Government
County-Wide Aerial Mapping
County-wide aerial maps and photos are an everyday resource for county and city staff for big picture planning and detailed inventory or property records. More aerial acquisition options are available today that offer considerable detail and integration with GIS systems.
To help you prepare for the future, 95West can capture large-format imagery and high-density lidar simultaneously in a single flight, resulting in greater detail and in much less time than smaller planes, drones, or UASs. Depending on the county scale, imaging resolution, sun angle, and atmospheric weather conditions, 95West can fly an entire county in a few hours or a couple days.
Specifications for county-wide mapping:
- 10cm (4”) orthos for rural area imagery
- 6cm (3”) orthos for Central Business District imagery
- Multi-line flight paths to cover county
- 400’ to 1000′ buffer around the county boundary
- Three-band or four-band imagery
- 30-degree sun-angle
- Leaf-off/snow-free date scheduled for seasonal flights
- Fully processed GeoTiff tiles and MrSID mosaics
- Supplemental hydro flattened breakline options
- Meets ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data
More information:
Click on the link below to read a news story about county-wide aerial mapping.
Government Solutions
Local, State, Federal, and Tribal agencies are using aerial mapping, ortho imagery, and Lidar to solve problems and make well-informed decisions for their communities.
95West delivers geospatial services that help:
- Design new roadways and infrastructure
- Reduce costs
- Document and monitor utilities
- Risk assessment
- Streamline community planning
- Provide a vertical perspective
- Archeological inventory
- Watershed analysis
95West is also ready to serve in emergency response efforts and natural disaster recovery. We can assist in documenting for damage assessment, forensic analysis, and disaster response planning.
Color-Infrared (CIR) Imagery
CIR captures wavelengths emanating from vegetation, providing a more reliable means of monitoring and analysis. This can be used to assess vegetation health and classification, analyze invasive species, and more.
CIR is also used to analyze soil properties such as permeability, salinity, and erosion. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) can be derived from digital CIR data, a key indicator in plant analysis, fertilizer and herbicide applications, and yield estimates.
Forestry and Natural Resources
Managers of forests, rivers, watersheds, wildlife habitats, and other public lands have come to rely on aerial remote sensing to efficiently image and analyze assets on lands within their stewardship. When canopy volumes need to be studied, LiDAR provides a reliable means of penetrating vegetation to establish an accurate baseline ground surface as well as modeling the top of the canopy. The use of this technology allows us to estimate the quantity, type, and height of trees.
