Dr Alison Matthew

Dr Alison Matthew is Geomatics Manager at the Environment Agency. She has an MSc and PhD in Remote Sensing and has over 25 years working experience in operational remote sensing at the Environment Agency and its predecessor the National Rivers Authority.

Free mapping data will elevate flood risk knowledge

Dr Alison Matthew, 16 June 2015 - Flood, Regulated industry, Water

For the past 17 years we have been capturing LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) data in England. LIDAR uses a laser to scan and map the landscape from above and is widely considered to be the best method for collecting …

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