Using 13 years of expertise in tree mapping, Bluesky have developed NTM Risk™ to directly address industry pain points, reducing project time, increasing precision, and delivering immediate, actionable insight, transforming how our trees are mapped, monitored, and managed.

NTM Risk™  delivers intelligence to customer desktops that includes:

• Buildings: distance, height, fall radius, and number of properties at risk
• Road & Rail: proximity and angle to transport infrastructure
• Rivers: nearest watercourses, proximity and angle
• Wind: seasonal average speeds, predicted future speeds based on climate change levels
• Elevation: ground height above sea level — vital for flood-risk analysis

Bluesky’s NTM™ is created using proprietary algorithms and processing techniques that use our high resolution national aerial photography, terrain and surface data, and colour infrared imagery. The data is updated regularly as part of our cyclic aerial imagery capture and update programme.  

No other tree map product available on the market can match us for coverage and currency. 

Other Bluesky NTM™ -derived and similar products available include: 

• NTM+™ 
• 3+30+300 rule analysis reports 
• National Hedgerow Map 
• Change Detection Analysis 

Applications

• Insurance and risk assessment

• Tree management (including tree preservation orders)

• Flood and pollution monitoring

• Transport infrastructure, e.g. railway lines

• Utility and energy infrastructure

• Town and city planning

• Forestry

• Ecology

• Air quality monitoring

• Land and estate management

Key Features

• Buildings: distance, height, fall radius, and number of properties at risk

• Road & Rail: proximity and angle to transport infrastructure

• Rivers: nearest watercourses, proximity and angle

• Wind: seasonal average speeds, predicted future speeds based on climate change levels 

• Elevation: ground height above sea level — vital for flood-risk analysis

• Flood Zones: classifications including Zones 2 and 3