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VERTICAL MAPPING RESOURCES TO MAP LAS CRUCES AREA

Scottsdale, Arizona, May 12th, 2003 -- As part of a $26 million project for Souder, Miler & Associates, a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based engineering consulting firm, Scottsdale, Arizona-based Vertical Mapping Resources (VMR) is providing black-and-white and color digital orthophotography, digital terrain models and 2’ contours of an expansive area that extends north and west of the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico covering approximately 400 square miles.

According to Joseph Bartorelli, VMR’s president, the mapping is being prepared at a scale of 1”=100’ with 2’ contours. The mapping and digital orthophotography will encompass the Mutual Domestic Water Consumer Association (MDWCA), and include portions of Dona Ana County, the Village of Hatch, the Town of Mesilla and the region covered by the Rio Grande Natural Gas Company all of which are partners in the project. A key technology being utilized for this extensive project effort involves using both Airborne GPS and inertial measurement unit technologies (IMU) to accurately record survey-grade phase centers for each exposure during flight. This is a highly accurate, cost saving technique that is new on the photogrammetric scene.

Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc. is a full-service geospatial information firm providing traditional and digital photogrammetric mapping, as well as state-of-the-art geotechnologies, imaging and land information consulting services. We specialize in A/E design scale topographic and planimetric mapping, surface modeling, digital orthophotography, city and county GIS basemapping and updating services. VMR integrates cutting-edge hardware and software systems through each phase of the photogrammetric process to achieve an efficient, seamless production workflow.

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