Cooper Aerial Challenges Aerial Mapping Customers to Ask Questions

Cooper Aerial Survey Company encourages customers to challenges their geospatial professionals in order to raise industry standards.

Phoenix, Ariz. (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 -- Cooper Aerial Survey Company, a client focused aerial photo and mapping company announces the Cooper Challenge. The Cooper Challenge encourages customers to raise industry standards by asking questions of their geospatial mapping vendors and becoming better informed consumers.

Because aerial mapping is an evolving profession, customers often depend on their geospatial vendors to keep them informed on the latest developments in the field. As a customer, developing such a dependency can prove to be a hindrance. Some geospatial professionals are apprehensive to take advantage of the latest technologies available on the market. Whether they are intimidated by newer practices or cannot afford the latest machinery, these professionals are depending on outdated methods.

This is an industry that is already highly competitive but I would like to see the stakes raised

In order to ensure that geospatial customers are well informed consumers, Cooper Aerial is challenging them to do their own research rather than depending on the professionals. Information is readily available on all of the latest advancements in the field, from new methods of aerial surveying to higher resolution cameras. Once the research is done, the customer can ask their geospatial professional informed questions to ensure they are receiving only the highest quality mapping products.

After a project is complete, the end user, of the geospatial data, needs to be able to determine if the mapping products and/or services meet their wants and needs. Final mapping products should be completed with a level of accuracy that will withstand rigorous review in order to verify that those product and/or service meet the quoted standard.

In order to challenge a geospatial professional, customers should enact field testing to review all aspects of a project from ground control to ground viewability to aerial photography. This process will not only ensure that the consumer is receiving a quality product but it will hold the geospatial professional accountable for his or her work.

"This is an industry that is already highly competitive but I would like to see the stakes raised," said Jeff Cooper, President and CEO of Cooper Aerial. "There is always room for improvement and I think that it is time that our customers demand more."

Cooper Aerial is hoping to "raise the bar" in the geospatial community with this challenge. If a geospatial vendor is not taking advantage of new technologies and following a comprehensive workflow plan while completing a rigorous QA/QC procedure it is the consumer's job to shop for a vendor that is.

About Cooper Aerial
Established in 1966, Cooper Aerial Surveys Co. remains a client-focused mapping firm, committed to producing quality, tailored products while providing cost-effective solutions. Cooper produces digital imagery from aerial photography, digital airborne scanners, and satellites. Offering a full-service image processing division, geo-referencing and perform rectifications, translations and compression. While engineering programs and algorithms to supply or support most software packages. For further information contact Cooper Aerial toll free at (800) 229-2279 or visit www.cooperaerial.com.

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