Merrick & Company Awarded LIDAR Contract
Merrick & Company was awarded a US$345,000 contract to deliver raw and processed LIDAR data, 2-foot contours, and a DEM for 1650 square miles of Stearns County, Minnesota and a small portion of two neighboring counties, Sherburne and Benton. The project is funded by Stearns County, seven local municipalities, a watershed district, and a soil and water conservation district. The new LIDAR and derived data will be used throughout the county by various public and private entities for flood insurance analysis, planning and zoning studies for new subdivisions, watershed management, assessing land value based on production potential in agricultural zones, and supporting geographic information system applications.