The latest aerial photography is helping North Yorkshire Police save time and resources and transform policing in the largest county in the UK. Supplied by Bluesky International and Getmapping under the Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) contract with the Geospatial Commission, the high resolution imagery is widely used across the force. Accessed via desktop Geographical Information System (GIS) and mapping software the up-to-date photography is benefiting operation

Cheshire’s historic past is being unearthed using new aerial survey imagery matched to historic land use maps, held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies. The aerial data, supplied by Bluesky and Getmapping as part of the Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) contract with the Geospatial Commission, is providing a modern day context for 19th Century Tithe Maps. Now available online, visitors to https://maps.cheshireeast.gov.uk/tithemaps/ can search by place, person or