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Wide pass
Satellite and public aerial imagery, including NAIP, show where to look across the territory.
The problem
The schedule and the hazard are not the same map.
On wooded feeders, vegetation into the wire and hazard trees outside the right-of-way cause a lot of blinks and outages. Most programs still clear miles on a fixed multi-year cycle. The hazard does not wait for its turn.
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Trees into the line
Growth into the conductors, or trees and limbs outside the ROW that can strike a span.
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Money on the wrong miles
Crews clear whatever comes next on the cycle while higher-risk stretches sit another season.
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Slow cleanup after storms
After wind, ice, or fire, you need a clear picture of which spans moved or failed before you send trucks.
The same ranked view helps when you are deciding where to harden first for wildfire season.
How we work
Start wide, then get closer.
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Closer look
Where a mile needs confirming, a contracted flight or a ground patrol fills in what the wire needs at span scale.
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Ranked list
You get a GIS-ready work list your ops lead can sort, map, and hand to a crew.
The pilot
Feeder Risk Pilot
$15,000–$45,000
Fixed fee · about 50–150 miles · four to eight weeks
- Ranked work list (CSV and GeoJSON)
- Map package for the web or for QGIS / Arc
- Short methods note and a 90-minute review workshop
- Optional help with grant language for wildfire or resiliency applications
From you: priority feeders and a centerline export. If that is not ready, we can start from public NAIP under an NDA.
About
Jim Coleman in Moscow, Idaho — remote sensing and GIS for land and line managers across the Inland Northwest.