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Sanborn understands the dynamics and needs of different customers and the environments in which they operate. Spanning national, state, provincial and municipal governments, private sector operators of toll highways, freight rail operators and transit and transport agencies, port and harbor authorities, airports and aviation agencies, mining, energy production/distribution, and private industries, our innovative skills are reinforced by decades of experience delivering geospatial solutions that meets and exceeds objectives.

Highways and roads

Our expertise has been put into practice on a wide range of urban, suburban, rural and industrial roadway projects. Sanborn mobile lidar, aerial lidar, mobile imagery collection, and aerial imagery collection capabilities provide a foundation for condition assessment, digital twins, engineering, inventory, maintenance, modeling, and monitoring. Geospatial data and systems are an integral part of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sanborn has built and implemented inventory databases, created solutions for identifying, managing and planning high-value data sets, mapping extensive areas of highways and road systems, and developed management systems.

Bridges and structures

Sanborn helps local, state, provincial and federal governments as well as private industry clients to evaluate, improve, replace and asses bridges. Our Mobile and ground Lidar, coupled with our UAS/Drone capabilities provide data for bridge planning, engineering, monitoring, maintenance and construction management that brings creative solutions to complex challenges. We have the experience and capability to deliver assessment data, digital twins, and engineering data to meet Federal Highway Administration requirements.

Airports

Sanborn solutions serve the needs of airports and aviation customers by creatively harnessing many of the ArcGIS Platform capabilities from decision support, data management, field mobility, sharing & collaboration as well as spatial analytics. Sanborn also provides high resolution aerial data (imagery and Lidar)to support 3D airport mapping, airport pre-planning and design, airport layout plans (ALPs), navigational mapping, airport security and aviation safety operations.

3D Digital Surface Models (DSMs) and Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) can be created to support airport and aviation operations to provide details and data for the construction of airport runways, airport terminals, airport layout design, airspace analysis, obstruction surveys, facility mapping, taxiways, aprons or parking areas. We have the combination of knowledge, resources and skills needed to deliver cost-effective, efficient and on time solutions.

Ports and Marine

We provide integrated geographic information systems (GIS) precision data, and dynamic simulation modelling to create security and management systems planning systems, simulation systems and asset inventories. We combine these capabilities to support planning, design, and security. Our experience of working in marine remote locations internationally help make us a flexible and global partner for developers of port and marine infrastructure.

Rail and Transit

Sanborn has a full range of GIS services for passenger and freight rail customers. Right of way management, mobile lidar and UAS based mapping, assessment, and monitoring are all part of the Sanborn suite of GIS services. Sanborn has a thorough understanding of the technical, logistical and regulatory challenges associated with rail projects, from system-wide programs to individual site improvements.

For more information or to order Sanborn products or services, call Sanborn customer service at 1.866.SANBORN (1.866.726.2676), or contact us by e-mail at information@sanborn.com.