August 2007

A Note from our President

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the talented people we have recently been fortunate enough to collaborate with on a number of projects. I feel honored to be able to work with and learn from so many knowledgeable industry leaders.

I hope you are all enjoying a safe and happy summer!

Regards,
Jeff Cooper

Employee Spotlight

Gene Gaddis

Gene began working for Cooper in 1997, flying the company’s Cessna 206T for jobs throughout the southwest. Prior to his employment with Cooper, Gene served in the United States Air Force for 25 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

Being a true pilot at heart, Gene enjoys building airplanes in his free time. His extensive experience has made him an integral member of the Cooper Aerial Flight Team for the past 10 years. The entire Cooper staff would like to thank Gene for sharing his hard work and dedication!

Gene pictured with his experimental home built RV-8 plane which he assembled over an 18 month period.

Cooper in the News

Cooper Aerial Partners with Todd Photo – The partnership enables the two companies to remain focused, on their respective areas of expertise, resulting in a superior quality end product of which both Cooper Aerial and Todd Photographic Services can be proud. Click Here to view the full length press release

What’s New at Cooper?

Introducing Project Plus package (PPP)

As was mentioned in last month’s newsletter, Cooper Aerial is releasing a complete mapping product line. The line, entitled Project Plus Package (PPP) encompasses and integrates selected ground survey services into Cooper Aerial’s comprehensive set of geospatial mapping service offerings. The Project Plus Package (PPP) line is designed to work directly with the customer’s survey team to validate topographic mapping services. The Project Plus Package (PPP) is well suited for larger mapping projects that require blended survey technologies including: Airborne GPS, dealing with modern coordinate systems and coordinate projection definitions. The primary tasks in the Project Plus Package (PPP) series are:

Geodesy Integration to modern control systems.
The use of blind panels in order to cross-check the analytical aerotriangulation math model.
Field survey cross section check verifications to validate the final mapping services.
Airborne GPS flight systems and redundant ground units.

This is an important addition to Cooper’s service offerings, helping the company to better meet the evolving needs of their valued customers.

AGIC Conference

Cooper is excited to announce that they will be represented at the Arizona Geographic Information Counsel (AGIC) conference by Chris Seck, Rick Bunger and Gene Brosseau. The three are looking forward to visiting with members of the GIS community and learning about hot issues and concerns facing the industry in order to help Cooper look to and plan for the future.

Please look for us at the conference! More Details

The Cooper Ground Target Workshop

Cooper is excited to announce that they will be hosting a Cooper Aerial Ground Target Workshop. The event will be held in Phoenix during the month of October, and will be open to all who wish to attend. The curriculum will be an entry level introduction to the methods of determining the proper location and the building of a stable aerial ground target.

Check out next month’s newsletter for more details on this exciting and informative event.

Instructor: Mr. Rick Bunger, RLS

Examples of destroyed panels

Still to Come:

In next month’s issue we will begin a series of educational briefings designed to explain the geospatial industry. Through this series we hope to help our valued customers and respected partners better understand what we do and to encourage all of them to rise to the Cooper Challenge.