Internet delivery of aerial photography
NSG's Xplorer and XPLView Web Mapping Products are widely used by a range of local and central government organizations and private sector companies for public and restricted deployment intranet of spatial and non spatial data. This means that aerial photography can be set into context against other datasets such as road names, legal description, parcel boundaries, rates, water and sewer services, places of interest, earthquake fault lines, planning classifications, flood areas, etc. There is no limit to the detail that can be integrated with aerial photography – just so long as the data is available.

New Zealand Aerial Mapping (NZAM), a leading aerial photography, LIDAR, and photogrammetry firm in Australasia and Asia, and the NSG Group have announced a new extension to XPLview called XPLvision. This web product offers:

• Complete coverage of aerial photography
• Full integration with Cadastral Records
• Address and road name search
• Preservation of client character and individuality by branding the site with client logos, colors etc.

• Easy and simple to use by the general public to specialist - no training required
• Option to provide on-line purchase of aerial photography imagery
• Opportunity to offer added-value subscription services to special interest groups such as contractors, property developers, attorneys, real estate agents, architects, surveyors etc
• Options to include any client data and imagery
• Options to extend the search functionality

Technical details:

• Fast download and response times based on a lightweight application (just 60KB)
• Basic navigation, print and measure
• Image ‘snapshot’ as a jpeg export
• Wide browser compatibility
• Shopping Cost Integration for Online Purchases and Delivery

About NSG –NorthSouth GIS (NSG) was set up in 2005 by long time GIS consulting firms Elroi Consulting Inc. and Explorer Graphics Ltd. and is now a leading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consulting firm in the United States. The company also leads the international NSG Group, a significant player in New Zealand, India and the Middle East.

About NZAM - NZAM has significant experience in aerial photography and mapping projects in New Zealand and internationally. We employ 28 staff across three locations. We offer a complete in-house solution, from aerial survey right through to the end photogrammetric and image product.