Terrapoint Completes Project for Wind Farms
Ottawa, Canada, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 – With today’s growing concern for the environment, renewable energy sources are becoming more accepted and in demand. Wind Power, the conversion of wind energy into a practical form of energy using wind turbines, is one of these sources that is contributing to the production worldwide electricity and is growing rapidly. Wind Energy is an appealing alternative power source because it is plentiful, renewable and clean, and does not produce green house emissions.
Terrapoint has collected accurate topographical information including LiDAR data and orthophotography for wind farm projects across North America and recently conducted LiDAR surveys for two wind farm development sites in western Canada. Terrapoint surveyed more than 500 square km and generated topographic information products including classified LiDAR data with vegetation cover, digital elevation models (DEMs) and contour files.
In addition to wind data, accurate topographical information derived from LiDAR data is required for planning, designing and building wind farms. In order to optimize the location of the wind turbines, engineers use LiDAR data to model wind flow, turbine performance, sound levels, etc. LiDAR data is also used for planning the roads and routes that connect the wind farm to the electricity grid and allows engineers to identify and assess any impact to the environment and natural landscape.
About Ambercore
Ambercore is the 4D Company. We make innovative mobile LiDAR technology, we provide LiDAR data collection services, and integrate and extract knowledge from 4D data. Ambercore’s Terrapoint Division has provided LiDAR and other digital mapping services for a diverse clientele in over forty countries for the past twenty years. Terrapoint’s primary focus is to find solutions that fit client needs, and to continue a reputation for meeting and exceeding client demands in the delivery of digital elevation and image data. Service and product offerings include complete airborne LiDAR, and digital imaging for engineering, survey and mapping applications. Terrapoint is considered a leader in aerial LiDAR services, and owns one of the largest fleets of sensors in the world.
TITAN® is a revolutionary technology that produces high accuracy survey and mapping products for corridor and infrastructure projects across a number of vertical markets. Travelling at highway speeds – or on rail or vessel – the system uses state-of-the-art LiDAR, imaging and positioning technology to provide feature rich 3-dimensional data, from which intelligent information is extracted and delivered to clients. TITAN® has been deployed on projects throughout the world since 2003.
Ambercore’s 4D-iQ provides enterprise-scale software and service solutions for Energy, Mining and natural resource sectors. With its powerful spatial modeling and simulation software, 4D-iQ helps clients make important business decisions by collecting, integrating and analyzing spatial information in 2D, 3D and in 4D (over time). Best of breed solutions comprised of software, hardware and services have been deployed internationally with tier-one clients. Ambercore is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with offices in Houston, Calgary, South Africa and Europe.
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