Hello,

Thank you for visiting my website. The music linked to this website was created by using a digital geospatial height model of Glastonbury Tor. The geospatial 3D model represents the height of Glastonbury Tor above sea level, or what we may refer to as metres Ordnance Datum Newlyn (mODN).

Geospatial data (i.e. location and the height of the land) was extracted from this 3D model and converted into musical notes which I have then fed into my synths and instruments to create a piece of music.

The musical pieces you hear on this website begin geographically at the bottom of Glastonbury Tor and climb themselves up in a spiral fashion to the top of Glastonbury Tor.

The geospatial data I’ve used comes from UK Government Open Source data and is a type of remote sensing known as LiDAR data which stands for Light Detection and Ranging. LiDAR data is captured from a plane and sometimes by drones. The LiDAR instruments are placed at the bottom of the aircraft and send out a light/laser beam that hits the ground below, the return signals from this laser beam are then recorded and combined with satellite Global Positioning System/GNSS data to create a dataset that shows both location, in this case, Ordnance Survey British National Grid and height mODN.

Best wishes,

George

About George Anderson:

George is a composer and musician living in Somerset.

www.george-anderson-music.co.uk