Planning, mapping, surveying, and engineering services on Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and CNMI.
	Project Owner: NAVFAC MAR

Project Description: The US Navy Marianas in coordination with US Navy and Marine Corp installations throughout Okinawa and Hawaii has pre-planning requirements for Pacific Rim BRAC. HIES created orthographic imagery suitable for 100’ scale (6-inch pixel resolution) of the installations for use in Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Geospatial Information and Services (GI & S) application known as the Regional Shore Installation Management System (RSIMS) and to create information suitable for BRAC planning. HIES tasks were the collection of data through remote sensing techniques (e.g. high resolution aerial photo, LIDAR) and digital orthophotography, creation of vector data through feature extraction, research of records and field data collection (e.g. use of conventional surveying techniques, Global Positioning Systems, ground penetrating radar, etc), underground utility surveying, update and maintenance of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data, research and population of metadata., training of personnel, documentation of GIS data as well as preparation of user guides and manuals on using the GIS software deliverables, writing of technical reports pertaining to GIS systems development and needs, database design and development, data modeling, database administration, development and incorporation of digital aerial images/aerial mapping into the GIS and the ability to provide photogrammetric mapping services. High resolution imagery was delivered and incorporated into Infads and RSIMS as a deliverable.

Scope of this project also included planimetrics and creation of GDB under SDSFIE.

	Finegayan Water Utilities Survey and Engineering
	Project Owner: NAVFAC Mar

Project Description: Site assessment and survey of all water utility systems on Finegayan for Guam Buildup planning. Measure and assess conditions of all Stormwater, Wastewater, and Potable water systems throughout NCTS Finegayan and secured areas throughout Finegayan. Studies included hydrological measurements in pipes and drainage systems. Data gathered were location, flowrate, flow direction, drainage points, wastewater depth, etc. Analysis included the future usage of assessed water utilities including the structural and mechanical conditions of stormwater and wastewater systems throughout northern Guam.

All collected data complied with NSSDA standards for horizontal and vertical accuracy, SDSFIE standards for data structure and attribution, FGDC metadata requirements, and NAVFAC water utilities logical model. HIES deployed several Trimble 5800 survey grade GPS equipment using TSCE controllers running the data collection software to preserve accuracy. The Database was also Developed in ArcGIS SDSFIE-compliant Personal GeoDatabase (PGDB). HIES Populated the PGDB with water utility features and interpolated features based on field measurements and observations, existing data sources and close coordination with utility facilities. The water utility system was delivered as a topologically consistent network. This project was in support of the Guam Buildup and in direct coordination with Navfac Planning.

	Engineering Mapping & Surveying Services, Various Locations, Singapore: 2008
	Project Owner: NAVFAC FE

Project Description: The purpose of this effort is to create orthographic imagery suitable for 1:500 mapping (5 cm pixel resolution) and to generate oblique imagery of the installation for use in IRRP Planning. The tasks include installing survey monuments, performing an aerial survey, Planimmetric extractions, and producing digital orthographic photographs. This project also entails political interaction with foreign governments in coordination with US Embassy representatives/US Naval Personnel for aerial permits of sensitive sights. The NRCC Singapore base is a joint lease coordination with the Royal Navy, Singaporean Defense, and the Austrailian Navy. In this heavy political environment, precise project management and project coordination is vitally important. Surveying and Cadastral tasks included Navy and Joint Basing physical assets, Water Utilities, Boundary Lines, and Roads. All assets were compiled in SDSFIE format and placed into Navy Database under Infads, RSIMS, and Maximo.

	Contour Map Creation of Tinian and Pagan, MARFORPAC, 2011
	Project Owner: NAVFAC PAC

Project Description: HIES created topographic contour data of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) of Tinian and Pagan to support US Marine Force Pacific training exercises. The topographic contour data of Tinian was generated at a 5 foot contour interval from existing 30cm color stereo imagery previous collected by HIES. The raw ortho imagery and supporting ancillary data such as ABGPS, IMU data and ground control survey points were used for the generation of contour data meeting the specifications detailed below. Ground control of Pagan and Tinian was collected by HIES personnel using GIS base station equipment. Due to the short timeframe and abundant cloud cover in the Mariannas, HIES used photogrammetric techniques rather than hyperspectral techniques to create contours of each island thus saving the clients over 70% of the original cost.

GIS Support Contract

Project Description: Provided an on-site GIS technician/analyst to conduct a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: creating and printing customized maps, editing spatial data, field verification of spatial data, collection of spatial data via GPS, data conversion and formatting, geodatabase updating and maintenance, and GIS analysis.

Geospatial Information Systems IT

Project Description: Created a scalable .NET web service in C# utilizing the ArcSDE C library.  The web service connected to the ArcSDE geodatabase and, from a specified feature class and parameter extents, returned proprietary XML of all the features, vertices, and attributes of the features within the input parameters.  The main function of the tool was to pull out the spatial geometry and attributes of the requested features from ESRI’s ArcSDE in an XML format to be graphically reproduced and transferred more easily between software platforms than is currently allowed by ArcSDE.  

	Oracle HTML-DB Application
Project Description: Created an Oracle HTML-DB application in an Oracle 10g database to allow users to browse an existing Oracle Internet Directory (OID) and request additions to the OID structure.  Specifically, the OIDD LDIF Generation Tool provided users with a tree structure to navigate through a directory, select a group where the proposed addition will be made, and submit an LDIF text file for testing and acceptance.

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