Avioimage Mapping Services, Inc., formed in January 1998 is owned and operated by three North and South Carolina Professional Land Surveyors: Robert Akers, Francisco Mahecha, and Rudolf Gurlit. In addition, we employ two photogrammetrists, who are Professional Land Surveyors; Jorge Guzman and George Howard as well as Stuart Phelps a Professional GIS Surveyor in South Carolina. We have provided digital mapping and GIS services for a variety of engineering design projects.

We have held open-end contracts with the North Carolina Department of Transportation as well as the City of Charlotte Engineering Department. We have provided mapping services for projects including highway route locations, water and wastewater corridors and plants, street and neighborhood improvements, urban storm water projects, airports including 3DAAP mapping and clear zone approach surfaces.

Robert Akers, PLS
As project manager, Mr. Akers has the job to first be sure that all personnel working on your project knows how to compile the work in the form that is unique to your project. Mr. Akers has the task to coordinate all work in the Charlotte office and work provided by our survey consultant when needed. He will attend all scoping meetings and prepare cost estimates on the upcoming projects. Mr. Akers is the manager/administrator of Avioimage Mapping Services, Inc. as well as president of the company. His unique qualification is the knowledge of surveying and mapping, and how the two used cooperatively make a most complete final product.

Francisco Mahecha, PLS
Francisco Mahecha is an expert in photogrammetric compilation, hardware and software systems. He has the unique ability to understand and use the available hardware and software systems in the photogrammetric mapping industry. Mr. Mahecha has been involved in photogrammetric mapping since 1976 and his skills have evolved with the digital technology of today. As Vice President of Avioimage, Mr. Mahecha is responsible for systems software development.

Rudolf Gurlit, PLS
Rudolf Gurlit has the unique qualification of learning the client’s needs and mapping system and then training our compilers to provide complete and accurate data in the correct form for the clients use. This is a huge undertaking since our many and various clients have their own structure and feature symbology. Mr. Gurlit has the patience and perseverance to make this task look easy when we all know how demanding it can be.

Stuart Phelps, GIS Surveyor
Stuart has the unique qualification of bringing the surveying, photogrammetry and GIS community together to useable data base management and processes. Mr. Phelps years of experience in surveying, GIS and photogrammetry is invaluable to most projects that now require the use of all geomatic principles in an overall project environment.