Free Integrated Pictometry Image Viewing Facility

Cadcorp (United Kingdom) has announced a new, free application for viewing Pictometry oblique view imagery within Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System. The new Cadcorp SIS Pictometry Viewer, developed by Cadcorp using Pictometry’s software development kit is available for use with Cadcorp SIS desktop products, including Map Modeller, Map Editor and Map Manager.

Pictometry provides an instantly available, ‘off-the-shelf’, library of high-resolution 15cm imagery, with every feature in the built and natural environment imaged from all four points of the compass along with the vertical view. Using Pictometry oblique imagery the size, shape, design, construction and surrounding environment of any building can be rapidly assessed from upwards of twenty different oblique and vertical vantage points.

The Cadcorp SIS Pictometry Viewer is fully integrated into the Cadcorp SIS desktop family of products. Using a simple menu item or the context menu on the selected item within Cadcorp SIS, the application will display the selected Pictometry images, enabling the user to easily access all of the available oblique views of a property, building, highway or other object, and to navigate around the imagery using standard zoom tools. At any time, the user may update the view in Cadcorp SIS based on the current location in Pictometry. The software also enables the user to obtain measurements such as distance, height, elevation, area, and bearing directly from the oblique imagery.

In the UK, Ordnance Survey has partnered with Blom Aerofilms Ltd. to be the sole provider of Pictometry data for Great Britain. Building on a very successful flying programme during 2006, the initial Pictometry capture programme will be completed during 2007, making oblique view imagery available for all urban areas with a population of greater than 50,000. By using the existing Cadcorp SIS OS MasterMap Manager and the new Cadcorp SIS Pictometry Viewer, Cadcorp’s UK users will benefit from easy access to both OS MasterMap geographic information and Pictometry imagery within a single, fully integrated GIS environment.

Blom Aerofilms Ltd is also responsible for the production of Pictometry imagery for the rest of Europe and with over 500 European cities already in its database, is adding 30 cities each month. Meanwhile, the USA is comprehensively covered by Pictometry, the developers of the patented technology and the world’s largest digital, oblique aerial imagery company.

Cadcorp SIS Pictometry Viewer is available for immediate download at no cost from www.cadcorp.com/resources_digital_mapping/free_downloads.htm, and requires an installation of Map Modeller, Map Editor or Map Manager to run.

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