We apply leading-edge GIS technologies on a wide variety of environmental tasks in support of infrastructure, design, construction, operation and maintenance, planning, and the environment.

Our GIS projects range from analyzing comprehensive transportation plans for counties to developing statewide transportation plans and analyzing the feasibility of interstate, high-speed rail corridors for the federal government. We utilize GIS to analyze and display transportation needs in relation to relevant land use and growth attributes.

PB also conducts environmental constraints analysis and evaluation of corridors using various federal, state, and local environmental databases, large-scale aerial photography, satellite imagery, global positioning systems (GPS), and light detection and ranging (LIDAR).

Some of our GIS services in support of the environment include: remote sensing and image processing, programming and application development, database development and maintenance, as well as field data collection and mapping. Our long history of utilizing GIS for the environment includes:

• Environmental impact and compliance studies
• Site investigations and characterizations
• Transportation/telecommunication site, route, and corridor selection
• Natural resource inventory and management assessments
• Emergency planning and monitoring
• Water and power plant site selection