Digital Contour Mapping

Good land management starts with a good plan, and a good plan starts with a good resource map. Resource mapping is the foundation for planning and management. Just like when building a house, you will waste time and money without a good foundation.

Combining Data for your Digital Resource Maps

We combine map data such as aerial photography, topographic data, and soils data with your survey and our GPS data to create a custom set of digital maps of your property that will be a tremendous asset to planning and management. A survey shows boundary lines in two dimensions. When we combine your survey with elevation data, we get a digital contour map which gives a three dimensional perspective. This is a powerful and essential planning tool. It allows all your professionals to get an accurate topographic overview of your property. We can produce a simulated aerial view of your property from any point above your property. You can quickly get an idea of location of the best vistas, building sites, roads, and trails.

Get the Right Digital Contour Maps for Your Project

The top land planners, foresters, and other land professionals have used this concept for years. However, the cost has put high end resource mapping out of the reach of many projects. In many cases the results have been disastrous. It's not hard to imagine the cost of a home that is lost to a landslide, a steep road that is dangerous and requires constant maintenance, or building site that can’t be sold because of improper layout. On the other hand, untold money has been wasted on expensive custom drawings and maps for projects that were not feasible. With technology becoming more available and affordable, we are able to provide good basic resource planning maps for any project. The basic digital contour map is the first step to unlocking your land’s potential. It’s an affordable alternative that will allow professionals to do preliminary planning before going to the next level of expensive engineering maps.