In March 2009 the Red River was flooding the Red River Valley, and the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota.

• On March 26^th 2009, the North Dakota Water Commission of Cass County contacted ADS to collect multi- spectral images of the river as close to flood crest as possible.

• ADS responded to this request on March 28^th and collected over 400 square miles of imaging using an ADS Spectra-View 5WT Medium Format Multi-Spectral Camera system

• These timely images were collected within 10 inches of the flood crest.

• ADS ortho-rectified these images and delivered the finished product to the North Dakota Water Commission of Cass County on March 31^st.

• April 1^st these images were uploaded to a web-server at rrflood.satshot.com

• On April 6^th, 2009 ADS signed an agreement with Google Earth and these images are available for download to Google Earth users at the following link http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/03/mapping-resources-for-red-river-floods.html

• These images are currently available for public viewing on Satshot.com and Google Earth.

In June 2009 ADS responded to the flooding of the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Multi-spectral images were collected using an ADS Spectra-View 9W Medium Format Multi-Spectral Camera system. These images were delivered to the customer within 24 hours.

For more information please contact Dave Fuhr at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 507-644-5419.