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The following figures illustrate the various Map Layers and uses of Basemap Systems and Map Snapshots

Interactive Map Viewing on your computer

Map Your World provides free Map Viewing software allowing you to interactively use basemap systems and maps created for you. You will be able to pan, zoom, measure, and print maps on a variety of backgrounds with many types of information. Whether you want to do-it-yourself or use Map Your World as a “remote” mapping department, digital maps are powerful affordable analytical tools. Statewide, Countywide, or one lease, Map Your World can help you with maps, mapping expertise, and analytical assistance that will save you money.

A Typical Basemap System

As you zoom in more details will appear.

The various map layers can be turned on and off automatically at zoom levels which can be adjusted per your order. Customized workspaces show the layers you wish to view, only at zoom levels you specify. The following images represent the standard zoom progression setup for a typical mapping system.

OTLS, TxDOT Roadways, Minor Hydrology, and Cultural Details

Street Level Zoom of TxDOT Details

This view shows a Countywide Aerial Image Mosaic instead of Terrain and adds the Railroad Commission Pipeline layer.

The Pipeline layer is marked in orange, the OTLS layer in blue. The Pipeline Layer has data attached detailing size, ownership, product, et cetera.

These are high-resolution Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quad (DOQQ) infrared aerial images from 1995 available individually or as Countywide Mosaics.

Examples of Elevation Models

The Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

DEM’s are graphical representations of ground elevations like the terrain layer. They are derived from USGS Topographic data. The color of each pixel represents the average elevation of a square area of 100’ x 100’ on the ground.

DEM, TxDOT, RRC Pipeline and Well spot layer

Color Adjustment of DEM’s

The color values assigned to the map elevations can be modified to accentuate land features. The color adjustment simulated above was created as an aid to determining an all weather location for a directional well on a seasonably impassable floodplain. The map identified suitable terrain (in orange) above a slope (in purple) above the floodplain (in green).

Further Enhancements to Color Adjustments of DEM’s

A topographic map was draped over the DEM for more cultural and vegetative information as shown above. This basemap was then combined with other layers showing OTLS, pipelines, land ownership, leaseholds, wells, and other proprietary data (not all shown above for clarity) and used to assess the most probable positions for economical drilling locations.

Other Examples of how maps can save you money

Drilling Locations

A Map Snapshot (as simulated above) was used to determine if there was an acceptable drilling location on a proposed lease that would not disturb irrigation of a grass farm. The map enabled the client to assess whether a location for a directional well was available. The Map Snapshot was delivered in 2 hours and eliminated the need for an assessment survey. This saved the client money and a 24-hour, or more, wait.

Land Parcel Verification

In the Map Snapshot simulated above, Meets and Bounds were plotted with Land Survey lines and a DOQQ aerial image. The property lines were extended to the riverbank, as shown in the aerial, to compare the computed acreage with the overestimated land accretion claims of the landowners. This saved the client thousands of dollars for a Land Survey. The ability to negotiate an accurate lease acreage payment based on the calculated map acreage saved thousands more.

Pipeline Planning

Plan your Pipeline Route without leaving your office!

The two images above illustrate how aerial imagery and DEM’s are useful tools for determining the path-of-least-resistance for your pipeline route, without going to the field. This is a “Virtual” Preliminary Route Survey providing a horizontal alignment and vertical profile. Railroad Commission Pipeline data attached to the maps gives information about nearby common carriers (inset in satellite image above). Printed maps can be sent to field crews for visual verification.

Pipeline Regulation

Under current Texas Railroad Commission guidelines, any pipeline of any size that leaves your lease before reaching the point of sale must have a T4 Permit. Under the new RRC Mapping Submission Standards, digital maps are much easier to submit and modify than paper maps. Digitizing your pipelines to meet Digital Submission Standards not only satisfies RRC and DOT requirements, but also gives you a better way to keep track of your assets. Map Your World is an approved vendor of Digital T4 Maps for the RRC.