Testing, Testing

We aren't happy with the way that officials have presented the flood risk consequent from the possible installations of hydro power turbines at Avoncliff.

We think that the results of the simulations and the actual impacts of high water levels should be presented in an intuitive way, accessible by non- technical people rather than buried in a pile of printouts to be cherry-picked and misrepresented as we feel has happened up to now.

The EA have the data to do an impact presentation - Bradford on Avon has been surveyed with laser from an aeroplane - the results:

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Another rendering of the LIDAR data - the filtering process to remove buildings and trees has had its toll on the detail but even still - look at the spoil tips from the mines on the south side of the river behind Avonciff...

So the picture below is a test to see how well 3D terrain data (with water levels overlaid later...) works - it's quite a big file so you'll have to wait a few minutes for it to load.... after you click "view" - please try it out.


The 3D viewer hasn't been a great success....  and seems to "gum up" browsers on slower internet connections....