DeLorme is pleased to announce that the Mobile Airport Authority’s Brookley Complex in Mobile, Alabama, has selected XMap to help build and manage their Geographic Information System.
MAA staff members are using XMap GIS Enterprise for a wide variety of spatial data management functions, including property and building footprint mapping, tenant and lease management, marketing, strategic planning, and much more.
The MAA opted for the Enterprise version of XMap as it offers a multiple point image registration tool. Having recently captured high resolution aerial imagery of the entire Brookley complex, the ImageReg function was used to accurately create a raster layer as a base map for a variety of mapping tasks.
“We selected XMap because it was relatively easy to use,” said Jana Stupavsky, of the MAA marketing department. “Because none of us had any previous experience in GIS, it was important that the software we chose was uncomplicated yet powerful enough for our needs. XMap met these criteria.”
To help get the most out of XMap and to acquire a basic understanding of the principles of GIS, several MAA staff members attended a Web-based XMap training program. “The training class was very worthwhile investment,” said Ms. Stupavsky. “Because it focused specifically on our intended use of XMap, we were able to quickly learn how the software could help us surmount the unique challenges that we face.”
About the MAA’s Brookley Complex
Situated on the site of a former U.S. Air Force base, The Brookley Complex is the region’s foremost industrial and aviation technology center. The 1,700 acre complex, which includes a 9,600 ft runway, is home to over 100 companies with a combined workforce of over 4,000 highly skilled employees. Aerospace companies, including US Airways and United Airlines, are among the major tenants at the complex. Recently, it was announced that a new U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, a joint $40 billion EADS/Northrop Grumman project, would be built at the Brookley Complex along with Airbus’s A330 freighter aircrafts.
