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April 2001
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VARGIS Selected for New York's State-wide Mapping Project
Herndon, VA, The New York Office for Technology (OFT) has awarded its Statewide Digital Orthoimagery Program to VARGIS, LLC of Herndon, VA. VARGIS is leading a multi-participant team to create 1 and 2 foot pixel resolution digital orthoimagery for the State. Collection of new aerial imagery to support the program will begin this spring in the lower Hudson Valley.
Greg Tilley, President of VARGIS, explains that orthoimages are digital aerial image maps that have been ortho-rectified to remove photographic distortion introduced by sensor distortion and ground relief. OFT is requiring that the products meet the strict reporting requirements of the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA). OFT has also taken the unusual step of incorporating economic incentives in the contract to insure timely delivery. The expert project management and quality assurance offered by VARGIS was a key factor in their selection. The orthoimages will be used by many federal, state, local and private organizations to improve the effectiveness of resource and land management operations.
VARGIS is an industry leader in managing the acquisition, quality assurance and delivery of digital orthophotography to government and commercial clients. In six years of operation, VARGIS has contracted for the acquisition of digital orthoimages covering more than 300,000 square miles nationwide. VARGIS is currently the prime contractor on statewide orthoimagery projects in Texas and Michigan, and subcontractor on a statewide project in Tennessee. VARGIS also subcontracts and manages production of its own Eyemap brand of high-resolution digital color orthophotography in five metropolitan regions throughout the US.
Visit: www.vargis.com
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