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Incredible air displays, attractions and fantastic evening entertainment – Bournemouth is ready to welcome you to the UK’s biggest free aviation Festival this summer!

 

 

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Get the Jurassic Coast on your iPhone

 

Daily Echo Bournemouth

 

THE vast wonders of the Jurassic Coast are now available to view from the palm of your hand, thanks to the latest mobile phone technology.

Anyone with an iPhone can now download a new, free application – or app – and take a walk through time along the entire Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

The interactive map, packed with information about the popular coastal site, enables users to scroll seamlessly through 185 million years of Earth history at the touch of a button.

Based on the interactive CD available in visitor centres, the app contains insights and facts about the coast, including an animation of how the rocks were laid down, tilted and eroded, resulting in the present day coastline.

It boasts a continuous linear image photographed from the sea, looking back to the coastline.

The app has been developed for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site team – based at Dorset County Council – by Aviation Partners with financial support from the South West Regional Development Agency as part of its investment into the site.

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Laser technology makes Bournemouth best mapped place on the planet                                                                                              

Bournemouth Daily Echo 

BOURNEMOUTH has been recreated in incredible three-dimensional detail by the Ordnance Survey.

The Pier, Imax, BIC and lower gardens have been captured with the latest technology in a remarkable “first”.

The agency has used incredibly accurate lasers to create a spectacularly detailed map. 

Experts say the technology could revolutionise the future of personal navigation, tourism and the planning process as well as aiding architects and the emergency and security services.

The map was created after three years of hard work, with every square metre of Bournemouth captured using a combination of land-based and aerial survey with high-accuracy lasers.

More than 700 million laser beams were sent out from Ordnance Survey vans and aircraft patrolling the town. These bounced back off hills, buildings and streets, providing precise geographical data about the terrain.

This information was then combined with the Ordnance Survey’s 2D maps of the town and overlaid with photos taken from the air to produce the realistic effect.

“Three-dimensional maps in themselves aren’t new, but what we’ve achieved in Bournemouth is a level of accuracy and detail that’s never been done before,” said Glen Hart, head of research at Ordnance Survey.

“Given the level of detail that we’ve achieved, I think Bournemouth can confidently lay claim to being the best mapped place on the planet.”

Ordnance Survey says that the results are substantially more accurate than the 3D maps available through online applications such as Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth, and will revolutionise the way it charts the British Isles.

The 3D mapping service will not be rolled to the rest of Britain for at least five years, while Ordnance Survey perfects the new method.

The maps could also help the emergency services by allowing them to visualise the scenes of serious incidents accurately.

The agency has also been in consultation with businesses that want to view buildings in 3D and calculate heat loss from individual floors and walls in order to improve energy efficiency and drive down carbon emissions.