3001 Helps USACE Assess Flood Damage in Two States

May 5, 2008

3001 has announced the delivery of digital aerial imagery to the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE) Little Rock District to aid in emergency response after record-setting rainstorms flooded the banks of two large rivers in sections of Arkansas and Missouri.

On March 21, the USACE Little Rock District signed an emergency task order for 3001 to collect aerial photography for the areas of the White River in Arkansas and the Black River, in southeastern Missouri. 3001's rapid response team reportedly mobilized from its working location in southern Louisiana to the junction of the White River and Black River near Newport, Arkansas, within twelve hours of notification. On March 22, the team flew forty-one linear flight lines in less than seven hours, covering a 733-mile area and collected almost 100 percent cloud-free photography, according to the company.

Using two Z/I Digital Mapping Cameras (DMC), 3001 collected 1,694 frames of imagery to produce 1-foot-pixel RGB orthorectified orthophotography and delivered it to the Corps for evaluation. Turnaround time, from acquisition of the imagery to delivery of raw images made available to the Corps via an FTP site, was five days. One week later, completed orthorectified data was delivered to the Corps. Dan Burke, sensor operations manager of 3001 Airborne Solutions remarked, "We have a great team. Communication between ground and flight crews meant both DMC ships could capture the maximum amount of data in the shortest time frame possible allowing us to successfully complete this [acquisition] project in one day."

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