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GIS Map Services

All of your lake or reservoir data on one accurate map, ready for boards, permits and contractors.

Geographic information systems

All survey data on one GIS base map

GIS layers the data we collect onto an accurate map of your lake or reservoir, so patterns are easy to see and decisions are easy to explain.

  • Depth, bottom hardness and plant beds from sonar surveys
  • Plant species and invasive plant locations
  • Water quality and sediment sampling sites
  • Treatment, restoration and no-treatment areas
  • Aerators, fountains, inflows and outflows
Plant presence and absence map of a 500 acre sample lake over depth contoursPlant survey points by species with a key, over the plant presence and absence map of a 500 acre sample lake
Plants presentNo plants
CoontailElodeaRichardson’s pondweedEurasian watermilfoil (invasive)Sago pondweedMuskgrassNorthern watermilfoilYellow pond lily
508acLake area
192acPlant beds mapped
8Plant species mapped
1Invasive species located

Example map sheets

Report-ready map sheets

Each layer can be its own sheet or combined, on the same base map every year.

Depth contour map of a 500 acre sample lake
Depth
Aquatic plant density map of a 500 acre sample lake
Plant growth
Bottom hardness map of a 500 acre sample lake
Bottom hardness
Fish abundance map of a 500 acre sample lake
Fish

How you get them

Ready for reports, permits and contractors

  • Print-ready PDF maps for board meetings and reports
  • GIS files for engineers, agencies and contractors
  • Year-over-year layers that line up, so change is easy to show

Explore other related services

Depth and Bathymetric Mapping Aquatic Vegetation Mapping Bottom Hardness Mapping Fish and Habitat Mapping Satellite Monitoring

Schedule GIS mapping

Tell us what you track and we will build the map around it.

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