Ayres Associates provided the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization with digital, 4-band orthoimagery services in 2020. The aerial imagery was collected on April 16th, 17th and 19th, 2020 using a Microsoft Vexcel UltraCam Eagle M2 sensor mounted in a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with Inertial Measurment Unit (IMU) and Airborne GPS. Aerial imagery was collected to support 3-inch ground sample distance (GSD) orthoimagery to meet the National Mapping Accuracy Standard (NMAS) for 1"=50' scale mapping. The orthoimagery meets a horizontal accuracy of 0.7 feet root mean square error (RMSE), which equates to 1.2 feet at 95% confidence level. Resultant orthoimagery was rectified to a DEM surface created from new LiDAR data acquired in 2020. Orthoimagery was delivered in PLSS quarter-section GeoTIFF and PLSS section generation 4 MrSID tiles along with a project-wide MrSID mosaic and individual MrSID mosaics of the East of Missouri River, West of Missouri River. Additional Information: The Bismarck-Mandan MPO is a certified planning entity in the State of North Dakota and is comprised of the City of Bismarck, City of Mandan, City of Lincoln, and portions of Burleigh and Morton Counties. The purpose of the MPO is to provide a forum for public officials, citizens, and other interested groups to establish policies and plans for effectively addressing various metropolitan transportation issues. The MPO has a planning process that supports metropolitan community development and social goals. These plans and programs shall lead to the development of an integrated, inter-modal metropolitan transportation system that facilitates the efficient, economic movement of people and goods.

Ayres Associates provided the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization with digital, 4-band orthoimagery services in 2020. The aerial imagery was collected on April 16th, 17th and 19th, 2020 using a Microsoft Vexcel UltraCam Eagle M2 sensor mounted in a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with Inertial Measurment Unit (IMU) and Airborne GPS. Aerial imagery was collected to support 3-inch ground sample distance (GSD) orthoimagery to meet the National Mapping Accuracy Standard (NMAS) for 1"=50' scale mapping. The orthoimagery meets a horizontal accuracy of 0.7 feet root mean square error (RMSE), which equates to 1.2 feet at 95% confidence level. Resultant orthoimagery was rectified to a DEM surface created from new LiDAR data acquired in 2020. Orthoimagery was delivered in PLSS quarter-section GeoTIFF and PLSS section generation 4 MrSID tiles along with a project-wide MrSID mosaic and individual MrSID mosaics of the East of Missouri River, West of Missouri River. Additional Information: The Bismarck-Mandan MPO is a certified planning entity in the State of North Dakota and is comprised of the City of Bismarck, City of Mandan, City of Lincoln, and portions of Burleigh and Morton Counties. The purpose of the MPO is to provide a forum for public officials, citizens, and other interested groups to establish policies and plans for effectively addressing various metropolitan transportation issues. The MPO has a planning process that supports metropolitan community development and social goals. These plans and programs shall lead to the development of an integrated, inter-modal metropolitan transportation system that facilitates the efficient, economic movement of people and goods.