Smart Cities Development

GeoConnexion recently met Peter Elliott, from PA Consulting Group, during a Smart Utility conference. We talked about some of the key aspects for smart cities development… and more!

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Sensors and Technologies

Airborne digital cameras and sensors - With the drive to save energy and switch to renewable sources such as solar power, remote sensing technology is being developed and applied to provide intelligence on energy wastage and help plan for alternative energy sources. Rachel Tidmarsh of Bluesky explains.

“Smarter” cities are reducing their carbon emissions

In the past two years, our planet reached an important milestone: for the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population resides in cities. This shift from a rural concentration of people to an urban one took tens of thousands of years to achieve – and now it’s accelerating at rapid speed towards unprecedented urbanisation. In the UK, around 80% of the population already live in urban areas, compared to a world average of just over 50%, which is expected to increase to 70% by 2050.

GIS and Data for Emergency Services

When responding to a 999 emergency the Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance Service all need to have fast access to as much incident-related information as possible. In addition to the obvious route planning and digital mapping data that enables them to get to the incident as quickly as possible, emergency services can also benefit from a broad range of additional information.

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A New World Class Player in Marine Information

HR Wallingford has recently purchased SeaZone Solutions Ltd. GeoConnexion met SeaZone’s new Group Manager, Keiran Millard and Alison Smith, Marketing Manager to talk about the rationale behind the acquisition and the exciting developments that SeaZone will be undertaking with HR Wallingford’s support and investment.