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Abstract
LIDAR Technology for Improved Transmission Line Siting
Track: Electric and Gas
Author(s): Alan Voss, Patricia Hamlett
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), America's largest public power company, frequently has a need to rapidly plan routes for new transmission lines. However, the traditional route planning process, including acquisition of stereo aerial photographs, creation digital elevation models, ortho-rectification, photointerpretation, and the development of a GIS database, generally takes approximately 120 days to finish. This paper discusses results of TVA's test of LIDAR and digital aerial cameras to complete a transmission line route planning project in only 60 days.
Alan Voss
Tennessee Valley Authority
Geographic Information and Engineering
1101 Market Street
, HB 2A-C
Chattanooga , TN 37402-2801
USA
Phone: 423-751-2425
Fax: 423-751-8525
E-mail: awvoss@tva.gov
Patricia Hamlett
Tennessee Valley Authority
Geographic Information and Engineering
1101 Market St.,
HB 2A-C
Chattanooga , TN 37402-2801
USA
Phone: 423-751-2870
Fax: 423-751-8525
E-mail: pahamlett@tva.gov