Over 75 years ago, when Sidwell was founded prior to the days of computer-generated digital images, the company used a manual, labor-intensive process to create maps for its
customers. Today, the employee-owned firm is a "one-stopshop" with everything done in-house using the company's own airplane, development lab, scanning and printing equipment. Sidwell combines its digital aerial photographs with overlaid
computer-generated maps to produce sharply detailed images that represent extremely high-resolution composites of a desired property. These renderings tie together all pertinent geographic data (i.e. lot lines, streets, railroads, buildings, etc.)
with pain-staking accuracy. The final composites are then plotted using an Océ TDS800 printer.
For Sidwell, making maps wasn't always as easy as the push of a button…nor was the result inexpensive for its customers. The high cost of creating a map was due to the involved process required to render a final image. Over the years, however, Sidwell has been able to lower customer
prices by controlling the firm's own costs. Not only has Sidwell kept their pricing competitive, but they've been able to handle growing customer demand for faster turnaround by applying technology to improve their workflow, productivity and quality.
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GIS Weekly Magazine
Susan Smith
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Look for the next issue of GIS Weekly Magazine on May 28, 2012.
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