Lidar News congratulates NV5 on receiving three Geospatial Excellence Awards at the 2026 MAPPS Conference, recognizing the firm’s statewide oblique imagery work for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s KY From Above program. NV5 earned the Grand Award, Data Acquisition & Processing Award, and Member’s Choice Award for the project.
The achievement highlights a major collaborative effort between NV5 and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, whose leadership supported the development of the nation’s first statewide 3-inch ortho and oblique imagery program. The initiative reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to high-quality geospatial data across the state.
From NV5: “We extend a sincere thank‑you to our outstanding vendor partners — Vexcel, Keystone, Kucera, Sanborn, and Aerial Surveys International — whose expertise, capacity, and teamwork were essential to delivering this project at scale.”
With more than four million images captured and the launch of the KyFromAbove Explorer Web Application, the KY From Above program demonstrates the impact of coordinated public-private collaboration.
Explore the imagery: https://hubs.ly/Q040tg_80
The MAPPS Excellence Awards, which recognize innovation and impact across the geospatial industry, further underscore NV5’s continued leadership through its three award wins in the 2025 competition.
