Wellington goes 3D with AAMHatch

30 July 2009, 10:44am

Wellington City Council has purchased a fully textured 3D city model from AAMHatch.
AAMHatch’s 3D city models and multi angle oblique imagery are the new benchmark for local authorities and city management. The fully textured 3D city model of Wellington covers approximately 10 sqkm of the CBD and satellite commercial areas, and the Pictometry® oblique aerial imagery covers 140 sqkm of urban and rural environs of the local government area.

AAMHatch’s 3D model will provide Wellington City Council with unrivalled ability to visualise, measure and portray both existing and planned urban space. The sophisticated 3D model can be readily incorporated into powerful visualisations and simulations for design, planning and asset management applications.

The Pictometry multi-angle oblique images are geo-referenced, orthorectified, and are fully
enabled by the powerful Pictometry 3D tool kit which enables measurement of building
heights, distances, elevation and areas directly from the oblique imagery.

Wellington was the first city in New Zealand to be flown with the unique Pictometry oblique
imaging system. The first area captured in Wellington was the iconic New Zealand Parliament building, the Beehive. Following the Beehive capture, AAMHatch completed
Pictometry imaging of the remainder of the Wellington City area and then captured Auckland city metropolitan areas. More image capture is planned in Summer.

For further information on Pictometry and 3D models, visit the AAMHatch website at the link below.

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