Blom Aerofilms Company Profile

Company Profile

www.blomaerofilms.com

Contact Information

Contents

Name:

Blom Aerofilms Limited (formerly Simmons Aerofilms Limited)

1. Introduction

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Year Established:

1965 (Aerofilms established 1919)

2. About Blom Aerofilms

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Registration No:

1009273

3. Financial Strength

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Head Office:

The Astrolabe Cheddar Business Park Wedmore Road Cheddar Somerset BS27 3EB United Kingdom

4. Market Areas

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Tel:+44 (0) 1934 745 820 Fax:+44 (0) 1934 745 825 Email: cgaunt@blomaerofilms.com Web: www.blomaerofilms.com

Aerial Operations Branch Office:

Unit 3, Brook Farm Offices Salford Road Hulcote Milton Keynes MK17 8BS United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1525 288013 Fax: +44 (0) 1525 288039 Email: dcritchley@blomaerofilms.com

Contact:

Chris Gaunt

Quality Assurance:

ISO 9001 : 2000

Member:

Association of Geographic Information (AGI)

5. Data Products & Services

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6. Technology Focus

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7. Business Strategy

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8. Reference Projects

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9. Research & Development

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10. Accreditation

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Appendix A - Equipment Resources

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Appendix B - QA / IIP / H&S Certificates

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Introduction 1.1 Blom Aerofilms

1.2 Blom ASA

Blom Aerofilms is the UK’s leading provider of geospatial solutions to support national mapping, infra-structure management and environmental assessment.

Blom ASA is Europe’s largest provider of aerial imagery and geospatial data employing some 1,000 staff in 10 countries and financial revenues of approximately €150 million.

Established in 1965 and incorporating Aerofilms Limited in 1997, the company covers the complete range of mapping services including aerial photography, GIS base mapping, orthophoto production and airborne laser-scanning.

Employing over 110 professional staff in the UK, Blom Aerofilms is able to provide a comprehensive service to its clients, the majority of whom are national mapping agencies, in Asia, Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.

The company’s particular skills are its ability to recognize the talents of its staff and ensure that all projects use the available skills effectively to produce quality image and geospatial solutions.

The company has significant financial, human and equipment resources enabling it to undertake major projects throughout the world.

The group is represented by the following companies, supporting both local and international clients: • BlomInfo, Denmark

• BlomInfo, Romania

• Blom-Kartta, Finland

• Blom Sistemas Geoespaciales, Spain

• Blom Deutschland, Germany • Blom Nusantara, Indonesia • Blom CGR, Italy

• BlomInfo, Sweden • TopEye, Sweden • Blom Aerofilms, United Kingdom

• Blom Geomatics, Norway Area

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Height

Location

Property information & databases extracted from Pictometry Oblique Imagery.

Blom Group is one of the oldest & largest aerial imaging & mapping organisations in Europe.

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Distance

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About Blom Aerofilms Blom Aerofilms has been a major force in the UK survey and mapping profession for almost 90 years, with a reputation for quality and excellence.

The company works hard to maintain this status and has led the market and grown with the geo-information profession to bring new products and capabilities to its customers.

2.1 Philosophy The company’s management aims to create a quality culture within the business in which both staff have the ability to develop their knowledge and skills and the expectations of client organizations are exceeded. This is achieved through transparent management, continuous quality development and investment in technology and staff.

Blom Aerofilms Head Office, Cheddar, UK.

2.2 Quality Management Blom Aerofilms was one of the first UK survey and mapping organisations to embrace quality management systems in 1990 when the company achieved accreditation to then BS 5750 or ISO 9000 as it is known today.

To support quality management, Blom Aerofilms is also accredited with Investors in People (IIP) and Occupational Health and Safety Management System, (Certificate No: OHS 99508).

Railway Modelling, Nuneaton, UK.

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Financial Strength Year

2006

2005

2004

2003

Blom Aerofilms Total sales turnover

10,486,624

5,788,980

209,816

490,961

2,230,372

477,795

Profit before tax

172,549

1,639,087

2,149,652

339,978

69,393

1,178,388

1,351,449

286,486

5,038,307

4,968,914

3,790,526

2,439,077

Profit for the year

The following table is a summary of the Blom Aerofilms and Blom group financial performance over the past four years, demonstrating a strong growth despite fluctuations in the UK market during 2005.

Net assets Blom ASA Total sales turnover

66,802,320

34,509,853

15,060,461

10,029,434

Operating profit

8,025,280

4,867,254

1,616,939

-2,015,597

Profit before tax

5,628,720

4,122,348

1,451,321

-2,141,384

Profit for the year

5,014,000

3,296,604

2,628,344

-974,430

114,035,000

64,905,000

14,504,000

6,402,000

Net assets

Figures in (£) GBP.

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Blom Group is financially strong and able to support major projects.

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We are also developing new business and new technologies both within Blom Aerofilms and across the group to ensure that the group’s performance continues to grow and that Blom group becomes Europe’s premier provider of geographic information in both the contracted and data supply markets.

7,437,132

Operating profit

Blom Group is the largest commercial aerial imaging and mapping organisation in Europe and is listed on the Oslo stock exchange, giving the company access to capital which enables the group to support growth and develop new markets.

Blom Aerofilms has a number of UK / Ireland government framework contracts providing consistent income and workload.

10,263,970

New growth markets for Blom Aerofilms include: • Utilities • Environmental management • Marine charting • On-line GIS & data management

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Market Areas Blom Aerofilms operates in all market sectors including national mapping, engineering, utilities, environmental, property, security and land consultancy.

In each case, we have specialist skills, experience and capabilities which support our customer groups and enable them to achieve their goals.

4.1 National mapping Blom Aerofilms has major experience of national mapping projects throughout the world. Recent projects have been undertaken in a number of countries producing topologically structured digital mapping for land reform, planning and development.

Aerial photography, topographic mapping, digital orthophoto and national geodetic survey operations have been undertaken for national mapping agencies in the following countries.

Europe

Caribbean

• Belgium (2004 & 2006)

• Bahamas (2000 – 2007)

• Denmark (1995 – 2006)

• Barbados (2006)

• France (2004)

• British Virgin Islands (2003)

• Great Britain (1995 – 2007)

• Cayman Islands (2001)

• Iceland (1999 – 2006)

• Montserrat (2003)

• Republic of Ireland

• St Vincent (2007)

• Moldova (2007)

• Trinidad & Tobago (1998)

• Netherlands (1999 – 2006) • Romania (2007) • Sweden (1998 & 2000) GPS receivers & hurricane Katrina, Grand Bahama, 2005

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4.2 Engineering The UK market is traditional one of large-scale engineering mapping of infra-structure corridors. Increasingly this activity is becoming health and safety aware with an emphasis given to techniques which are completely remote removing the need for survey staff to operate in dangerous environments.

Helicopter mounted TopEye II LiDAR system

M25 Motorway Junction

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Blom Aerofilms has introduced a number of rapid survey techniques to provide high-accuracy survey data to support engineering design and asset management activities.

These include low-level photography and LiDAR data capture from helicopters, enabling detailed mapping and digital terrain models to be completed.

For very high precision activities, the company also operates a helicopter mounted camera system providing accuracies of less than 1 cm from 100 metres (300 feet) altitude.

Helicopter photography and LiDAR data acquisition is a major benefit for detailed engineering corridors where access and safety is an issue. The accuracies which can be achieved are almost to the standards which can be expected from traditional land survey.

Blom Aerofilms also owns and operates two large format digital survey cameras with precision navigation systems to acquire imagery from 2 cm to 50 cm resolution.

Intensity Drape

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Market Areas

Using these systems we are able to provide detailed engineering mapping suitable for: • Civil engineering design • Asset management • Earthwork stability Each aerial platform has its own benefits and limitations, the following table describes the advantages and disadvantages of each system.

Technique / Accuracy Fixed-wing aerial Photography

Helicopter Laser Scanning (TopEye LiDAR)

Advantages •

Medium cost

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Ideal for rapid collection of infrastructure corridors

Disadvantages •

Weather dependant

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Low accuracy (70 mm – 300 mm)

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Wide area captured > 500 metre band

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Stereo viewing of images for mapping & interpretation

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Low cost

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High speed (75 km / day) acquisition

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Well established, proven • technique

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Laser data penetrates vegetation providing a complete ground surface

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No visibility through dense vegetation

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Difficulty in interpretation of the point cloud as stereoviewing is not available Narrow band width < 100 metres

Helicopter aerial Photography

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High accuracy • (+/- 8mm-10mm)

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Established technique for high accuracy engineering works

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Stereo photography enables additional datasets to be extracted to support future applications

Mapping Photographic Scale Scale

Lidar - TopEye

1:500

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Requires ground control approx every 50 metres (initial survey), however, this may be in safe areas Limited interpretation of features obscured by vegetation

Image Resolution (m)

Accuracies (m)

x,y

z

100m altitude

0.040

0.080

0.040

Photogrammetry & 1:500 helicopter mount 1:500

1:600 1:1,000

0.009 0.020

0.040 0.060

0.008 0.020

Photogrammetry & 1:500 Fixed-wing 1:500 1:500 1:1,250

1:2,000 1:3,000 1:3,000 1:10,000

0.040 0.040 0.060 0.200

0.100 0.100 0.150 0.750

0.040 0.040 0.060 0.300

Achieving the right accuracy is also important, the table above provides achievable position and height values for each technique.

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4.3 Environment Blom Aerofilms regularly provides support services to environmental organisations responsible for coastline management and flood protection.

These activities include annual photography campaigns to provide a record of the coastline and identify areas for study and flood maintenance.

Colour and Infra-red digital photography can provide detailed information on flood defences, flood planes, coastal erosion and vegetation either sub-sea or on land.

This imagery may be provided as stereo photographs or in ortho-rectified format for integration with GIS. LiDAR is becoming an increasingly popular technique for coastline and flood plane analysis and Blom Aerofilms can offer some of the most cutting-edge technology combining digital photography and LiDAR acquisition.

Infra-red images used to analyse Eelgrass growth

LiDAR systems enable Blom Aerofilms to acquire large volumes of data quickly and efficiently to support effective decision-making.

Coastal Survey, Ireland

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Market Areas 4.4 Bathymetric survey Blom Aerofilms capabilities do not stop at the coast, the company has recently introduced the HawkEye II bathymetric LiDAR capable of penetrating coastal waters to a depth of up to 30 metres.

This is one of just a few systems in the world capable of operating in this manner from either a helicopter or fixedwing platform.

The system is able to collect data on both land and underwater simultaneously making it an efficient and economic technique for mapping the coastal zone.

Side view, Longships Stacks

System operation, more efficient than survey boats Vertical view, Longships Stacks

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Data Products & Services In addition to contracted services, Blom Aerofilms is building a geographic database of mapping and image data across Europe comprising of high resolution stereo photography, geo-referenced oblique photography (Pictometry), LiDAR data, 3-dimensional urban models and associated databases.

All of this data is available on a licenced basis either through enquiry or via our web site at www.blomaerofilms.com.

Market Asset Management

5.1 High-resolution Photography Blom Aerofilms has collected digital stereo photography of UK cities at resolutions of 4 – 10 cm, making it the highest detail project ever carried out.

As the imagery is TRUE resolution and not re-sampled from medium resolution photography, the applications are enormous, including engineering design, asset management and environmental study.

High Resolution Photography

3D Urban Models

Pictometry

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Emergency Response Engineering

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Environmental

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Land Consultancy

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Location Based Services

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Navigation Property

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Security Utilities

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4 cm Resolution Digital Photography, Canary Wharf, London.

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Data Products & Services 5.2 3D Urban Models Blom Aerofilms has been creating a variety of bespoke and off-the-shelf 3-dimensional urban models for many years.

These have been created to a variety of different accuracies and specification as defined by the client and determined by customer feedback.

Based upon the vertical and oblique photographic libraries the company is creating, we have invested in the development of urban models across Europe, including all of the major capital cities and urban centres, the plan for 2007/08 production is 60 cities.

Combined Vertical & Oblique imagerey - Southampton, UK

For more sophisticated applications, Blom Aerofilms is able to combine vertical and oblique aerial photography to create a more realistic view of the urban environment.

As part of this project, a number of attributes concerning the buildings are being collected and stored to a database.

These include information such as material, age and type.

Munich, Germany - 3D Urban model

Holland Park, London - 3D Urban model

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5.3 Pictometry® – Oblique Image Libraries

5.3.1 Image Viewing & Delivery

Developed in the United States, Pictometry is a unique patented information system that combines aerial imaging with a state of the art software system which provides visual intelligence.

The Pictometry oblique libraries may be viewed within bespoke software or combined with existing GIS data in most industry-standard GIS software including, ESRI, MapInfo, CAD Corps through plug-in’s etc.

While Pictometry® libraries contain orthogonal (straight down) images like conventional aerial imaging, over 80% of Pictometry’s® images are oblique (taken from angles) so that features can be easily seen in their entirety.

A number of specialist software providers are making their software compatible including Command and Control systems for emergency services.

Blom Aerofilms Limited is in the process of acquiring high-resolution, georeferenced oblique aerial photography covering every British town and city.

The image acquisition is being undertaken as part of a European-wide project to acquire imagery of every urban centre with a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, a total of 900 cities.

Oblique imagery provides a new way of visualising the urban environment by providing multiple side-views of each location giving considerably more information on a building than conventional vertical views of the roof, filling the missing information between the street and the roof.

As the imagery is geo-referenced it can be integrated with a variety of GIS data to support more informed decisionmaking.

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Pictometry provides an unique view of the world & may be integrated with a variety of systems to support numerous applications.

Hull, UK : 2006

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Data Products & Services 5.3.2 On-line Data Access & Delivery For those interested in access to a wide area and small number of images, eg for property or insurance applications, we are providing on-line access to our database whereby images are provided instantly for a coordinate or post code location, on-demand.

To support those customers with limited internal GIS capability or require access to large volumes of imagery, we have developed an on-line GIS site which enables customers to access imagery and utilize the various measurement tools available within the desktop software, such as height, area and lengths. Using a variety of development tools, we can create web-sites and mashups to display a variety of data as imagery, mapping or integrated datasets.

These sites can use all of the tools provided by PictometryÂŽ to make real assessments of the imagery and data available.

All are available on-line so that any city in Europe can be accessed instantaneously.

Mash-up with Microsoft Virtual Earth

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Technology Focus 6.1 Technology Blom Aerofilms is a company which is able to adapt new ideas and technology in to practical solutions for our clients, be they contracted services or data products.

We focus on technology and using new capabilities in a practical manner to improve quality, reliability and delivery programme.

We recognise that customers increasingly want integrated data solutions which provide them with the information they require in a format which they can use to meet their business or statutory objectives. To provide this level of service, Blom group companies focus on technology and capability enabling them to provide unique services and solutions. The group utilises a number of digital survey cameras, lidar systems, oblique cameras all managed and operated by experienced professionals able to deliver a customer dataset, meeting individual needs and expectations.

6.1.1 Digital Aerial Survey Cameras Blom Aerofilms operates two (of six within Blom group) Vexcel UltraCam-D survey cameras capable of acquiring both RGB and infra-red imagery in a single pass. Depending upon flying altitude we can achieve ground pixel resolutions between 2.5 cm and 50 cm from 275 metres (900 feet) and 5,500 metres (18,000 feet). Image quality and clarity is far superior to film photography which results in a more efficient production process.

6.1.2 LiDAR Blom group owns and operates ten LiDAR systems enabling the group to meet any requirements including high accuracy corridors, wide areas for flood planes and urban models and underwater bathymetry.

Application

System

Quantity

High-accuracy Engineering Survey

TopEye Mk II

5

Wide area DTMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Urban Modelling

Optech Gemini

4

Bathymetric Survey

HawkEye II

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Technology Focus 6.2 Spatial Data Management System (SDMS)

Reporting

In order to control large scale processing flowlines within Blom Aerofilms, the company has developed a Spatial Data Management System (SDMS).

This web based application encapsulates the companies business rules with its accredited flow line procedures, to produce work flow schemas for all the different production disciplines we undertake. As a project steps through the work flow schema, the metadata is updated on progress to allow managers and clients to review the status of their projects, and appropriate team members are notified when a phase of work is completed and the data is available for the next user to proceed. Notifications can be made via SDMS, email, or SMS. User assignments allow only the accredited personnel for particular disciplines to undertake those tasks.

SDMS

The maintenance of the metadata associated with a project allows for real time reporting, either to predefined template or customised.

Similarly reports can be triggered to dispatch to specific personnel, either internally or externally, on completion of a certain stage, or perhaps at month end.

Important for the user, is data versioning; storage Versioning, and management of the versions of the data storage & management as it progresses through the flow line, and the ability to roll back to a previous version where required. Network storage capacity is virtualised and managed by SDMS, and optimises data storage dependent on type and use, for example storing high volume imagery on the areas of the network offering optimum performance.

Automation

Where possible, repetitive manual tasks have been automated, either through exploiting software development kits (SDKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) from software manufacturers, or custom applications to mimic the user input. Such tasks can be assigned to execute outside office hours, or through notification that the preceding task has been completed.

GIS Server

SDMS incorporates ESRIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GIS Server, providing a geographical interpretation of many datasets, and project progress or coverage. The web based nature of SDMS allows clients to be assigned log in credentials that allow them to periodically review their project and data.

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Business Strategy To achieve our objectives, the company has an integrated strategy aimed at staff and resource development to meet continually changing business demands, Blom Aerofilms is working to introduce new technology, develop techniques and ensure that staff have the necessary training, experience and resources to optimize operations.

We aim to develop four primary areas: Data capture – Ensure that the company gains competitive advantage through the use of advanceddigital camera and lidar systems, with automated data processing, quality control and data support tools.

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Use the company’s extensive skills, experience and capabilities to develop client specific GIS solutions.

Central to these skills and capabilities are advanced digital imaging systems eg. Pictometry, to develop image and information databases.

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Applications development – Hosting and delivery of geospatial data to our client base, providing user specific tools and environments to support customer applications.

d.

Delivery – Delivery of data and information via online systems to customers.

Topographic mapping, Barbados 2006

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Blom Group Companies are leaders in implementing and applying technology.

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Reference Projects

Blom Aerofilms has undertaken a variety of projects, demonstrating the company’s ability to innovate and successfully combine experience with the advantages provided by emerging technologies.

Ordnance Survey Great Britain

The following project descriptions demonstrate the variety of our experience and ability to provide customer solutions.

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Aerial photography Ground control Vector update Orthophoto mapping Positional Accuracy Improvement (PAI)

A six-year framework contract to revise up to 20,000 sq km of Great Britain’s national mapping per annum.

The project covers the rural areas and map scales of 1:2,500, but also included PAI activities as well as map revision.

Department of Lands & Surveys, St Vincent

Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Contract 2002 - Rural Sweep 2002 – 2008

St Vincent & the Grenadines 2007 • • • •

Aerial photography Ground control Topographic mapping Orthophoto mapping

Medium scale topographic & orthophoto mapping of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to support, planning, development and land registration.

Stereo photography was acquired at 10 and 20 cm resolutions using digital aerial survey cameras to produce a detailed and accurate mapping product.

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Department of Lands & Surveys, Bahamas

CORS (Continually Operating Reference Stations) 2006 – 2007 • Project planning • Reconnaissance • Fiducial point installation • GPS observations • Reporting • Training Over the winter of 2006 / 2007, Blom Aerofilms carried out a major fiducial control survey of the Bahamas.

The objective of the project was to establish a series of fiducial national triangulation points across the archipelago as the basis of a national network.

GPS Survey, Bahamas - 2006 - 2007.

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Reference Projects The Highways Agency - London, England UK

M25 Motorway 2004 - 2005 • • • •

European Database

Ground control Lidar data collection Lidar point-cloud processing Topographic mapping

A project aimed at collected detailed mapping of London’s M25 orbital motorway together with associated motorways and major highways, a total of 400 km.

The project was collected using helicopter based laser-scanning techniques from an altitude of 300 feet, providing vegetation penetration and high accuracy.

Pictometry Europe 2006 – 2007 • Oblique image collection • Image processing development

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library

• Data integration A speculative project aimed at collecting georeferenced image libraries of every town in Europe with a population of 50,000 or greater.

The data will be provided over the internet as an integrated geospatial database.

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Research & Development Blom Aerofilms is committed to a research and development programme to ensure that the company is able to maintain a competitive lead, provide customers with improved data products and services, reduce data acquisition and production times and support customer use of data.

Some examples are: Software • GeoViewer a desktop image viewing and manipulation package

Powerlines, TopEye MK II

• TIFF-QC a software package aimed at quality controlling orthophoto imagery • CDA Change Detection Application to identify change in orthophoto imagery Operational processes • High-accuracy helicopter-based LiDAR. Working on processes to achieve 15 mm height accuracy from TopEye MKII LiDAR systems • High accuracy stereo photography to support large scale engineering applications Data products • 3D urban models & databases • Urban LiDAR datasets

High precision helicopter photography

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Accreditation 10.1 Quality assurance Blom Aerofilms is registered to ISO 9001 with the British Standards Institution. The documented quality assurance system is based upon a number of procedures detailing how management and technical procedures devised to ensure accountability and traceability for each project.

Each aspect of a project is audited on a monthly basis, designed to complete the whole system annually.

It is the policy of Blom Aerofilms to provide its customers with a high quality service to satisfy their specified requirements and to be suitable for their intended purpose.

It is Blom Aerofilms policy to ensure that all areas of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business are conducted through the implementation of a Quality System, making use of systematic, planned and cost effective procedures designed to determine, assess and achieve quality and value.

All projects are undertaken in accordance with a documented quality plan to ensure that the whole project team is fully aware of their project requirements, quality goals, programme together with their role and responsibilities in the project.

10.2 Investors in People (IIP) Blom Aerofilms believes that its greatest strength is its human resource and the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to utilize the key skills within that resource.

We have achieved Investors in People certification to demonstrate our commitment and ability to develop our human resource to meet the challenges of the future.

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Appendix A - Equipment Resources

Department Aerial Photography Pictometry

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Manufacturer

Quantity

Cessna 402B (G-MAPP) Vexcel UltraCAM-D Digital Survey Camera, PAV-30 Mount & Tracker Navigation Cessna 404 (G-BWLF) Vexcel UltraCAM-D Digital Survey Camera, PAV-30 Mount & Tracker Navigation 10 x Pictometry Oblique Digital Camera System 10 x Partinavia P68 Aircraft (leased) POS-510

Applanix

2

POS-410

Applanix

1

POS-310

Applanix

10

LiDAR

HawkEye II Bathymetric LiDAR

Airborne Hydrography AB

1

Survey Control

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Leica 1230 Dual Frequency

8

BAE Systems Socet Set

10

Atlas Digital Stereo Plotter

7

Precision Photogrammetric Scanners

Leica DSW-600 Roll Film

2

Analytical Photogrammetric Instruments

Leica SD 2000 / SD 3000

2

Z/I Imaging Match-AT

2

Socet Set ORIMA

2

Inpho Match-T

2

KLT Atlas

10

Inpho OrthoVista

2

StruMAP

80

AutoCAD / MicroStation

8

ArcGIS

1

Point Cloud Generation

REALM

1

Data Classification & Mapping

TerraScan

9

Inertial Measurement

Digital Photogrammetric Workstations

Photogrammetry

Aerial Triangulation

Digital Mapping Software

Laser Processing

October 2007

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Appendix B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; QA / IIP / H&S Certificates

Investors In People Certificate of Recognition.

Certificate of Registration Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000.

Certificate of Registered Business Activities.

Certificate of Registration - Occupational Health Management System.

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Blom Group Offices Worldwide Blom ASA Head Office: P.O. Box 34 Skøyen N-0212 Oslo, Norway.

Tel: +47 2213 1920 Fax: +47 2213 1921 E-mail: blom@blom.no BlomInfo A/S Masnedoegade 20 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel: +45 70 200 226 Fax: +45 70 200 227 E-mail: blominfo@blominfo.dk Blom Deutschland GmbH Friedrich-Engels-Ring 48A 17033 Neubrandenburg, Germany Tel: +49 395 5707480 Fax: +49 395 570748299 E-mail: info@blom-deutschland.de Blom Geomatics AS P.O. Box 34 Skøyen 0212 Oslo, Norway Tel: +47 23 25 45 00 Fax: +47 23 25 45 01 E-mail: firmapost@blomgeomatics.no Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree Via Cremonese 35/A 43100 Parma, Italy Tel: +39 0521 994948 Fax: +39 0521 992803 E-mail: info@cgrit.it Blom Sistemas Geoespaciales SLU C/Alcalá, 492 28027 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 914 150 350 Fax: +34 915 192 540 E-mail: blom@blom.es

Blom Aerofilms Ltd Cheddar Business Park Wedmore Road Cheddar BS27 3EB UK Tel: +44(0) 1934 745820 Fax. +44(0) 1934 745825 Email: info@blomaerofilms.com Blom Kartta OY Pasilanraitio 5 00240 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358 9 229 3060 Fax: +358 9 148 1711 E- mail: info@blomkartta.fi Blom Swe AB Hammerbacken 6B SE-191 49 Sollentuna, Sweden Tel: +46 857 82 47 00 Fax: +46 857 82 47 01 E-mail: info@blominfo.se TOPEYE AB Klippan 1 J 41451 Gøteborg, Sweden Tel: +46 317 045670 Fax: +46 317 045670 Email: info@topeye.com Blom Info Geonet SRL Plt.Ditescu Stan Street No 1 Targoviste 130015 DB Romania Tel: +40 245 640 149 Fax: +40 245 210 852 E-mail: office@blominfo.ro

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