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Ground level (solid) and trench floor (dashed) along the route

Tour

Estimates for early design. Confirm with the network operator and a qualified engineer.

How to use

Walk and fly real UK ground, then draw trenches and cable routes and read lengths, spoil and levels.

  1. Find a postcode or planning reference.
  2. Look at the grid on the ground: overhead lines, towers and substations.
  3. Design a cable route: choose Cable, clicktap points on the ground, then Finish.

Buttons

Walk
stand on the ground at eye height (1.7 m)
Drone
fly above the ground; Space up, Q downhold Up or Down
Find
go to a project, postcode, planning reference or lat, lon
Design
draw trenches, cables, roads, pads, fences, pile rows and drilled crossings; schedules and quantities
Layers
what is loaded here and its state

What the numbers rest on

  • Ground: EA LIDAR Composite DTM 1 m, ±15 cm
  • Levels: metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn
  • Values not measured are marked assumed where they appear.
  • Desktop study only: not a survey or a design. Confirm on site before use.

Moving

W / S
forward and back (or up / down arrows)
A / D
turn left and right (or left / right arrows)
Drag
look around
Shift
hold to move slowly and precisely
F
drone on and off · Space up, Q down · flies low enough to pass under tables
Joypad
up to go forward, sideways to turn
Drag
anywhere else to look around
Layer details

  • Terrain: Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 1 m · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved. · Open Government Licence v3.0
Terrain: Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 1 m · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved. · Open Government Licence v3.0Terrain © Environment Agency 2022 · OGL v3.0