Surrey Heath Borough Council and ITO World are proud to announce the first release of high resolution aerial photography, for all of Surrey, to OpenStreetMap under an open licence that allows reuse. The idea came to James Rutter, GIS Manager for Surrey Heath, “we created most of the OpenStreetMap data for Surrey Heath, and it struck me that if we had high resolution aerial imagery then many more people would contribute.” The project also has the financial backing of nine other Surrey districts: Epsom and Ewell, Elmbridge, Guilford, Mole Valley, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Tandridge and Woking. All of whom will benefit from processed aerial imagery tiles that can be used internally, and the imagery will also be available to OpenStreetMap users so they can contribute to a better map of Surrey. Read More