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Tribal Wild Rice Mapping

Ayres was retained to process imagery collected with an aerial camera to produce a map of wild rice beds on the Lac Vieux Desert Reservoir in northern Vilas County. The remote sensing imagery was captured during a short window of opportunity in late August 2012, when the rice was at peak maturity. Ayres processed the… Read More »

Pepin County Lidar & Orthos

Pepin County selected Ayres to provide high-accuracy lidar (light detection and ranging) and orthoimagery in 2013. Digital terrain modeling derived from lidar with hydro-flattened break lines supported the creation of 2-foot interval contours. Although the County was originally seeking to collect only lidar, the Land Information Office felt this was an excellent opportunity to collect… Read More »

Illinois GIS Consortium

The Illinois-based GIS Consortium (GISC) represents one of Ayres’ most complex programs and exemplifies our background in performing large-scale mapping in urban environments. The GISC is a group of more than 30 Chicago area communities working together to develop GIS solutions to support municipal engineering, planning, forestry, and public safety. Ayres has been providing high-accuracy… Read More »