[Joey Thomas] This past winter during the leaf-off season,
the Strat Map Program collected lidar data
in the North and Central Texas regions.
In Central Texas, we collected
an area along the I-35 corridor
that stretched north and south of McLennan County.
The main reason why the refresh cycle
is needed is because of land cover change.
And as the land cover changes,
especially in areas along the 35 corridor,
and areas north of the Metroplex,
there's been substantial, you know,
urban sprawl in addition to substantial
amount of construction along I-35.
And so those areas would benefit from having updated data,
especially data that is nearing almost 10 years old,
by the time the new dataset gets released.