Finland Joins European AeroGRID

Kari-Pekka Karlsson, product group manager at National Land Survey of Finland says this is well timed, because 2010 saw the aerial survey activities of NLS and the Agency for Rural Affairs in Finland, combined. This provides imagery for over 100,000 km² of the country with an agreed update programme that will provide new imagery for up to a third of the country every year.

Miles Taylor, AeroGRID general manager, said that the Finnish data has special value because, in these Northern latitudes, satellite imagery is scarce. "I feel confident that it is only a matter of time before we are able to provide access to the whole of this vast area of over 1 million km², which is playing an increasingly important role in the European economy."