Aerotec, LLC is a value-added services company. Aerotec uses state-of-the-art airborne remote sensing (data capture) and data analysis technologies to provide topographic maps and models to its customers throughout North America. Aerotec's primary technologies include Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR/laser-scan), digital photography, proprietary and commercial (off-the-shelf) software, and specialized engineering analysis packages. The absolute accuracy of Aerotec's LIDAR and digital imagery products is well within accepted engineering and mapping specifications. Using its advanced proprietary filtering and analysis software, Aerotec manipulates LIDAR and digital imagery data to prepare three-dimensional visualizations and models that allow customers to move directly into primary engineering tasks faster. Wherever dense, precise geo-spatial data is required, Aerotec provides a service. Since its founding in 1998, Aerotec has delivered LIDAR, digital imagery, and data models to customers in the following industry groups: - Electric utilities - Pipeline companies - State highway departments - Airports - Forestry - Open-pit mining - Land development - Railroad companies - Department of Defense - Department of the Interior - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Engineering consulting firms