Transportation

As a leading geospatial technologies company and throughout its history of providing mapping services to the transportation industry, Merrick is experienced in responding to the demands of clients in the development, redevelopment, and planning for roads, streets, railroads, and air transportation. With the firm’s combined resources in traditional surveying and geospatial mapping technologies, clients enjoy the opportunity of accessing the best possible accuracy in data collected in the most efficient manner.

Services Provided to the Transportation Industry:

  • LiDAR
  • Hyperspectral
  • Photogrammetry
  • Multi-sensor fusion
  • Surveying for GSS
  • Satellite imagery
  • MARS®
  • Application development
  • Internet mapping

Services Provided to the Railroad Industry:

Remote Sensing Services

  • Classified LiDAR point cloud
  • Digital orthophotography
  • Digital elevation model
  • 3-D contour lines
  • Railway facility mapping

GIS Services

  • Track alignment & right-of-way mapping
  • ROW feature crossings
  • Legacy map rectification
  • Data viewer development

Surveying Services

  • Right-of-way surveying
  • Route surveys (aerial & ground)
  • Control point surveys

Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
As a pioneer in the use of combined, multiple-sensor data collection, Merrick has the unique ability to effectively provide greater accuracy in data collection. To provide the optimum data collection structure and output, Merrick has the ability to integrate up to five highly accurate data collection systems, with all sensors loaded on to one platform. The outcome to the client is a more accurate product that allows for precise measurements and interpretation by the end users.

Transportation Project Examples (pdf files):