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70 February 2020 PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Dewberry has been selected by the Louisiana Department of
Transportation & Development (DOTD) to provide consulting
services related to the acquisition and processing of lidar and
photogrammetric data to support the development of a statewide
geospatial database for topographic mapping.
Dewberry will assist with collecting, processing, management,
and distribution of lidar and photogrammetric data acquired
with DOTD’s aircraft, digital camera, and lidar sensor. An
on-site Dewberry team will provide continuous training and
technical support for acquisition planning, sensor operation, GIS
data processing, lidar classification, and lidar-derived products
for all elements under the contract.
Dewberry will also assist with updates to the Master Program
Management Plan to provide DOTD with the ability to:
• Develop and maintain a statewide geospatial database for
topographic mapping with the assistance of other state
agencies and departments
• Address the creation, structuring, and manipulation of a
functional database
• Adopt a plan for the management and distribution of
data to other local, state, and federal agencies as well as
private entities
The geospatial data will be used for the management of
resources and operations throughout the state. Dewberry will
also create quality assurance/quality control protocols for future
collection and processing; and assist in the planning and imple-
mentation of data storage, backup, archiving, and maintenance
on a server or through a cloud service.
CALENDAR
• 16-18 March, RSCy2020, Paphos, Cyprus. For more
information, visit:www.cyprusremotesensing.com/rscy2020/
• 23-25 March, Geo Week, Washington, DC. For more
information, visithttps://www.lidarmap.org/geoweek/.
• 7-9 May, GISTAM 2020—6th International
Conference on Geographical Information Systems
Theory, Applications and Management, Prague,
Czech Republic. For more information, visit:www.gistam .
org/.
• 20-22 May, AutoCarto 2020, Redlands, California. For
more information, visithttps://cartogis.org/autocarto/.
• 15-22 August, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly,
Sydney, Australia. For more information, visit www.
cospar-assembly.org/.