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Lidar Based Tree Inventories and 3D Photogrammetry Technology

December 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Lidar Based Tree Inventories and 3D Photogrammetry Technology Lidar News is interested in how innovative companies and individuals are leveraging advanced technologies for enhanced visualization and improved modeling and design outcomes. For this Q&A Feature, Lidar News Founder Gene Roe interviews Geoff Lawless, Registered Professional Forester at Forsite. Starting as a Photo Interpreter at Forsite in 2016, I began working alongside partner, Object-Raku, […]

Birmingham Creates Interactive Mapping ..

August 18, 2023 Leave a comment

Birmingham Creates Interactive Mapping Portal using Bluesky Tree Data Birmingham City Council has launched a first of its kind mapping portal to address the issue of tree equity across the city. With National Tree Map data, created by aerial mapping company Bluesky International, at its core, the interactive tool allows users to identify which parts of the city have lower […]

About Bluesky and the National Tree Map

March 9, 2022 Leave a comment

About Bluesky and the National Tree Map Bluesky’s National Tree Map is created using innovative algorithms and image processing techniques in combination with the most up to date and detailed aerial photography. In addition to the three vector map layers; Crown Polygons, Idealised Crowns and Height Points, the Bluesky National Tree Map also includes an attribute table including unique identification for each […]

Bluesky Tree Map at the Root of Forest Master Plan

September 7, 2021 Leave a comment

Bluesky National Tree Map at the Root of Birmingham’s Urban Forest Master Plan Leicestershire, UK, 07 September 2021 – An extract from a map that details the location and attributes of more than 300 million trees is being used to create the UK’s first Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP). A partnership led by Birmingham City Council is looking at data […]

Wiltshire – Bluesky Tree Map Manages Public Trees

April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

Wiltshire Council uses Bluesky National Tree Map to Manage Public Tree Stock Leicestershire, UK, 20 April 2021 – Wiltshire Council is using data from a map which details the location and attributes of more than 300 million trees to improve the management of its trees in parks and woodlands, alongside roads and on other Council owned land. The Bluesky National […]

Bluesky National Tree Map Helps UK Authority Plan Ground Maintenance

May 15, 2017 Leave a comment

Leicestershire, UK, 15 May 2017 – English local authority Daventry District Council is using a detailed 3D map of trees from Bluesky to prepare for a new grounds maintenance contract. The National Tree Map (NTM) data, which identifies the location, height and canopy cover of more than 280 million trees nationwide, is being used within Daventry Council’s GIS, enabling officers […]

LiDAR to Perpetuate Beauty – Scanning the Sun Tunnels and The Tree of Utah

December 21, 2016 5 comments

Jefferson Searle and Meridian Engineering are the winners of our 2016 Lidar as Art Winter Solstice contest. Here, Tiana Moe talks about the scan of the winning image, the inspiration behind the project, and another art scan undertaken by Meridian. Written by Tiana Moe Utah is covered in works of art: beautiful mountain vistas, weather-hewn arches, man-made marvels, and so […]