The NOAA Sandy Supplemental Sandy Topobathy LiDAR and Imagery project was recognized has been recognized with the LCDR Peter Johnson Best Practices Award at the 16th Annual Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) Airborne Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop in Corvallis, OR. Quantum Spatial is a member of the Dewberry team working on this project.
JABLTCX states that the winner of the Best Practice award “…will have accomplished a complicated, demanding airborne lidar survey within the past 2 years. Through this project or field operations a clearly defined challenge will have been overcome leading to a notable success or advancement in best practices. The accomplishment will be undisputed by the community.”
The Sandy Supplemental Mapping project required the acquisition of LiDAR (topo and bathy) and imagery as well as performance of shoreline mapping for the Superstorm Sandy affected area of the East Coast (approximately 1,200 linear miles) from the eastern tip of Long Island, NY south to Myrtle Beach, SC. Quantum Spatial performed the topo and bathy LiDAR acquisition and a very large portion of the imagery acquisition. Quantum Spatial also processed a portion of the LiDAR and imagery data and is currently delineating and annotating a portion of the shoreline. This project also shows Quantum Spatial’s capacity to perform large projects requiring multiple sensors and platforms as well as the innovation required to meet the client’s requirements.
Representatives from Dewberry, and Quantum Spatial staff located in our Corvallis, OR facility received the award on behalf of the project team.