HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - RFP - P1062 MAP BROCHURE DESIGN SERVICES (3)COMPUTER TERRAIN MAPPING,I,NC.
1401 Walnut • Suite C • Boulder, CO 80302 / POB 4982 • Boulder, CO 80306
TEL(303)444-1670 FAX (303)443-4856
Zoe Shark February 21, 2007
Natural Areas Education & Volunteer Coordinator
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
RE. RFP # P1062 Map and Brochure Design Services — Natural Areas
Dear Zoe Shark:
On behalf of Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. (CTM), I am pleased to submit our proposal to
provide professional cartographic services for the design and production of the Fort Collins Natural
Areas Program Map/Brochure. I have spent many years in Fort Collins attending undergraduate, and
then Graduate school at Colorado State University, so I am very pleased to have the opportunity to
contribute to a community that has had such a positive impact on my career and life.
The following proposal will outline the steps and associated time to:
1. Collect the City's existing data.
2. Compile the Natural Areas map with the Natural Areas boundaries, Natural Areas names,
surrounding public lands, major streets, major street names, trails (separated by surface type
and difficulty rating), trail mileage, trailheads, access points and parking lots. All of the
locational data mentioned above will be provided by the City. Other information to be
included on the map are a north arrow, scale and map key.
3. Layout informational side of the brochure using established design guidelines.
4. Attend 4 meetings; 1) a startup meeting to discuss data transfer, basic layout ideas,
informational side content and possible map backdrop ideas (e.g., hill shading, aerial photo,
etc.); 2) first draft meeting to discuss layout of both map and brochure sides for comments
and edits; 3) second draft meeting to discuss layout of both map and brochure sides for
comments and edits„4) final draft meeting to approve final layout of both sides of brochure
before print production.
5. Coordinate with the printer of choice to produce between 5,000—10,000 folded
map/brochures.
We thank you for the opportunity to present this proposal and look forward to working with you on
this project. Please contact me at (303) 444-1670 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Heidi Ochis
Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc
1401 Walnut Street, Suite C
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Principal in Charge
Project Understanding
Fort Collins, Colorado is fortunate to have citizens that care about preserving open space.
They have spoken loudly by taxing themselves to fund this preservation effort. In the 14
years the Natural Areas Program has been in existence, Fort Collins citizens have helped to
preserve 44 natural areas. With the recent additions of The Bobcat Ridge and Soapstone
Prairie Natural Areas, having an updated and informative map will help educate and connect
visitors to the value of the land they've helped preserve. Understanding the rules designed to
protect these lands promotes good land stewardship.
With this as a motivation, we propose to develop a brochure that will inform citizens about
their Natural Areas Program lands as well as where these areas are within Fort Collins and
Larimer County. Information dissemination does not have to be tedious or complicated. By
presenting information in a graphically engaging way, we can pass along knowledge to the
most casual reader. By developing both a map and informational panel, the readers will be
armed with the knowledge needed to enjoy Fort Collins' great outdoor amenities safely and
responsibly.
The general tasks to create such a brochure include:
• Map production
• Informational content development and presentation using the established design guidelines
• Digital access print ready files and possible hard copy output of the final brochure.
The final map/brochure will be provided to the city as a PDF, EPS, Macromedia Freehand
document or other image format as requested by the City.
We have included a mock layout of the Natural Areas map. We believe adding cross
sections will help illustrate the "Easy", "Moderate", and "Difficult" trail ratings. On the
brochure we would suggest adding a "Peak Finder" map for the Fort Collins area along with
site and wildlife photos. I have included a sample "Peak Finder" generated for Boulder
County.
Scope of Services
Heidi Ochis will be the Project Manager for the map/brochure production. She will be the
primary individual working on the graphic components of the project and participate in the
review meetings. Her hourly rate is $75.00 / hour. Data assembly, trail cross -sections and
any 3D image generation will be executed by Ed Russell at an hourly rate of $95.00 / hour.
Scope of Services Outline
Hours
Task
Total
32 (@ $95/hr)
Data collection / data assembly. City shall provide all
$3,040
data layers required on the map along with text to be used
on the informational side of the brochure. We propose
generating trail cross sections for all or specified trails as
well as a Fort Collins Peak Finder map.
40(@ $75/hr)
Map production. Macromedia's FreeHand software will
$3,000
be used for map production.
40(@ $75/hr)
Brochure graphic design and layou. The current
$3,000
Design Guidelines will drive the "look" of the brochure.
It will be CTM's task to organize the desired information
and photographs into the established layout. The brochure
will be assembled in Macromedia's FreeHand software.
Final deliverables to the City will be in the form of a PDF,
EPS or other graphic format requested by the City.
16((@0 $75/hr)
*4 Meetings. Startup, First, Second and Final Draft
$1.200
meetings
-
Plots / Proofs. 8 — 2 sided proofs (16 total) @ $20 / plot.
$320
PDF files can be posted between meetings for iterative
reviews if the City has the capability to plot in-house.
-
Photo / Font Purchase. Estimating the possible number
$1,320
of photos needed for the map/brochure, the cost assumes a
purchase of 15 Royalty Free photos ($1,000). We do not
currently own four of the fonts listed in the design
guidelines. Assuming CTM will be responsible for
purchasing these fonts, this cost also includes the purchase
of Bureau Five One, Bureau Five Five, Melior and Crim
fonts ($320). The dollar amount charged to the City will
decrease if the number of fonts and/or photos are less than
estimated.
Total
128
$11,880
s Meetings can be paired down to 2 (startup and final review) with digital transfer or hard copy shipping of
interim drafts. This would reduce the total number of hours to 120 and the total cost to $11,280.00.
CTM has priced printing options at the 17"x22" size from Morrell printing in Lafayette,
Colorado and a z-card option (smaller example included) at 13"x25" & 13"x3T' to give you
an idea of the cost to go to print.
Printing Services
Number of Copies
17"x22" Morrell
13"x25" z-card
13"x37" z-card
5,000
$3,080
$7,330
$8,670
10,000
$4,410
$10,350
$11,780
Corporate Profile
Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. (CTM) began as a map production company in 1988. One
of our first maps is still in print today, "View to the West — The Colorado Front Range and
Beyond". Since that time our focus has moved toward geographic information systems (GIS)
and remote sensing but the presentation of this information has continued to be our
trademark. Illustrating complex geographic information to laymen is a challenge that has
helped set us apart from other GIS firms.
This experience has fostered relationships with several high profile publications. Because of
our ability to convey complex geographic data in a user friendly and engaging manner, our
resume of clients includes National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure (since its
inception in 1999 through today), Field and Stream, Sports Illustrated, Men's Journal, Skiing,
Outside and Backpacker. We have also had maps published in several books.
We work closely with several non-profit Colorado Land Trusts producing compelling
graphics for fund raising events as well as public meetings. These maps help inform and
enlighten citizens, donors and contributors.
Boulder County and the City of Boulder have employed CTM in several educational posters
including a 3D "Life Zones" traveling display that is 6'x Yand the 3D map of the Boulder
Watershed. We recently finished work with the County developing "Peak Finder" maps that
will be placed at 4 trailheads throughout the County. We have worked with the City of
Greeley, Fort Collins and the Big Thompson Watershed Forma to generate 3D maps of water
source areas modeled after a map produced for the City of Boulder.
CTM has recently produced Parks and Trails maps for Cherry Hills Village and Louisville.
Both projects involved the planning, design and layout for both the map and brochure sides
of the finished products. Because of our GIS grounding we are able to take map data in
almost any format and produce accurate and easily updated maps.
For project examples we have included a single copy of the final printed maps for Cherry
Hills Village and Louisville. We have included 4 copies of each of the following: a scaled
down version of the Boulder Watershed map, a Boulder Peak Finder map, the Longmont
United Hospital Regional Map which uses an aerial image only as a backdrop, the Alpine
Loop Back County Byway map which uses terrain based hill shading with public land
ownership and the Natural Areas mock up which uses a combination of aerial photography,
hill shading and public land ownership. To view other examples of our work, you can visit
our website at: bZ:llwww.gtmag.ggmtWjects custommapping html
Contacts
Pascale Fried - Boulder County Education & Outreach Coordinator
tel (303) 678-6200
pfried@co.boulder.co.us
Andrea Minarcek, National Geographic Adventure Associate Editor
tel (212) 790.9025
aminarce@ngs.org
Polly Boyd, City of Louisville Land Management Department
tel (303) 3354735
mailto:tLoydp(@ci.louisville.co.us
RESUMES
Heidi Ochis
Heidi is an environmental scientist with over twenty-four years of experience in GIS and remote sensing
technologies. A graduate of the Forestry Program at Colorado State University, Ms. Ochis is an expert at
applying GIS technology to environmental and land use planning problems. A principal at CTM since
1996, she specializes in assessing the visual impacts of growth. Other areas of specialization include
landcover classification, visual simulation, image rectification and cartographic design.
WORK HISTORY
1994 - present GIS / REMOTE SENSING SPECIALIST, Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc., Boulder, Colorado.
Compilation and analysis of GIS databases. Image analysis including land cover
classification, tiling and color equalization of satellite and aerial remotely sensed data.
Computer cartographic map design and production. Computer experience includes the
use and integration of UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh operating systems and
environments.
1989 - 1994 GIS - COMPUTER GRAPHICS SPECIALIST, Design Workshop, Inc., Denver, Colorado. Managed
and participated in the design and comp�'lation of GIS databases and visual analysis studies
for private and governmental clients. Specialized in 3D computer modeling, computer
animations and cartographic map design and production.
1987-1989 GIS OPERATOR, Emery Data Graphics, Denver, Colorado. Technical responsibilities
included digitizing and data eversion of telecommunication maps. This process
included, data entry, linking database files to the vector data and final map editing.
Management responsibilities included supervision of 10 employees and recovering and
repairing corrupt data files.
6/85-11/85 GIS OPERATOR, Technicolor Government Services., Fort Collins, Colorado. Converted 7 I/2
min. quadrangle maps into digital format to create the National Wetlands Mapping
Inventory.
EDUCATION
1994-1997 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Masters of Science, Remote Sensing and
GIS
1981 - 1985 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Bachelor of Science Degree, Geology
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY / BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Photogrammetny and Remote Sensing
PUBLICATIONS
H. Ochis, Iw Russell, and R.M. Hoffer, 1997, "Comparison of a triangulation -based piecewise
transformation to polynomial -based geometric correction algorithms", 1997 ACSM-ASPRS Annual
Convention & Exposition Technical Papers, April 7-10, Seattle, Washington. v. 3, pp. 215-225.
E. Russell, M. Kumler, and H. Ochis, 1995, "Identifying and Removing Systematic Errors in USGS
DEMs," GIS In The Rockies, 1995 Conference, Denver, CO.
R.M. Hoffer, S. Maxwell and H. Ochis, 1994. "Use of Radar for Forestry Applications. Final Report for
National Forestry Applications Program," USDA -Forest Service, Salt Lake City, Utah. Technical
monitor. Henry Lachowski.
Edward C. Russell
Edward Russell is a computer scientist specializing in geographic applications. He has over twenty-eight
years of experience in computer mapping, GIS and remote sensing. He has worked in the geophysical and
atmospheric sciences developing new techniques and software for terrain visualization and modeling. As
president and founder of Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. (CTM), he has developed several new
algorithms for topographic surface interpolation, quality control and visualization. He is the author of the
EDwarel suite of GIS tools for terrain modeling and analysis.
WORK HISTORY
1988-present COMPUTER SCIENTIST, Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc., Boulder, Colorado.
Responsibilities include software development and computer operations. Developed
algorithms for topographic surface interpolation from digital contours, fractal
interpolation, 3-D surface display, and spectral methods for topographic data quality
control.
1986-1988 SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS, Coherent Technologies, Inc.,
Boulder, Colorado. Developed software for measurement and computer simulation of
atmospheric phenomena. Developed two and three-dimensional visualization software for
terrain and atmospheric phenomena.
1982-1986 SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS, RPI Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
Developed interpolation and trend surface software for geological applications. Developed
data structures for storage and display of spatial data.
EDUCATION
1983-1986 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Graduate studies in Geology and Geophysics.
1982 Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Bachelor of Science Degree, Geology and
Mathematics. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
American Planning Association (APA)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
H. Ochis, E. Russell, and R.M. Hoffer, 1997, "Comparison of a triangulation -based piecewise
transformation to polynomial -based geometric correction algorithms", 1997 ACSM-ASPRS Annual
Convention 8c Exposition Technical Papers, April 7-10, Seattle, Washington. v. 3, pp. 215-225.
E. Russell, M. Kumler and H. Ochis, 1995, "Identifying and Removing Systematic Errors in USGS DEMs,"
GIS In The Rockies, 1995 Conference, Denver, CO.
MJ. Kavaya and E.C. Russell, 1987, "Monte Carlo Simulations of Coherent DIAL Water Vapor
Measurement Performance," Tech. Digest of the Fourth Conference on Coherent Laser Radar:
Technology and Applications, paper ThAI, pp. 166-168, Aspen, Colorado. (July 27 30, 1987).
COMPUTER TERRAIN MAPPING,INC.
1401 Walnut • Suite C • Boulder, CO 80302 / POB 4982 • Boulder, CO 80306
TEL(303)144-1670 FAX(303)443-4836
David Carey
City of Fort Collins Purchasing Division
215 Mason, 2nd Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80521
RE- Insurance requirements (additionally insured)
David,
I have contacted our insurance company and have requested the addition of Fort Collins
as an additionally insured certificate holder under our policy on April 10, 20( 7. The
addition is done at the "home" office so I was told it would take a "few" days. They will
mail an original copy to Fort Collins and Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. as soon as the
addition is made. I will follow up with you once we receive our copy to confirm that you
have also received a copy.
Thanks for your help on this. Please contact me if there are any additional requirements
needed to move forward on RFP # P1062-Map/Brochure Design Services.
Thanks,
Heidi Ochis
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Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc
1401 Walnut Street, Suite C
Boulder, CO 80302
phone: 303444-1670
email: hiho@Pctmap.com