Archive for the ‘Bluesky’ Category
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
Dublin Airport is a busy international airport with very restricted airspace, which makes it difficult for an aerial survey company to capture data. As a consequence, the airport has been using data collected by laser scanning aircraft from aerial mapping company Bluesky to accurately measure land surface elevation to help reduce the risk of flooding at the airport. Dublin Airport is the 11th busiest airport in Europe, serving more than 31.5 million passengers in 2018, travelling to almost 200 destinations in 43 countries.
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Tags: data, forestry, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, laser scanner, LiDAR, mapping, mobile mapping, remote sensing
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Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Aerial mapping company Bluesky, working in concert with the company Ambiental Risk Analytics (ARA), has supplied photogrammetrically derived Digital Terrain Models (DTM) for the whole of England, Scotland and Wales. These 3D models include river flow and rainfall data and allow ARA to deliver a range of flood risk information for any property in the UK primarily to insurance companies, government agencies, emergency response and property developers.
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Tags: cloud, data, digital terrain models, geospatial, GIS, imagery, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, satellite imagery
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Aerial mapping company Bluesky of Leicestershire, UK has completed a research project backed by the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to develop the use of mobile phones for capturing accurate 3D spatial information.
The nine-month research project focused on the use of standard smart phone technology to capture and calibrate video footage, and then convert it to 3D information. Designed for electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNO) and other organizations with a distributed asset base, the low-cost measurement tool can provide an accurate record of the feature’s location and its environment. Accurate measurements of essential infrastructure, such as overhead power lines and other utility facilities, could then be extracted using specially developed algorithms and workflows.
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Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, data, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, location, mapping, maps, mobile, satellite imagery, smartphones
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Thursday, January 18th, 2018
In a recent BBC TV broadcast, EarthSense Systems, in close collaboration with resident groups, television producers and personality Dr Xand van Tulleken, went to the Kings Heath suburb of Birmingham, UK in December 2017 to demonstrate the air pollution challenges faced by typical urban communities with busy shopping areas and congested major streets.
 EarthSense Zephyr sensor According to the press materials, as part of a day long campaign of action, residents were urged to leave their cars at home, instead using public transport or walking or cycling for the daily commute and school runs. Volunteers carried out people and traffic surveys and Dr Xand van Tulleken showed his support presenting for the BBC TV programme “Fighting for Air” which aired on January 10th. The experiment utilized special air pollution sensors, developed by EarthSense, which monitored changes in air pollution on the day compared to recordings elsewhere in Birmingham.
Air pollution causes 40,000 early deaths each year in the UK. It has been determined that 16 of UK cities have illegal level of toxic fumes. It is estimated in one study that air pollution costs the UK £20 billion a year in medical costs and lost labor.
In a demonstration, Dr. Xand van Tuileken donned a military grade mask with filters designed for chemical warfare. He said that, “at the moment I am breathing the cleanest air possible.” The air contains high levels of harmful pollution, from industry, construction, but in there in Birmingham, mostly from vehicles.
“To test just how dangerous the air we breathe is, I am first having to “detox” . Free my body from pollution,” said van Tuileken.
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Tags: air pollution, data, EarthSense, geospatial, GIS, imagery, intelligence, location, maps, remote sensing, sensors
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Monday, June 15th, 2015
Next week GISCafe will be flying to GEOINT 2015 Symposium held June 22-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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Tags: ArcGIS, Autodesk, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, iPhone, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, Microsoft, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, Safe Software, satellite imagery, social media, USGS
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
During the week of March 17th , GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Emergency Response and Management Solutions.”
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Tags: AEC, Bentley, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, geospatial analysis, GIS, GISCafe, GISCafe Voice, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Haiti, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, iPhone, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, smartphones, social media, special coverage
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Monday, September 15th, 2014
Satellite imagery has undergone a paradigm shift in the past couple of years.
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Tags: cloud, data, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, imagery, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, Microsoft, mobile, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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Thursday, June 5th, 2014
 Image shows – CyberCity 3D buildings combined with Bluesky’s National Tree Map data in CityEngine. Screenshot provided by Elliot Hartley of Garsdale Design.
Advanced geospatial smart building data provider, CyberCity 3D, Inc., has teamed with Bluesky, a UK-based aerial mapping company, to create cutting-edge, 3D city models.
The combination of the offerings of these two firms is expected to result in some amazing 3D models, by combining CyberCity 3D’s proprietary 3D building production capabilities with Bluesky’s stereo aerial imagery in the UK and hopefully to other markets.
Bluesky has an extensive data library that covers 150,000 sq km of off-the-shelf aerial photography. With access to this resource CyberCity 3D will have gain access to urban centers across the UK immediately for 3D Smart Building production. Bluesky’s specialization in the acquisition and processing of aerial photography will benefit CyberCity 3D as it finds the need for “new” flights to produce 3D models for its increasing client base.Earlier this year, CyberCity 3D – utilizing Vertex imagery – completed production of 3D London City Centre as well as an extended area including Nine Elms, South Kensington, and Chelsea. The resulting 3D model has attained acclaim and client interest, and led to this groundbreaking new agreement with Bluesky. By the end of the summer, this data partnership is expected to grow into a 3D data sales agreement involving maps throughout Great Britain.CyberCity 3D will be able to offer precision 3D smart buildings in Great Britain and provide clients with 3D city modeling. The company expects to launch cloud-based 3D buildings services this summer. (more…)
Tags: data, geospatial, GIS
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