Local Government Invests in Oblique Aerial Imaging Solution from The GeoInformation Group

Added: (Thu Mar 15 2007)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Surrey Heath District Council chooses MultiVision™ to enhance their aerial view

15 March 2007: Cambridge – The GeoInformation® Group, publishers of Cities Revealed aerial photography (www.citiesrevealed.com), announce today that its first customer of MultiVision™ oblique imaging solution is Surrey Heath District Council. An area of 96 sq km will be captured for the GIS team at the council. With four oblique images and a highly detailed, fully mosaiced vertical survey the solution from The GeoInformation Group will provide a seamless view of the entire authority.

Oblique aerial imagery offers a different, and complementary, view of the world from that gained from the more widely used vertical image. It provides increased context of features in a more easily understood 3D perspective. The solution presents a viewpoint that is more familiar to many users.

James Rutter, GIS Manager at Surrey Heath District Council, comments, “Integrating the MultiVision oblique solution from The GeoInformation Group with our existing Intranet Cadcorp GIS will enhance its usability. We looked at other oblique products on the market and felt that they weren’t as ‘slick’ or as simple to use. Simplicity is key because end users will not have time to master yet another complex software interface.”

Multiple departments within the council will be utilising the technology, including application areas such as planning, enforcement, tree preservation and waste services.

James Rutter continues, “I tend to think that once we release the oblique survey for use in the Authority, many staff will find uses for it that we could have not have possibly foreseen, in the manner similar to the usage of the traditional air surveys.

We envisage that the primary use of the obliques imagery will probably rest with the planning department who already make extensive use of the GIS system. Planners will use it as an aid to making assessments of planning applications. They will be able to see the building elevations, materials and structure, which cannot be gleaned from traditional surveys. Importantly they will be able to use the measurement tools built into the interface to measure building heights directly from the imagery.”

In addition, the oblique solution was favourable to Surrey Heath District Council because of the licensing method offered by The GeoInformation Group. The authority has expressed that the lack of annual fees, the one off cost and the in perpetuity license, in addition to the technology itself, made the solution all the more attractive

Surrey Heath District Council is an existing client of The GeoInformation Group and is currently using Cities Revealed Land Use and Cities Revealed Historic aerial imagery across the authority.


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About the GeoInformation Group
The GeoInformation Group is a privately owned company based in Cambridge, UK, with offices in South Africa and partners in France and India.

With over 7000 licensed users worldwide The GeoInformation Group is a leading provider of high-resolution orthorectified aerial imagery and geospatial information products. Its aerial imagery products are published under the brand name Cities Revealed.

It also provides consultancy, training and mapping services to a broad array of professionals and has undertaken contracts to provide bespoke image databases across the world. A reputation underlined by the inclusion of The GeoInformation Group as an approved supplier of Geographical Services to Central Government within the S-Cat procurement scheme.

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