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Campus Planning and Development: A Learning Experience

The buildings and grounds of any campus – educational, health care, governmental, industrial – vary widely in their plan and design. But campuses are similar in that each piece must function well as part of the bigger operation. Whether the campus exists to teach the next generation of scholars or to develop a product for… Read More »

Why Should I Hire an ASPRS-Certified Mapping/GIS Expert?

This image from Tinley Park – part of Ayres Associates’ work for the suburban Chicago GIS Consortium – exemplifies a project where CP meets CMS-GIS/LIS. Much of the mapping Ayres does for local government is collected from aerial imagery and is delivered in GIS-ready format. In this example, paved surfaces and buildings are displayed on… Read More »

Ayres’ Nienow Re-elected to WLIA Board of Directors

Zachary Nienow, GISP, project manager in Ayres Associates’ aerial mapping group, was re-elected to the Wisconsin Land Information Association’s Board of Directors. An announcement was made today at WLIA’s annual conference in Appleton. With nearly 15 years of experience in geospatial sciences, Nienow designs and leads lidar, orthoimagery, and digital mapping projects from flight to… Read More »