CORPORATE PROFILE

MISSION AND VISION

Since being founded in 1947 and Incorporated in 1956, Kucera International has provided high quality, cost effective aerial photography/remote sensing, photogrammetric mapping, geospatial data conversion, and related services for over 70 years. Today, Kucera is one of the most experienced companies in the aerial surveying/mapping and geomatic services industry. Annually we complete hundreds of individual projects around the world. Covering areas ranging in size from a few acres to thousands of square miles.

Through high-caliber in-house staff and technology resources, extensive experience, honest ethical business conduct, and superior customer relations, Kucera has maintained numerous longstanding clients.

BACKGROUND AND LONGEVITY

The Kucera organization was founded in 1947 by Robert “Bob” Kucera, an avid pilot and early innovator in the US aerial mapping services profession. Bob Kucera purchased US military surplus aircraft and outfitted these with floor ports for use with a variety of cameras/sensors. Kucera initially served local industrial, commercial, and professional clients, but soon expanded to larger government and research projects throughout the US and in Central and South America.

In the 1970s Kucera updated its aircraft fleet with Cessna twin and single-engine planes and was an early convert from analog to optical train stereo mapping systems, becoming the largest user of these systems. In the late 1990s Kucera upgraded its twin-engine aircraft to dual-port Piper Navajo Chieftains, was one of the first companies to move to from analytical to digital photogrammetric mapping and imaging systems and became and early user and supporter of GIS and CAD technologies.

In the early 2000s Kucera expanded into GPS-based ground surveying and became again one of the first companies to utilize large format pushbroom digital aerial cameras (Leica ADS), aerial lidar systems (Leica ALS), oblique imaging systems (Geospan GeoVista), and multispectral/thermal sensors (RIT WASP). Since 2010 Kucera has added turbine twin-engine aircraft (Cessna Conquest) to its fleet and large format digital frame cameras (Vexcel UltraCam) to its sensors, and has upgraded and expanded its automated photogrammetric processing, lidargrammetry, GIS support, IT infrastructure, and data/web hosting capabilities.

With this focus and its high caliber resources, extensive experience, sound management, honest and ethical business conduct, and superior customer relations Kucera continues its mission of being a world leader in the aerial mapping/geospatial services profession. Kucera is an ESRI Business Partner and a longstanding active member of the ASPRS and MAPPS professional organizations.

A BIT ABOUT US

IN-HOUSE SERVICES

  • Vertical aerial photography (film 1953, digital 2005)
  • Georeferenced digital oblique aerial photography (2009)
  • Aerial lidar surveying (2003)
  • Multispectral and thermal remote sensing (1975)
  • Control surveying (conventional ground 1953, GPS ground 1991, airborne GPS/IMU 1999)
  • Aerotriangulation (analytical 1975, digital 1996)
  • Orthophotography (analytical 1984, digital 1994)
  • Digital terrain/elevation/surface modeling (1980)
  • Plan/topo feature compilation/mapping (conventional 1953, digital 1985)
  • Cadastral/land use mapping (1975)
  • CAD/GIS Conversion (1986)
  • Metadata generation (1996)

CURRENT CUSTOMER BASE

City/County Regional Government (as prime) 30%
State Government (as prime) 22%
Commercial/Industrial 19%
Professional (Engr., Surveyor, Architects) 13%
Federal Government (as prime or sub) 12%
International 3%
Education and Research
1%

Here at Kucera International,

we are committed to providing the highest possible level of customer service satisfaction and are continually improving upon our level of service. Contact us today to learn more!

OFFICES/LOCATIONS

HEADQUARTERS

38133 Western Parkway

Willoughby, OH 44094

Phone: 440.975.4230

COLUMBUS

3897 Grove City Road

Suite A

Grove City, OH 43123

Phone: 614.539.3925

PITTSBURGH

1121 Boyce Road

Suite 3100

Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Phone: 724.942.2881

TAMPA

110 West Reynolds Street

Suite 207

Plant City, FL 33563

Phone: 813.754.9247

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