DigitalWorld Mapping Inc. has been awarded a contract with the City of Calgary’s Infrastructure and Information Services to perform a LiDAR survey of the city. The total project area is around 850 square kilometers and DigitalWorld will provide DEM’s (Digital Elevation Models) and DSM’s (Digital Surface Models) as the primary deliverables.

DigitalWorld Mapping specializes in high accuracy, high resolution LiDAR acquisition and processing and has delivered exceptional results in virtually every type of terrain and project type on behalf of clients from a diverse range of industries.

A Calgary based employee-owned company formed in July of 2004, the company operates worldwide with affiliates in the continental USA, Hawaii, Mexico, Latin and South America.

LiDAR data acquisition will begin on the west side of  the city in mid-September with on-going data processing to ensure data integrity. The flying is expected to be done by mid-October, but the processing will continue until March, 2013.