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About Us

We are the 3D Geospatial brand of Garsdale Design Limited, led by Elliot Hartley a renowned 3D Geodesign professional as well as an ArcGIS CityEngine pioneer, expert, and instructor.

We’ve been working with 3D Geospatial tools for over a decade in particular ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS CityEngine.

Our Partners

Blue Milk Media
ConsultingWhere
ViewPro
CyberCity3D
esri
gistec
Lancaster University

Elliot Hartley

MD of GD3D / Garsdale Design Limited and CityEngine Instructor

Elliot Hartley is the Managing Director of GD3D / Garsdale Design, and an internationally recognised 3D geodesign expert.  He is also known as a pioneer and instructor in the use of Esri’s ArcGIS CityEngine for urban planning projects and 3D city modelling.

Elliot has had more than 20 years working in the fields of GIS, planning, 3D urban modelling and geodesign. He has spent some of that time working as a Senior Planner in private practice, as well as a Development Control officer within local authority planning Departments.

He has consulted for and trained teams in some of the world’s leading planning and architectural consultancies in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.  In addition, he has also provided training and services for local government/city authorities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

As a subject matter expert in 3D urban modelling Elliot has spoken and conducted workshops/webinars/seminars at many international events on topics of planning, 3D urban modelling and geodesign.  He is also a Primary School co-opted Governor/Vice-Chair.  He also writes a 3D geospatial and planning blog called GeoPlanIT.

Our Clients

Renaissance Planning
Government of Jersey
Evari GIS Consulting
City of Cambridge, MA
WATG
Nottingham City Council
DAR
City Of Maple Grove, Minnesota
CalPoly
University of Manchester
City of Cambridge, MA
HorizonGeospatial
HomesEngland
ViewPro
Sarawak Land and Survey

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