The Mayo News

THE company responsible for the much-lauded Westport 3D model has gone into liquidation. AMT3D – who had an office at Church Lane in Westport – went into liquidation on November 14, with the loss of three jobs. Westport 3D company goes into liquidation


Neill O’Neill

THE company responsible for the much-lauded Westport 3D model has gone into liquidation. AMT3D – who had an office at Church Lane in Westport – went into liquidation on November 14, with the loss of three jobs.
However, the operational and maintenance elements of the business were merged with a Newport-based company to safeguard existing clients and ensure that current projects will be finished and maintained into the future. The Westport 3D model will continue to be hosted on Google Earth, and with no outstanding work remaining to be done, it can still be expanded if the need arises to do so, while the Town of Tomorrow competition will continue to operate as usual.
Managing Director of AMT3D, Mr Brendan Hafferty, told The Mayo News that he is disappointed by the closure of his company, but that several factors had come into play at once which brought about the liquidation.
“The knock-on effect of the construction industry slowing very considerably was a factor and we were receiving no support from the banks and our investors could see no opportunities in the short-term,” he said.
While the limited company has gone into liquidation, Brendan Hafferty is continuing to draw on his experience and network of contacts to work as a consultant in all aspects of 3D visualisation.
Mr Hafferty also rubbished stories circulating last week that the Westport 3D model was not what it was made out to be, and confirmed that customers of his company were informed of the difficulties and changes that would be taking place as far back as two months ago.
“There was a negative report that the Westport 3D model was not as good as we were making it out to be, but Westport is still the only town in Ireland on Google Earth, and there is no town in the UK modelled the same way. There are other international city models on Google Earth, but many of them are just grey block models whereas the Westport model is photo realistic and highly accurate. Daniela Brica, Google Earth’s Senior Associate and 3D Captain for Europe, Middle East and Africa, came to Westport in January and said that the Westport 3D model is among the most realistic photo-accurate town models in the world to be hosted on Google Earth. It was not AMT3D which stated this, and to say otherwise is wrong."

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