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Aircraft used for LIDAR and digital imagery collection.
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Raw laser data showing trees and structures, then
bald earth data with trees and structures removed.
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Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado; Digital Camera Aerial
Photo (0.5' resolution).
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Capabilities
Merrick provides comprehensive, client-focused land information services,
including image acquisition (aerial and satellite), surveying (conventional and
GPS), digital photogrammetry, digital ortho processing, Light Detection and
Ranging (LIDAR), precision cadastral mapping, utility network automation, GIS
database design, Internet Mapping Services (Data Hosting and Maintenance) and
GIS application programming.
Merrick's GeoSpatial Solutions Core Team utilizes leading edge processes and
technologies to cost-effectively tailor data collection, editing, and
translation to meet any specifications and GIS format requirements.The
company's services frequently involve custom application programming and
integrating the most efficient hardware and software systems. Merrick's strong
alliances with numerous software providers enable its Core Team to create fully
customized, short-term and long-term data management solutions.
Merrick's combination of experienced personnel, survey equipment, and computer
resources enable the precise tailoring of each mapping project's approach. The
company's in-house capabilities (GPS surveying, aerotriangulation,
stereo-compilation, LIDAR, CADD, and GIS) allow for a completely integrated
team under a single project manager.
Merrick's project team approach eliminates unnecessary overhead, duplication of
tasks, and coordination problems between project phases. The goal of each
project team is to produce cost-effective GIS products that address all present
mapping needs and future GIS requirements.
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History of Land Information Capabilities
Over the years, Merrick has been a leader in the delivery of precision landbase
mapping services. The following timeline provides a historical overview of
Merrick's land information capabilities:
| Service |
Since |
| Surveying |
1955 |
| Aerial Photography |
1962 |
| Analog Photogrammetry |
1964 |
| Reproduction Photo Lab/film Processing |
1965 |
| Scribed Topographic Mapping |
1969 |
| Coordinate Geometry |
1981 |
| Computerized Legal Descriptions |
1981 |
| Digital Photogrammetric Data |
1983 |
| Digital Terrain Modeling |
1983 |
| AutoCAD Mapping |
1986 |
| Intergraph/MicroStation Data |
1986 |
| ESRI ArcInfo Databases |
1989 |
| Digital Orthophotography |
1990 |
| GPS Surveying |
1990 |
| COE Survey and Mapping Projects |
1993 |
| Airborne GPS |
1995 |
| Softcopy Photogrammetry |
1995 |
| GIS Application Programming |
1995 |
| Satellite Imagery Provider |
1996 |
| Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) |
1997 |
| Inertial Measuring Unit (IMU) |
1999 |
| Internet Mapping Services and Data Hosting |
2000 |
| Digital Aerial Camera System (DACSTM) |
2001 |
| ADS40 Digital Aerial Acquisition |
2003 |
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