Using the CityMapper sensor, we can achieve efficient, and therefore cost effective, capture of highly detailed and accurate data making widespread use of 3D models a reality.”ĬityMapper includes a traditional vertical camera as well as survey-grade oblique cameras. “Whilst 3D models have been around for a number of years, they have either been prohibitively expensive for use across larger areas or of insufficient detail or accuracy. “The combination of multiple survey grade cameras and LiDAR enables, for the first time, the simultaneous capture of data for the automatic creation of highly accurate and detailed citywide 3D models, with one sensor,” said Rachel Tidmarsh, Bluesky Managing Director. Plans are in place to also include the imagery in the HxGN Content Program in the near future.

The captured city data is currently available from Bluesky and Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, in its constituent components of vertical orthorectified aerial imagery, oblique photographs and LiDAR point cloud data.

It is the first time this technology has been used commercially in the UK to this level. Bluesky intends to increase its coverage by capturing additional towns and cities across the UK and Ireland in 2019. Using the CityMapper, Bluesky was able to capture parts of London, Manchester and Birmingham as well as Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Nottingham and Oxford. Leicestershire, UK, 21 November 2018 – Bluesky International Ltd has used the Leica CityMapper, the world’s first hybrid airborne sensor combining vertical and oblique imagery together with 3D laser scanning, to capture major cities throughout the UK.

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