transport updates, and social media information such as geolocated tweets from Twitter. These are then visualised over the Bluesky MetroVis