Pond Medics Inc., successfully completed a GPS lake mapping project for a client in central Texas. The owner of the lake wanted an accurate, up-to-date base map highlighting the old creek channel and marking existing diffusers and feeders with GPS coordinates. This new lake map will assist the owner in locating the most favorable areas to fish. As far as a management tool, Pond Medics will use the lake map to calculate acres for stocking,…
Integrated Lakes Management (ILM) recently completed a mapping project for a Chicago metro homeowners association. The purpose of this project involved sediment monitoring for future dredging. In order to avoid large costs and help property managers budget for sediment removal, ILM located the high priority areas of sediment accumulation and determined the need and location for dredging. The mapping techniques utilized in this project helps ILM accurately calculate in-situ sediment volume and accumulation over time. …
Possessing an accurate map of your lake is a great asset to your fishing success. Greg Grimes with Aquatic Environmental Services, Inc., recently completed a GPS lake mapping project for a client in Georgia. This is a master planned lake designed specifically for growing trophy large-mouth bass. Extensive habitat structure, ridges, brush, feeders, etc were carefully placed during construction. Once the lake was full the client had the lake mapped utilizing The Mapping Network’s lake…
A case study of Lakeside on Preston HOA in Plano, TX by Trent Lewis with Pond Medics, Inc. is featured in a North Texas Homeowners Association publication. The Mapping Network is instrumental in bringing GPS lake mapping technology to the recreational market. Their experience wit the most efficient GPS and sonar technology allows their partners, like us, to offer these unique services to our clients. Pond Medics utilizes this lake mapping technology to reveal this…
3D GPS Bathymetric Lake Mapping validates Dredging Project Trent Lewis with Pond Medics, Inc. provided an Arlington, Texas Home Owner Association the validation of knowing a dredging project went as planned. Pond Medics, a lake mapping partner with The Mapping Network, charted the bottom of the lake before and after the dredging project to monitor the improvements. Not only was the HOA able to verify the work had been completed properly, they now have a…
Absolute Natural Resources provides extensive land and habitat GPS mapping services involving the use of complex data collection methods, state of the art GIS and GPS technology and satellite imagery. Absolute Natural Resources offers a variety of mapping services and products for real estate professionals, private landowners, fishing and hunting clubs, habitat and lake developers, hunting lease managers, timber management firms, and recreational land companies. Located in Denver, Colorado, Absolute Natural Resources has the experience…
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GPS Bathymetric Lake Mapping was performed by Allied Biological for a 60 acre lake in northern New Jersey. The lake association had questions regarding true depth of the expansive, undulating body of water. After completion of a new bathymetric map by Allied Biological and The Mapping Network, the lake association now has a detailed map of the contours of the lake bottom, providing an outstanding tool for fishermen, and a valuable resource for management of…
Bathymetric Lake Mapping was performed by Virginia Lake Management for a 720-home master planned golf and lake community in North Carolina. The purpose of this project was to create a base map and calculate water volume for each lake in the development. Virgina Lake Management mapped the current lake depths along with collecting GPS coordinates for inflows, culverts, docks, fish feeders and other water features. Using this new, accurate data, the lake community will…
Sedimentation issues are a common occurrence in lakes across the country. Identifying areas for dredging and estimating the amount of sludge to be removed is a challenging task. The lake mapping professionals at The Mapping Network take the guess work out of the process and create an easy to see map of your lake. Virgina Lake Management, a partner with The Mapping Network, just finished a lake mapping sedimentation project in North Carolina. Virgina Lake…
