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Bluesky Reaches Landmark in Cumbria |
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Written by Vector1Media
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PR - Aerial mapping company Bluesky is the supplier of choice of aerial
photography in Cumbria. Four out of the six district councils are already using
Bluesky supplied GeoPerspectives imagery and five out of six have placed orders
for new survey to be flown this summer. In addition to the District Councils,
Bluesky has also supplied high-resolution aerial datasets to Cumbria County
Council, the Lake District National Park Authority and Cumbria Wildlife. The
aerial photography is being used widely across Cumbria providing real world
detail at the desktop, across corporate-wide intranet geographical information
systems (GIS).
Allerdale Borough Council is one of Cumbrian
Council’s gaining benefits from the aerial imagery. Currently accessed by users
of their desktop GIS and available to every user of the Council’s IT network via
their intranet mapping service the 2008 imagery will also be posted on the
Council’s mapping portal where users can search by an address or postcode and
locate local amenities, places of interest and Council services.
“The aerial photography provides real world detail at the desktop
facilitating informed decision making,” said Steve Evans, GIS Officer, “and, by
working in partnership with other districts to procure this valuable resource we
have been able to achieve significant cost savings and have a consistent
information base across the County.”
Julia Jackson,
GIS Officer at Copeland District Council added “The Bluesky imagery is an
important resource for frontline staff. The imagery helps contact centre staff
locate problems as they are reported, for example fly tipping or graffiti,
allowing service delivery staff to concentrate on resolving the issue. The
Bluesky imagery has also attracted considerable interest from partner
organisations such as the police. By plotting incidents against the photo
background we can pinpoint hotspots and even identify contributing
factors.”
“Aerial photography offers a time stamped record
of land use, urban development and the general environment,” said Robert
Stapleton, GIS Manager at Carlisle City Council. “This is invaluable for
Planning Enforcement and has also been used by our Tree Officer as proof of
illegal hedgerow removal. The 2008 imagery will further enhance our monitoring
of change as not only can we analyse differences between the two datasets we can
also continue to compare with field records.”
GeoPerspectives is a
joint venture between BlueSky and Infoterra providing national coverage of
orthorectified aerial photography, digital terrain & surface models for 3D
modelling, and colour infra-red imagery for vegetation
analysis.
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