Custom Pipeline Map

Client:

Bentek Energy, LLC

Pupose:

Create a custom map showing all major natural gas pipelines and major trading hubs in the North America. Bentek Energy distributed over 8,000 of the maps at a national energy trade show as a marketing piece.

 

Processes/Services:

Bentek Energy supplied DDS with MapInfo .tab files of all the major natural gas pipelines in North America. These files were extremely varied in detail and quality. Being that this map was intended for marketing and not navigation or directly locating pipelines a great deal of artistic license was used.

The .tab files were translated into ESRI .shp files for editing. Many of the pipelines were simplified down to their main trunklines features. This was nessecary due to the sheer number (80+) of pipelines. Using a smoothing algorithm in ET Geowizards the pipelines were smoothed out to have a more artisitic look. Once the pipelines had been edited to an acceptable level they were exported out of ArcMap as .dxf files.

The .dxf files were imported into Adobe Illustrator CS2 where a shaded relief base map was added and the final map layout was created. Ther final map was printed on a Rollabana, a vinyl self-rolling promotional banner.

Deliverable to Client:

.psd, .ai and .pdf files.

Cost:

$9,900

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Photo Simulation / GIS Services

Client:

Invenergy, LLC

Pupose:

Invenergy approached DDS to provide GIS mapping and visual resource support for their various electric generation projects in the western United States. Projects include wind farms, gas tubine, and solar facilities in Arizona, California, Oregon, New Mexico, and Washington.

Processes/Services:

DDS provides a variety of services to Invenergy from data creation to photographic simulations. Common tasks include georeferencing and digitizing paper assessor maps and preparing base maps for field reconnaissance and stakeholder meetings. DDS has conducted opportunity and constraint analyses for transmission lines and visual resource support (photographic simulations).

Deliverable to Client:

Deliverables vary depending on the project and tasks.

Cost:

Varied ($300 - $15,000)

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