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| GIS has become an integral and indispensable tool for planning and analysis, offering remarkable utility for land use, environmental, and infrastructure applications. As a full-service firm, Cameron Engineering provides a wide range of GIS capabilities to meet our clients' needs. From the preparation of alternative land use scenarios to the spatial analysis of their environmental impacts, Cameron Engineering has the skills and knowledge to apply GIS technology to solve challenging problems and provide critical information to decision-makers in private, public, and institutional settings.
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| Cameron Engineering offers a host of GIS and related services including the following:
- GIS Database Development
- GPS (Global Positioning System) Data Collection
- Spatial Analysis
- Asset Management
- 3-D Visualization
- Remote Sensing
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| GIS Database
Development |
| Our expertise,
software, and equipment enable us to offer an extensive menu
of spatial data compilation techniques, including the scanning
and conversion of paper maps and photo-interpretation of
orthoimagery. We collect and organize a wide range of spatial
data based on a carefully prepared GIS data dictionary. Real-world
features are geographically referenced according to the highest
standards for positional accuracy. |
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GPS Collection of Features |
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 Cameron
Engineering utilizes GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technology
to locate infrastructure assets such as those depicted here
to sub-foot accuracy. Assets located with a GPS receiver
are easily incorporated into GIS databases to construct
comprehensive infrastructure inventories.
GPS receivers may also be employed to delineate environmental
features such as wetlands, surface water, forest canopies,
and shorelines. |
Spatial
Analysis |
Cameron
Engineering GIS specializes in the spatial analysis of complex
problems including site suitability, site selection and environmental
review. To support GIS analyses and
modeling, our our extensive GIS library comprises numerous
different spatial data sets. |
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Site selection
analysis with GIS utilizes a range of spatial criteria to
locate potential sites for many types of facilities |
Spatial
analysis with a GIS can quickly determine the environmental
suitability of a site. |
| Asset
Management |
| Asset management systems employ the powerful visualization
and spatial analysis capabilities of GIS along with a versatile
suite of database applications geared specifically toward managing
infrastructure and utilities |
An asset management
system provides the ability to:
• Centralize all system information within
one application
• Coordinate work for field surveys/investigations,
repairs, and maintenance
• Track customer calls and complaints
• Plan upgrades
and replacements
• Automate official reporting on value
and condition of assets.
Asset management systems are employed across a wide range
of infrastructures and utilities, including water supply,
drainage, sanitary, lighting, traffic control, signage and
systems. Whatever the application, Cameron Engineering can
provide a customized application to maximize
GIS investment and optimize operations and maintenance.
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3-D Visualization
Cameron Engineering offers 3-D visualization and analysis.
Whether our clients need to understand the visual impacts of
alternative development scenarios or the shadowing of proposed
buildings, we have the tools, data, and object libraries to
prepare accurate and realistic models |
3-D simulations are ideal for a variety of analyses including:
• Zoning Change Impact
• Development Proposals
• Downtown Revitalization
Plans
• Visual Impact Analysis
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Visualization of a proposed residential development |
Shadows cast by proposed buildings can be quickly simulated
using existing orthoimagery and building libraries |
| Remote Sensing
and Land Use/Land Cover |
Cameron Engineering has the capability to create land cover
and land use maps from multispectral images such as those
from the Landsat, ASTER, EO-1 and MODIS satellites. Remote
sensing uses the variation in spectral signatures among different
types of land cover – including visible, infrared and
thermal wavelengths – to classify land cover into standard
or client-designated categories. |
Remote sensing
analysis is useful for a wide range of analyses and mapping
applications including:
- Change analysis (land use/land cover)
- Conservation planning
- Natural resource mapping
- Habitat protection
- Coastal zone studies
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