In Europe, the Netherlands and Denmark are considered leaders in the  field of national spatial data infrastructure. Due to their flat  topography and seaside location, highly accurate and up-to-date geodata  play an important role in these countries. The gepdata is required to  monitor and document climate-related impacts.  For this reason, the  Dutch water supervisory authority Het Watershapshuis commissions an annual aerial image coverage of the whole Netherlands.

In  2015, BSF Swissphoto, together with its partners Getmapping and  Miramap, was commissioned by Het Watershapshuis to acquire 10 cm images  for different municipalities. In the course of the project, our company  completed 7,737 km2 of flights between March and April. A digital  orthophoto was finally generated on the basis of the captured aerial  photos. These flights were also carried out in 2016 and 2017 by BSF  Swissphoto.