British Columbia – Victoria – Central Saanich
Corporation
www.borstad.com
British Columbia
Victoria
Central Saanich
Corporation
active
Operating name: Borstad Associates
Borstad Associates Ltd. provides remote sensing services to the environment, mining and military sectors using airborne and satellite sensors. We have been providing data gathering, mapping, monitoring, consulting and training services world wide since 1983 with a variety of satellite and aircraft sensors including thermal, short wave infra-red, visible and radar systems. We have particular expertise in hyperspectral airborne and satellite systems.
Established in 1983, Borstad Associates is a stable, reliable company with a long history. The company and staff have extensive field experience in the tropics, in the high arctic, in Europe, SE Asia, Africa, South America and throughout North America, as well as extensive and specialized training in oceanography, biology, geology, geography, computing, Geographic Information Systems, and remote sensing. Some marine applications include: quantitative mapping of phytoplankton chlorophyll in water bodies; quantitative mapping of suspended sediment concentration; detection and quantification of industrial effluents into receiving waters; mapping of submerged, intertidal and shoreline vegetation; mapping of coral reefs and bathometry in clear water; quantitative mapping of near-surface fish schools; and detection of oil slicks.
The company has carried out many large projects, such as: Assisting the British National Rivers Authority to set up a marine coastal management scheme based on aerial remote sensing; rapid response to the Braer oil spill in the Shetland Islands, January 1993 and to the Spanish oil spill in 2002; working with the Swedish Space Corporation and a Malaysian company to advise the Malaysian Department of the Environment on establishing a system of coastal surveillance; acquiring the airborne multi spectral data and producing thematic maps for the entire coastal zone, coral reefs and lagoons, of the Republic of Mauritius - over 1000 km of flight lines; and acquisition and mapping of multi spectral image data for over 6500 km of the British Columbia, Newfoundland, Ontario, Alaskan, Bahamas, Florida, Washington State and Maine coastlines, for intertidal vegetation mapping.
Borstad Associates remote sensing techniques have equal utility in terrestrial environments and these applications are also being developed in association with other companies specializing in mining exploration, forestry, geology and agriculture. Some applications include: Mineral exploration in unvegetated terrain; land use; insect damage in grape vineyards; geological mapping of volcanos; and forest disease mapping.
Borstad Associates works with a wide variety of satellite and airborne imagery. Satellite imagery is available for most parts of the earth back to about 1972, and can thus provide a record of land use or other environmental changes over large or remote areas. We work at scales of 1:1,000,000 for global and regional scales, and with newer imagery we are now undertaking inexpensive detailed mapping of any place on the globe at scales down to 1:2000.
The company operates three portable digital cameras: a Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) operating in the visible and near infra-red, the SWIR Full Spectrum Imager(SFSI) which operates outside of the human visible range in the Short Wave Infra Red (SWIR), and a very high resolution Panchromatic imager (PAN). All three systems use the same strap-down navigation and geocorrection hardware, developed by Borstad Associates.
Borstad Associates obtained their CASI in 1990 and have flown over 100 missions since that time. They acquired the SFSI from the Canada Centre for Remote sensing in 1995, has flown many large international mineral exploration and reclamation surveys in Asia and North and South America.
With a long history of practical satellite and airborne remote sensing experience, the company offers training and assistance either on site or in their facility in Canada. They have participated in training in Peru, China, Indonesia and Austria.
Borstad Associates invites inquiries regarding teaming with companies and institutions involved in environmental mapping and monitoring, civil engineering or mining exploration.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1983
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
Alternate Industries (NAICS): 541360 - Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
541370 - Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
541920 - Photographic Services
Primary Business Activity: Services
Total Sales ($CDN): $500,000 to $999,999
Export Sales ($CDN): $500,000 to $999,999
Number of Employees: 10
Services:
Resource maps, Mineral exploration - aerial surveys, Remote sensing services, Environmental consultant - remote sensing - image analysis, Environmental consultant - training and education, Environmental consultant - research, Environmental consultant - agriculture, soil and water conservation, Environmental consultant - fisheries management, Environmental consultant - silviculture and other forestry, Environmental consultant - natural area parks, recreation and tourism, Environmental consultant - wildlife and natural habitat enhancement, Environmental consultant - coastal areas and shoreline management, Environmental consultant - consulting, Environmental consultant - facility/equipment operation, Environmental consultant - field sampling and monitoring, Environmental consultant - gis applications, Environmental consultant - mapping of resources/land types, Environmental consultant - oceanography/hydrography, Environmental consultant - ocean outfalls/dumping, Environmental consultant - stormwater runoff, Environmental consultant - water quality, Environmental consultant - industry-pulp and paper, Environmental consultant - arctic resources management
Products:
Environmental products and services, Customised assistance and instruction., Thematic maps from multispectral imagery., Thematic maps from multispectral and hyperspectral imagery.
Technology:
We operate digital airborne hyperspectral cameras operating in
the visible - near infra red and in the short wave infra red.
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