Aurora, CO USA – Merrick & Company, a world leader in LIDAR, digital ortho imaging, photogrammetry and GIS mapping won a contract with the City of Norman, Oklahoma.
The project coverage includes a total of 238 square miles in both rural and urban areas. Merrick will deliver a full suite of topographic mapping products including LIDAR data, breaklines, a digital terrain model (DTM), one-foot contours in urban and suburban areas, two-foot contours in the rural areas, color and panchromatic digital orthophotography at half-foot (urban and suburban areas) and one-foot (rural areas) pixel resolutions. Merrick was chosen to perform the project based on the company’s technical approach using state of the art processes and procedures. The project was awarded in February 2007 and final deliverables are expected in October 2007.
According to Gary Outlaw, GISP, Merrick’s Vice President of Business Development, GeoSpatial Solutions, “We had the privilege of supporting the City of Norman during their initial stages of GIS development and it is a pleasure to again provide the latest technologies and methodologies to fulfill their need for accurate topographic data products.”
According to Joyce Green, Manager of the GIS Services Division, “We need to update our topographic data in order to manage our resources and perform city business. We are currently using data that was collected in the mid 1980’s and our landscape has changed significantly since then.” Green continues, “We are also beginning our storm water master plan to more effectively manage citywide drainage. In addition, the topographic data will support our work to comply with the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) NPDES Phase II Stormwater Program.”
The data will be used throughout city departments including planning, engineering, utilities, and parks and recreation. The public can obtain data from the GIS Division for the minimal cost of reproduction.
Learn more about the EPA’s NPDES Stormwater Program at cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/swphases.cfm. Visit the City’s GIS Division on the Web at www.normanok.gov/normanmap.
About Merrick & Company
Founded in Denver in 1955, Merrick & Company is a world-leading multidisciplinary engineering, architectural, geospatial solutions, and construction management firm. The employee-owned company provides these services to municipal, state, federal, and private-sector clients. With approximately 400 employees, Merrick has offices in Aurora and Colorado Springs, CO; Los Alamos and Albuquerque, NM; and Atlanta, GA.
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