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SpatialNews.com Press Release
BlueSky Creates Aerial Photo-map of the Norfolk Broads
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Aerial photography company BlueSky (www.bluesky-world.com) has created a digital photo-map of a large area of the Norfolk Broads on behalf of the Broads Authority. The total area flown will comprise 557 sq kilometres of the Broads Executive Area, which covers all the river valleys in the area. Flown at 25cm ground resolution the photography provides a detailed snap shot of the region for the purposes of conservation, planning and day to day management of this popular tourist area.
The Norfolk Broads is a unique area of water, grazing marshes, fen and woodland, and home to some of Britain's rarest plants and creatures. The country's largest protected wetland, the Broads is designated under separate legislation with a similar status to a National Park but also meets the requirement for the particular interest of navigation. The Authority has an archive of aerial photography dating back to the mid 1970s but digital files for use within a Geographic Information System have only been available since 1999. BlueSky completed 75% of the flying programme in 2004 with the balance scheduled for May 2005 to coincide with new reed growth amongst the wetland vegetation.
"The aerial photography has many uses and users, ranging from conservation management to planning applications and enforcement" said Conservation Officer Sue Stephenson. "Since this is a largely man made environment with much of the area below sea level its very important for us to be able to actually see the impact of previous work such as scrub clearance, plan new work and monitor change over time. The photography is used in our GIS where we can overlay maps and previously flown imagery. It is especially useful for planning future management scenarios, for example we are looking closely at the possibility of returning areas adjacent to the floodplain to a more semi-natural habitat, and working from an aerial perspective is extremely useful in such visioning exercises."
BlueSky provides a wide range of mapping including digital aerial photography that covers every inch of England, Wales and much of Scotland. As well as undertaking aerial photo survey's, the company also provides other remote sensing such as LIDAR, thermal surveys, oblique aerial photography and a host of photographic processing services including 3D visualisations.
Find out more at www.bluesky-world.com
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