Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Bluesky Solar Maps are helping businesses in the South of England benefit from free or low cost electricity. Working with Tidebank Energy, Bluesky has identified commercial properties across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex that have suitable roofs for arrays of solar panels. Qualifying businesses can enjoy free Solar electricity in exchange for renting their roof
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Bluesky has launched a new on demand service to complement its existing solar mapping product. The service provides detailed solar panel suitability assessment reports for individual properties and developments. Suitable for commercial, industrial, public sector and even large domestic properties the Bluesky SolAR (Solar Assessment Report) service provides an interactive 3D model of the property
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Bluesky and Blom UK have worked together to release a stunning ultra high-resolution aerial photomap of the 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. Captured on the afternoon of Sunday, 26th June by Blom UK the 6cm resolution imagery shows the entire site as 150,000 festival goers basked in the summer sun on one of
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Aerial surveying company Bluesky has appointed Ian Dee to the position of Sales Executive. With more than ten years experience in the aerial mapping industry, Ian joins the Leicestershire based company from Bluesky’s joint venture partner Astrium, formerly Infoterra. Reporting to the Sales Director, Ian will be responsible for developing sales of Bluesky’s innovative environmental
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
A computer-generated 3D model of the centre of Warrington, England, is supporting ambitious regeneration plans as part of the Borough Council’s Town Centre Urban Design Masterplan, which is currently in development. Created by aerial mapping company Bluesky the highly accurate model will be used to show how proposed town centre regeneration schemes would look after development. The
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Working with leading carbon reduction company Sustain, Bluesky is helping a number of Housing Associations across the UK make the most of their housing stock’s solar energy potential. Using high resolution aerial photography combined with detailed 3D models Bluesky are able to measure the potential for solar energy generation for individual properties based on a
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Bluesky’s Digital Terrain and Elevation Models are photogrammetrically derived using specialist software to measure common points in overlapping aerial images. The height models provide measurements at 2 and 5 metre resolutions, for the DEM and DTM respectively, with positional accuracies of up to 1 metre. Enhancement using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data in urban
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Andrew Bridgen, Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire in England, has taken time out of his busy schedule campaigning for local elections and the referendum on voting reform to visit aerial surveying company Bluesky. Mr Bridgen made the visit to the company’s headquarters in Coalville, Leicestershire in order to get a greater understanding of
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Bluesky has supplied a package of ultra high-resolution aerial maps to Councils in Cheshire, England. The package includes countywide coverage of 12.5cm resolution, full colour, digital aerial photography together with the Councils’ first ever Colour Infra Red survey and a highly accurate height model (Digital Terrain Model or DTM). The aerial map data will be
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has been awarded a number of contracts by UK Local Authorities to map heat loss from properties using new thermal imaging technology. The resulting thermal maps provide Councils and other organisations with intelligence with which to address fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency. Thermal imagery has even been
