SOLUTION PROJECT The project was part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Geographic Information System program (AGIS) phase II pilot project which spanned across the country to map airport infrastructure as part of an and as part of the FAA ’s Next Generation of Air Transportation (NextGEN). It was one of just 29 projects in the United States and was the first of its kind in North Dakota. The project created usable data not only for the FAA, but the airport sponsor which is being used by the Grand Forks International Airport ground operations and management staff for management of the airport's infrastructure. Just one year prior, the FAA ’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Office performed an aeronautical survey with air photography and collection of obstacle data.

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