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VARGIS Selected for New York’s State-wide Mapping Project
HERNDON, VA, April 5, 2001— The New York Office for Technology (OFT) has awarded its
Statewide Digital Orthoimagery Program to VARGIS, LLC of Herndon, VA.
VARGIS is leading a multi-participant team to create 1 and 2 foot pixel resolution digital
orthoimagery for the State. Collection of new aerial imagery to support the program will
begin this spring in the lower Hudson Valley. The VARGIS team for New York includes Triathlon
Ltd, BC, Canada; 3001, Inc., New Orleans, LA; North West Group, Alberta, Canada; and Atlantic
Technologies, LLC, Huntsville, AL.
Greg Tilley, President of VARGIS, explains that orthoimages are digital aerial image maps
that have been ortho-rectified to remove photographic distortion introduced by sensor
distortion and ground relief. OFT is requiring that the products meet the strict reporting
requirements of the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA). OFT has also taken
the unusual step of incorporating economic incentives in the contract to insure timely
delivery. The expert project management and quality assurance offered by VARGIS was a key
factor in their selection. The orthoimages will be used by many federal, state, local and
private organizations to improve the effectiveness of resource and land management
operations.
VARGIS is an industry leader in managing the acquisition, quality assurance and delivery of
digital orthophotography to government and commercial clients. In six years of operation,
VARGIS has contracted for the acquisition of digital orthoimages covering more than 300,000
square miles nationwide. VARGIS is currently the prime contractor on statewide orthoimagery
projects in Texas and Michigan, and subcontractor on a statewide project in Tennessee.
VARGIS also subcontracts and manages production of its own EyemapTM brand of high-resolution
digital color orthophotography in five metropolitan regions throughout the US.
For further information on the NY project, contact VARGIS at 703-834-0225, or at
Varinfo@vargis.com. VARGIS is headquartered at 208 Elden Street Suite 204 Herndon, VA
20170.
Eyemap, the company’s premier product line of sub-meter color digital orthophotography, is
fast becoming the base-map standard for geographic information. EYEMAP enables government,
utilities, business marketers and engineer/surveyors to map their business interests to the
visible world. For more information about VARGIS and VARMAP products, please call
800/834-0225. VARGIS’ World Wide Web address (URL) is http://www.vargis.com/. Eyemap is a
trademark of VARGIS LLC. All other products or company names mentioned are used for
identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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