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Western Air Maps offers a variety of primary data acquisition services, including aerial photography, remote sensing, aerial and terrestrial LIDAR, GPS, multi-spectral, and hydrographic and bathymetric surveying.
Aircraft
Our primary acquisition platform is a twin engine Piper Navajo aircraft. This aircraft is outfitted with
a "Panther" conversion that includes wingtip flares, 4 blade props, extended range fuel tanks, and 350
horsepower Lycoming turbocharged engines. Capable of serving at a 24,000 operation ceiling, our Navajo makes
an excellent multi-purpose platform.
A suite of navigation tools support our airborne acquisitions: Garmin flight avionics, and an airborne GPS-flight
management system.
Aerial Acquisition
We offer conventional and digital acquisition solutions. Western Air Maps' primary image acquisition tool is
the Ziess TOP-15 camera. The TOP-15 provides high resolution imagery with low distortion for optimum quality
over a wide range of photo scales and climatic conditions. The camera is equipped with a gyro stabilized mount,
and forward motion compensation (FMC). Western Air Maps also acquires and processes data using various digital
acquisition platforms such as the Intergraph DMC, the Vexcel UltraCAM and the Applanix DSS.
To enhance airborne services, we use a TrackAir sensor management system to plan and fire the camera based on
pre-defined firing criteria, and an Applanix IMU to facilitate and reduce analytical post processing times.
Terrestrial Acquisition
Data acquisition is more than just aerial photos. It's getting boots on the ground to establish monuments, and
acquire ground control data for mapping projects. Western Air Maps' registered land surveyors and survey teams conduct
terrestrial data acquisition using GPS equipment with real time correction, IR robotic total stations and
several software suites. Our equipment is ready to accept the European Galileo GPS constellation and L2 GPS signal
code when it comes on line in the near future, ensuring greater accuracy than ever before.
Hydrographic Acquisition
When clients need sub surface terrain data of rivers, lakes, and ponds, Western Air Maps deploys crews to conduct
hydrographic and bathymetric surveys. This hydrographic and bathymetric data is then used to construct 3-D models
of the underwater terrain.
