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How to Avoid Environmental Problems with GIS Imagery

GIS Imagery Helps Wind, Solar Farms Avoid Environmental and Endangered Species Pitfalls

Industries across the board are recognizing the usefulness of aerial imagery and GIS data in site selection. Slope, elevation, runoff, vegetation, proximity to roads and other infrastructure, population centers and industry—all these things figure into construction costs and peripheral expenditures that can play heavily in the make-or-break decision on a site, no matter the industry. …

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Construction Site Monitoring Using Aerial Imagery

Aerial Construction Site Monitoring Can Help Prevent Costly Issues

During construction of any large project, from a single location such as a plant or development to wide-ranging jobs such as pipelines or other energy transmission systems, it’s vital for managers to understand progress and issues. Getting regular reports from various project managers is vital—but it’s fragmented. And it’s through their eyes, which often is …

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Solar Farm Planning with Aerial Photography & GIS Data

Aerial Photography & GIS Data Smooth the Way for Utility Scale Solar Farm Planning

With any utility-scale greenfield project, everything rises and falls on the solar farm planning stage. Do it right and the project’s success is much more likely. A few mistakes or oversights at this stage could cost millions of dollars and sink the project—or the entire company. The average size of a utility-scale solar farm ranges …

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