A former colleague in the GIS field introduced Jesse Bajnok, project engineer at TransCanada, to Eagleview for professional-grade imagery and analytical tools. Better imagery would provide a solution to the alignment sheet dilemma, and Eagleview's imagery was designed to give contractors the ability to see around a location as well as measure directly on the imagery. Using Eagleview Intelligent Images, for example, contractors would be able to see the steepness of a river bank, or see and measure a utility pole—neither of which may be visible in a traditional orthogonal or overhead image. Over time, better visual information could lend itself to other sizable operational savings as well.
Bajnok began working with Eagleview to secure Eagleview imagery for Phase III alignment sheets. Within weeks, his team had the new imagery and had begun customizing measurement and annotation tools by working closely with Eagleview engineers. The company’s approach for finding an alternative image source was determined by value which Bajnok defines as “affordable, easy-to-use, detailed, and accurate imagery.” Another aspect to this value requirement was a “recommended, flexible and single-source provider” for geo-based solutions who could “collaborate and customize a technology quickly and to spec.”