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Yea, it is all pluses for doing it ourselves, except it is a lot of work on our part. Mostly tedious setup then lots of waiting and monitoring to make sure it is behaving. The most important part is accuracy. If we do it ourselves we can spend the time to be exacting on getting the ground control entered accurately as possible.
There is a set of basic standards called the national map accuracy standards. If we do it ourselves we can work hard on meeting or exceeding the standards. If we pay to have it done we still spend lots of time double checking the provider met the standards.
Lots of the BIG companies send the data off to India and get it processed cheap. And just claim to meet the standards and hope they don’t get called out. If they do they just fix the issue but the data could be in use for projects and they have to pay to redo those.
We want it as good as the budget will allow. Of course the client wants super accurate maps for bargain price. We have to work within their cheap ass budget and do the best possible.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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