May 26, 2008 -- During the beginning of May, the Canadian Province of New Brunswick and the US State of Maine suffered from some of the worst flooding in 25 years. Covering thousands of square kilometers, the rising flood waters affected citizens and infrastructure throughout the entire province. The Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) of the Government of New Brunswick contacted Leading Edge Geomatics with a request for aerial survey support to assist in flood efforts. On an aerial survey mission in Ontario, Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) responded quickly to the request, repositioning its aerial survey team and image processing equipment to their company headquarters in Fredericton, New Brunswick the same day.

Following direct liaison with the EMO, LEG quickly completed mission planning and launched its first aerial survey mission only 18 hours after receiving the initial call from the New Brunswick Government. The days mission area, totaling more than 1300 square kilometers, was acquired, immediately processed by LEG’s technical team and 920 color orthophotos were ready for delivery to EMO within 24 hours. Working closely with the Government of New Brunswick, Leading Edge Geomatics continued aerial surveying over the next week, flying various flood affected areas throughout the province as the water reached peak levels and delivering orthophotos shortly afterwards. In the end, LEG acquired over 7000 square kilometers, processing more than 5500 orthophotos as rapid response products.

Collected at 50cm resolution, the high-resolution imagery provided by Leading Edge Geomatics assisted the New Brunswick Government in immediately providing aid to flood affected residents and determining damage to infrastructure and property. Leading Edge Geomatics will finalize its support to the Government of New Brunswick, delivering a seamless, color orthomosaic in 60 days.

Leading Edge Geomatics ( www.legeo.ca) is a privately owned company operating from New Brunswick, Canada. Specializing in terrain imaging solutions, our company owned aircraft, digital sensor system and experienced technical staff are capable of providing rapid response solutions for natural disasters and emergencies. For more information, email Sammy Sampson at Email Contact.