Emergency Response Partnerships With Federal and State Agencies

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Emergency Response Partnerships With Federal and
State Agencies
I-35 Bridge, MN next day

• Terry Keating, CTO and Regional ManagerMadison
  Wisconsin September 2007

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Abstract

• USGS and Aero-Metric have a standing task order
  to acquire and deliver digital images and
  elevations within 24 hours of a disaster.
• Case studies of flood mapping in Kansas (FEMA)
  and the Minnesota I-35 bridge failure (MnDOT)
  illustrate the program.

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Todays Presentation

• AERO-METRIC, Inc., the Company
• USGS emergency response standing task orders
• Two case studies
• Kansas flooding July 3-13, 2007
• I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis August 1,
  2007
• Summary

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Who We Are

• Leading geospatial solutions provider
• 38 Years
• 300 employees
• 13 locations
• Committed to quality, integrity, creativity and
  responsiveness
• No project too large or small, simple or complex
• Long-term relationships with our clients built on
  trust and respect

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Locations
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Markets
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Marquis Clients
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Capabilities

• Imaging and Data Collection
• Analog aerial imagery acquisition
• Digital aerial imagery acquisition
• Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)

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Capabilities

• Photogrammetric Mapping
• Aerotriangulation
• Stereo compilation
• Feature extraction
• Digital orthophotography (traditional and
  true-ortho)
• Photo laboratory
• Scanning
• Reproduction

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Capabilities

• Surveys
• Airborne GPS /IMU
• GPS surveys
• Topographic surveys
• Route location
• Subdivisions
• Construction layout
• Real property
• Hydrographic surveys
• Wind, cellular site layout

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Capabilities

• Geographic information systems
• Data capture
• Data conversion
• Data update
• Database design
• Application development
• Program management
• Project management office
• Quality assurance

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Solutions

• Digital orthophoto
• Traditional orthorectification
• True orthorectification
• Ortho mosaics
• NAIP

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Solutions

• LiDAR Surveys
• FEMA floodplain mapping
• Topographic - contour maps
• Forestry
• Road, railway pipeline
• Electrical transmission line

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Solutions

• Emergency response
• Oblique photography
• Orthophotography
• Lidar
• Damage assessment
• On call 24/7

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USGS Emergency Task Order - 2007

• USGS develops standing task order for rapid
  emergency response with Aero-Metric and others.
• Sensors specified
• Pricing pre-negotiated
• Timeframes established 24/7 availability 4
  hour response 24 hours to site 24-96 hours to
  deliver.
• FEMA and others call USGS for mapping technical
  support in times of emergency.
• Aero-Metric gets call, plans mission, estimates
  costs, negotiates details and deploys.

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Kansas Flooding Timeline - July 2007

• Called 7/3
• Deploy 7/5
• Plan 7/5
• Negotiate 7/5
• Flown 7/6-11
• Delivered 48-96 hours after flight.

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Kansas Deliverables

• Color and color IR images
• Digital orthos
• Compressed and uncompressed datasets
• County subsets

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Kansas Flights Delivery (Three Counties)
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I-35 Bridge

• Collapse 605 PM, August 1
• MnDOT contacts AERO-METRIC
• Fly August 2
• Continuous flights thereafter

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I-35 Ongoing Activity (9/24/07)

• Daily aerial verticals and obliques 8/15 to 9/1.
• Bridge and forensic reconstruction site
  currently flown every 3 days.
• Mosaic covering the bridge from fracture to
  fracture.
• Enlargements of the forensic site.
• Laminated enlargements for President Bush

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LiDAR Scan of I-35 Bridge Collapse
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Combined Views
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Summary

• A full service mapping and geospatial solutions
  Company
• Strong partnerships and contract vehicles with
  Federal and State agencies
• Rapid response

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