Michael has been in the surveying and geospatial field for 23 years, with the majority specializing in aerial mapping, lidar, and photogrammetry. His work has taken him to 31 states and 12 countries, with projects ranging from transmission power line lidar mapping and multi-oblique cityscape photogrammetry to UAS mapping at mines. He is skilled in the capture, processing, and analysis of accurate geospatial data and is recognized as an industry leader in UAS applications in mining and exploration. Michael is the owner of Great Basin Geomatics, a Reno, NV. based land surveying and aerial mapping firm. When he’s not crunching gigabytes of data, he likes to load up the family in the camper van and roam the lonely voids of the west.