Friday, 23 October 2009

Flood avoidance - The role of Geomatics

Severn Partnership played host to two local MPs, the TSA, EA and ESI to discuss the role of Geomatics in Flooding.  From left to right: Mark Fermor (MD at ESI - Groundwater & Environmental specialists), Owen Patterson (MP, North Shropshire), Philip Dunne (MP, Ludlow), Rory Stanbridge (Secretary General of TSA), Richard Bentley (Operations team leader at the EA).  Discussions ranges from Threshold levels to GNSS RTK survey, LIDAR, Photogrammetry, Shropshire groundwater scheme, modelling for flood risk management and EA asset survey.