Thursday, August 07, 2008

Britain From Above


While nothing to do with ABM, some of us at CASA have been doing some voluntary work for a new BBC TV series called Britain from above. Basically we assisted in organising and refining vast hordes of geographic information such as the 2001 Census, the intricate network of railways and then producing fine scale maps which appear on the show after some amazing CGI and graphics work by a professional company. The program looks great:




I particularly like this clip:




More information about the show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7539529.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/about/experts.shtml

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