Road to Bosnia

In 1996, Fugro EarthData provided the US Navy with mapping products to support rebuilding war-torn Bosnia’s transportation infrastructure, as called for in the Dayton Peace Accord. Within 12 days of the request for services, Fugro EarthData assembled duplicate resources and mobilized to the 120-km transportation corridor between the cities of Sarajevo and Gorazde, a project site that lacked both aviation fuel and a ground transportation system. Acquiring the data despite a short flying window in an environment requiring military escorts, EarthData delivered topographic mapping with 0.5-m contours, a full planimetric data layer, and point and breakline files for 3D surface modeling within a record 12 weeks.