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Quick Answer: Both! Detailed topographic mapping from our MapWarehouse archives is popular with civil engineers to model terrain in 3D. Users can predict the flow of surface water, air movement, acoustic modeling, sight line analysis, make volumetric calculations, and even show depth on a flat image when used together with orthophoto. Most big projects, however, also have a ground survey component. Why buy DEM or contour mapping if you need a survey anyway? One's not better than the other, they both have their place in the project life cycle. Take a detailed look:

Don't flake out on job preparation Pop quiz: A commercial customer contacts you for a quote to plough parking lots and private roads this winter. What do you do next?

Time wasting old methods can sod off!   Pop quiz: A commercial customer contacts you for a quote to lay sod. What do you do next?  

Make accurate quotes without visiting the site Pop quiz: A commercial customer contacts you for a quote to replace a roof. What do you do next?

The business case for using paid data services over free resources. Only the best data will do, however, Experian Data Quality 's recent “Create Your Ideal Data Quality Strategy” study indicates 92% of companies surveyed are experiencing difficulty with data management, 50% acknowledge that inadequate data quality negatively impacts their business. In the specific case of geospatial data, another dimension is added to the complexity of data that can challenge the best of us.

Your GIS is only as good as the data that goes into it. GIS is everywhere these days, pun intended. You'll read about the advantages of using GIS to enhance your business, the value of location intelligence and visualizing your business data over a map to reveal new insights about your mobile workforce, inventory management, and customers.