"For two recent road surveys, the Central Federal Lands Highway division of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used a helicopter equipped with a low-power laser to collect in a few hours the complete range of required information that would have taken several weeks for a ground survey crew to collect."

"John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. (Lafayette, Louisiana) was selected to prepare the DTM for the I-69 project."

Take to the skies in this new approach to surveying. Read the cover story about Tongue River Railroad Company's use of FLI-MAP to map out the Tongue River Railroad.

The cost-effective maintenance of transportation corridors has been made easier with a new helicopter sensor with GPS positioning. GPS combines with LiDAR sensors to provide a cost-effective solution.

This article featuring the Amtrak project first appeared in the November 1997 issue of POB magazine, the leading magazine for the surveying and mapping industry, pp. 46-49.

Read the cover story about Amtrak's use of leading-edge technology, namely Chance's FLI-MAP system to create a map base of its facilities along the U.S. Northeast Corridor, the nation's premier high-speed passenger route.