Blom announces the release of version 3.1 of BlomWEB Viewer, the front-end application for BlomURBEX

The BlomWEB Viewer is a front end web application for Blom’s geo server, BlomURBEX. Following development of the BlomURBEX API, Blom is pleased to announce that version 3.1 of the BlomWEB viewer is now available to customers. The development of Version 3.1 has been focused on the addition of new capabilities, demo scenarios, integration with the new BlomSTREET product as well as allowing for greater customization.  

This release means that BlomWEB now contains the following functionalities:

• Full integration with BlomSTREET™ spherical imagery including measurement capabilities
• LiDAR viewer - allowing users to view and interact with LiDAR datasets online
• New “DEMO SCENARIOS” for the Blom product range, including BlomSTEREO™ and BlomMETRO™
• Plugins upload – this ability provides developers with a new interface for customizing BlomWEB Viewer™
• Symbology editor for vector layers
• New annotations interface
• Routing capabilities from multiple providers
• BlomWEB can now include parameters in the URL to open the app, for instance, at a given coordinates

Click to read more ...

Blom UK captures innovation with further applications of unique aerial imaging tools

Blom UK, a leading company in the geodigital capture and aerial imaging sector, has announced further benefits through the company’s unique cost-effective and time-saving suite of tools packaged in the recently-launched BlomMETRO^TM technology.

The complexities of data capture, especially whilst captured in a high speed, high altitude environment, provides many challenges. Combined with an economic austerity, Blom UK launched the unique package combined within the BlomMETRO suite, to provide an even better set of customer-centric solutions within the aerial imaging and digital mapping sectors, as Blom UK’s LiDAR Manager Hamish Grierson comments:

“Blom has a long history of owning and operating a range of digital cameras and sensors across Europe. Traditionally, these instruments would be run independently, even if multiple formats were required.”

“The demand for higher quality resources, and the need for improved data capture efficiency, has seen the long-established techniques of aerial surveying put under the microscope recently.”

“Some of the immediate benefits of using the dual capture data systems within BlomMETRO technology include reduced costs, reduced carbon footprint (as our flight time is lowered), faster delivery of data to our clients, as well as data of the same age within both photographic and LiDAR capture, due to our introduction of further innovations.”

The Blom UK offering via BlomMETRO also encapsulates use of 4cm Ground Sample Distance (gsd) aerial photography – rather than the typical 20cm levels within the industry, meaning that Blom UK provides ultra-clear vertical viewing. There is also the facility to deliver one metre post-spacing LiDAR – essential for the very best city-wide coverage. 3D models can also now be provided.

The BlomMETRO suite can be enhanced with bespoke data, such as flood modelling and solar potential mapping, offering a level of commercial flexibility previously unseen in the industry.

False colour and near-infrared can be included – this is of particular interest for environmental studies, giving dual capture via the BlomMETRO package wide-ranging appeal and practicality.

The introduction of such innovation within the BlomMETRO package makes it a truly innovative, industry-leading suite of solutions, as Grierson concludes:

“This creates a high specification suite of aerial imagery data products, creating a unique and up-to-date dataset of urban areas – which we believe is unrivalled in the industry at this point in time.”

Blom will be demonstrating the advantages and benefits of BlomMETRO at the upcoming Mapping Showcase 2011 event, as part of this year’s London Mapping Festival. To find out more please join us there.

WWW.BLOMASA.COM  |  TWITTER  |  YOUTUBE  |  FACEBOOK  |  BLOM UK'S BLOG

The publication of AGI member press releases is a member service. The AGI neither approves or endorses the contents of member's press releases, nor makes any assurance of their factual accuracy.

Blom transforms aerial imaging services with new dual capture tools

Blom, one of Europe’s leading geodigital capture companies, is announcing the transformation of its aerial surveying services at this year’s ELMF 2011 exhibition in Salzburg; the introduction of dual capture technology to simultaneously capture digital photography and topographical LiDAR data.

The introduction of this time-saving, cost-effective equipment looks set to bring about widescale and radical changes to the nature of data capture in the digital imaging sector, as Blom UK’s LiDAR Manager Hamish Grierson comments:

“Blom has a long history of owning and operating a range of digital cameras and sensors across Europe. Traditionally, these instruments would be run independently.”

“However, the demand for higher quality resources, and the need for improved data capture efficiency, has seen the long-established techniques of aerial surveying put under the microscope – for this reason, Blom UK have introduced simultaneous data capture, with their Vexcel large-format digital camera and ALTM LiDAR system.”

Once all data capture has been completed and processed, the LiDAR and aerial imagery is added onto a data archive as part of a new set of tools called BlomMETRO™, creating a unique, high specification and current dataset of urban areas.

Click to read more ...

Introducing BlomSTREET™: a high-resolution street-level imagery service for the professional market

BlomSTREET™ is a collection of georeferenced, high-resolution, 360 degree panoramic images that are photographed on street-level. The camera equipment used is mounted on the roof of a specially equipped car taking an image every five meters on average in the collection process.

The technology comes from the Dutch company Cyclomedia. Blom signed a partnership agreement with Cyclomedia in summer 2011 for the exclusive use of this technology in Scandinavia. During the summer, the first cities where captured and the Municipality of Falkenberg is the first in Sweden to use the BlomSTREET™ technology. The technology is proven and has been used by professionals, such as municipalities, for over 15 years in Holland.

BlomSTREET™, powered by Cyclomedia, is delivered as a cloud service where the customer receives images and functionality delivered via a web service. No storage of data is necessary for the client. This also allows functions and data to be continually updated without the customer requiring new installations.

A key feature of BlomSTREET™ is that compared to other free street services on the web, such as Google Street View™, users have the ability to take measurements directly from the imagery. Metadata is also an included feature, meaning it’s possible to know exactly what time and day the images were captured. Customers are also entitled to use and download images within their own operations.

Click to read more ...

BLOM SIGNS TWO CONTRACTS TOTALLING €1.5MILL TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN URBAN HEATING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Blom Romania S.R.L, the Romanian subsidiary of Blom ASA, has been awarded two new contracts with Valcea County Council and Iasi City Town to provide technical assistance for urban heating infrastructure projects. The expected value of these agreements is approximately €1.5mill and both projects will commence in autumn 2011.

Blom are to provide technical assistance and supervision for the implementation of projects relating to the rehabilitation of urban heating systems, in compliance with European expectations and legislation. Therefore, given the complexity of such investment, project implementation will benefit from support contributed by Blom in the organization of public procurement, the supervision of project execution and the assistance for developing and implementing public awareness to the benefits of the project.

The overall objective of such EU funded projects is to improve and ensure the quality of life in urban areas, reflected in the quality of life and the population’s health.

This venture is expected to last for over 20 months and working alongside Blom as part of the winning consortium are Ramboll Romania, Rutin Consulting and BDO Audit.

Blom continues to define itself as a key player in the environmental market space and the recently awarded contracts in Valcea and Iasi and, in particular, the management projects in Sibiu and Oradea are testament to this.

About Blom
The BLOM Group is the largest provider of geospatial services in Europe. BLOM owns an exclusive spatial database composed of maps, images and 3D models. BLOM provides its data and solutions to customers within multiple markets and allows its partners to create added-value applications based on BLOM data models and services. The strategy is backed by BLOM’s major technical capacity in aircrafts, cameras, laser scanners and mapping systems.

BLOM has more than 1,000 employees and offices in 13 countries and its HQ is located in Oslo, Norway. BLOM is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker BLO). For more information, please visit www.blomasa.com.

For more information, please contact Marketing & Communications Manager Linda Byström, linda.bystrom@blomasa.com

The publication of AGI member press releases is a member service. The AGI neither approves or endorses the contents of member's press releases, nor makes any assurance of their factual accuracy.