View buildings obliquely from four directions, measure facade heights and assess roofs, with imagery from every camera type and supplier in one viewer.
In a conventional orthophoto the image is rectified so every pixel appears to come from directly overhead. That is exactly what you want for a map layer, but it also means facades disappear and tall objects lose their sides. An oblique capture keeps that side. It lets you judge the condition of a facade, whether solar panels are present, how a roof edge meets the wall or what stands in a rear yard, without anyone having to go and look. Because every capture is georeferenced, the link to the map remains: you click a location on the map and receive the matching angled captures from every available direction.
Oblique captures can be measured too, but the geometry differs from an orthophoto. A height along a facade is measured across the viewing direction, where the viewing angle and the distance to the object determine how accurate that will be. We georeference the captures and link them to the height model or point cloud of the same area, so a clicked point resolves to a coordinate rather than a pixel position. For facade heights and roof dimensions that yields usable figures; for work where millimetres matter a terrestrial capture or a point cloud remains the better source. In GEORIZON that sits right next to the angled imagery, so you pick the right source per question.
The oblique imagery lives in your own GEORIZON tenant, reachable through the browser without an installation or a licence per user. A situation you find is shared through a direct link to the right capture and viewing direction. For use outside the viewer, connect to the open API or add a derived map layer through WMTS in QGIS or ArcGIS. Where people or vehicles appear recognisably, the same automatic GDPR blurring applies as with the panoramas. Organisations including ProRail (SpoorInBeeld), the municipality of Nijmegen and Kempkes Landmeten work with their imagery this way.
GEORIZON supports every camera type. A ready-made ingest template is available for each camera type, from Vexcel Imaging (UltraCam and UltraMap) and Hexagon and Leica Geosystems to IGI and Track'Air. Whoever captured the imagery, it sits in the same viewer, side by side and with your history intact. We always keep the original files. If you switch provider, you lose nothing: captures from different years, sensors and providers stay available in one environment.
See also: Oblique viewer for municipalities, Oblique imagery from any supplier, Choosing an oblique viewer, Measure facade height in oblique imagery.
