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MnDOT conducts aerial pictures on highways in northwest Minnesota starting in April
Residents requested to not disturb non permanent targets
Bemidji, Minn. – Bemidji, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking residents to not disturb aerial pictures targets as crews start aerial mapping in northwestern Minnesota. Landowners within the space that can have targets positioned on or close to their property will likely be contacted straight. Weather allowing, work will start mid-April and conclude in late May. The mapping will happen within the following areas:
- Highway 1 from Busy Corner to Highway 71
- Highway 1 from Oslo to Warren
- Highway 11 from Clementson to Frontier
- Highway 32 from Red Lake Falls to St. Hilaire
The aerial survey course of depends on clear observations and have to be performed after the spring soften and earlier than the timber leaf out. To start the method crews place an “X” on the bottom as a reference level for the aerial photographer.
Aerial mapping is used to create a file of current infrastructure and panorama alongside MnDOT proper of means for transportation planning and freeway design. In order to acquire correct aerial mapping, MnDOT crews paint giant white “X” targets on paved surfaces, and place plastic or cloth “X” targets on unpaved surfaces.
A survey crew then data the coordinate place and elevation of the non permanent targets for the aerial pictures firm. The plastic and cloth targets are non permanent and will likely be eliminated when the pictures is accomplished.
MnDOT requests that landowners not take away or disturb the targets, if doable, till the pictures is accomplished. If a goal have to be moved, please contact the District 2 survey workplace at 218-755-6509 or by e-mail at drew.mistic@state.mn.us.
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