On December 15, 2015, a two-year contract was awarded with Surdex Corporation for acquiring over 7,000 square miles of high resolution digital aerial imagery services of the region for cost share participants.

The collection was completed and has been made available to the general public, through H-GAC websites.

During Hurricane Harvey, Harris County Flood Control District and other Geographic Data Workgroup members asked H-GAC GIS staff to facilitate the Post Hurricane imagery collection for the recovery efforts and assessment of the region. On August 29, 2017, H-GAC admended the contract with Surdex Corporation to acquire over 10,000 square miles of the region area.

Post-Harvey Aerial Imagery Project Details

Coverage Area            10,322 Sq. Miles

Resolution                   1 foot (True Color)

Flight Dates                Wednesday 8/30/2017 – Monday 9/4/2017

Deliverables                Online access to unprocessed raw imagery within 48 hours of final flight

 Full processed, edge matched, GeoTIFF and MrSID compressed files 3-4 months after initial flight

Funds committed by Harris County Flood Control District and participating cost share organizations

No

Request authorization to amend contract with Surdex Corporation to deliver Post-Harvey digital aerial imagery data products and services; amount not to exceed $265,500.00. (Staff Contact: Tanya Nguyen)