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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 »

I-43 Mobile Lidar Survey

Ayres provided mobile lidar acquisition services for the I-43 corridor in Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties under multiple Wisconsin Department of Transportation master contracts. The project consisted of approximately 50 total linear miles of mobile lidar collection to support survey grade data. Lidar and digital imagery were collected to maximize detection of features within 70 feet… Read More »

Whispering Willow Wind Farm

Ayres teamed with HDR to provide Alliant Energy with civil design, land survey, aerial photogrammetrics, and lidar (light detection and ranging) data for the Whispering Willow Central Wind Farm project in Franklin County, Iowa. The project consisted of 60 turbines spread over a 50-square-mile area. Civil design tasks included the design of access roads, crane… Read More »