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Why 3D mapping is a high-tech crystal ball for surveyors

Want to know what the area you are designing a building for will look like in 10 years’ time? It’s perfectly possible with the latest 3D mapping technology

Lovers of the Fosters & Partners building, the Gherkin, should stop reading now, because by 2027 it will have disappeared. Or at least it will be invisible to anyone not standing on a specific hillside in north-east London – crowded out of the skyline it once dominated by a whole new breed of bigger, brasher and less lovable skyscrapers.

That’s the outcome predicted for the future of London’s skyline by Sandor Petroczi, director of AccuCities, a company that provides 3D models of many UK cities. These include not just high levels of detail regarding existing buildings but are constantly updated with information on proposed and greenlit buildings too. This provides a window into what a cityscape might look like in a few years’ time, when the planning applications of today become the built environment of tomorrow.

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