Aerials Express Exceeds 100 MSAs Shot in the Last 18 Months

Over the last 18 months, Aerials Express photographed 111 MSAs, including 4,209 Incorporated, Census Designated Places(CDPs).

Tempe, AZ (PRWEB) May 20, 2004 --Aerials Express LLC, a producer and distributor of seamless digital aerial photography, surpassed its goal of photographing 100 Market Statistical Areas (MSA) in an 18 month period. Between January 2003 and May 2004, Aerials Express photographed 111 MSAs, including 4,209 Incorporated and Census Designated Places (CDP).

Many of our clients are in the real estate industry," said Bill Landis, Chief Operating Officer for Aerials Express. Real estate professionals assume high quality color imagery from their aerial vendors, but they demand that aerials be current. If their building is not on the photo, they wont use it. Our strategy from the beginning has been to maintain the most aggressive flying schedule in the industry."

Aerials Express imagery is high-resolution color photography that has been ortho-rectified to ensure geospatial accuracy. All imagery is compatible with most major mapping software applications or can be used with AEView 4.0, Aerials Express free proprietary imagery viewing software.

AEView 4.0 enables its users to perform many of the most common GIS functions, including search by address or intersection and adding custom decoration including text, point symbols, lines and polygons. AEView 4.0 also includes street centerline, landmark files, elevation contours and FEMA flood plain data, complementing the underlying photography.

Market Statistical Areas (MSA) -- According to published standards applied to Census Bureau data, the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines MSAs as a core area containing a substantial population nucleus, together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core.

Incorporated Places - Entities incorporated under the laws of each State. In Michigan, places are treated as parts of townships.

Census Designated Places (CDP) - These entities are designed to recognize significant population concentrations that are not located in incorporated places, but have characteristics similar to such places, including community identity, high population density, and commercial development

About Aerials Express
Aerials Express LLC was founded in Tempe, Arizona by Jerry Landis, a pioneer of aerial photography since 1958. Aerials Express mission is to maintain the most up-to-date portfolio of imagery of the top 150 US metropolitan areas. Aerials Express provides true color, high resolution, seamless, digital ortho-rectified aerial photography to private companies, local and federal government organizations nationwide for use in real estate, navigation, engineering, planning, homeland security, first responder and mapping applications.