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January 

### 22,2015
U.S, Department ofTransportation, Docket Operations West Building Ground Floor, RoomW12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 

# Re: ExemptionRequestUnderSection333of 

### the FAAReformActand Part 11 of

### the Federal 

### AviationRegulations
Dear Sir orMadam:
Pursuant 

### to Section 333 of

### the FAA Modernization and Reform 

### Act of 2012 (the "ReformAct") and 14 

### C.F.R. Part 11,

### CompassData, Inc. (CompassData), an owner and operator 

### of theTrimble UXS Unmanned 

### Aircraft System (UXs UAS), seeks an exemption 

### fromtheFederal 

### Aviation Regulations ("FARs") as per 

### the enclosed document.


### The requested exemption 

### would permit commercial 

### operation by CompassData ofTrimble's UXS

### that performs precision aerial surveys 

### consisting of 

### still photographs taken 

### with an integrated onboard camera. 

### The UX5

### takes aseries of high 

### quality, still digital images 

### that are used

### toproduce precision 

### digital map products including; point clouds, 

### triangulated models, and 

### contour maps of

### the surveyedarea. 

### Applicationsfor

### these UAS devices and associated data processing 

### functionsinclude 

### agriiulture, mining, professional surveying, environmental monitoring, oil & gas 

### exploration and other similar activities. 

### Operations under

### the exemption 

### will be subject 

### tostrict 

### operating requirements andconditions 

### to ensureat least an 

### equivalent level 

### ofsafety 

### to currently authorized 

### operations usingmanned aircraft and under conditions as may be 

### modified by

### the FAA as 

### required by Section333.


### As described more

### fully below, 

### the requested exemption 

### would authorize commercialoperations of aerial 

### surveys using 

### the UXS.The UXS

### will beoperated under controlled conditions 

### at low 

### altitude in airspace 

### that is limited in 

### scope, as describedmore 

### fully herein; and it has automated 

### controlfeatures, as

### described below. 

### The UX5 also

### willbe operated by an individual 

### who has passed 

### an FAA 

### approved pilot's license anda 

### required manufacturer's 

### training program for

### the 

### UAS. Finally, 

### thetX5UAS will be 

### operated only in Class 

### G airspace in areas that 

### will be disclosed 

### tothe FAA inadvance. 

### CompassData respectfully submits 

### that because 

### this small, unmanned aerial

### vehicletheUX5-will be used in lieu of 

### comparatively hazardous operations now conducted with fixed 

### wing androtary conventional aircraft, 

### the FAA 

### can have confidence that 

### the operations will achieve 

### at leastan 

### equivalent level or 

### greater level 

### ofsafety. 

### Approval ofthis exemption would 

### therebyenhance safety andfulfill 

### the Secretary of

### Transportation's (the FAA 

### Administrator's)responsibilities under Section-333(c) of

### the Reform Act

### to "establish requirements for 

### the safe 

### operation ofsuch aircraft 

### systems in

### the national airspacesystem."

### The name and address of

### the applicant b:



### CompassData, Inc. 

### Attn: Hayden Howard, 

### Vice President 

### Phone:303-6274058 Em a i | :havdenh@compassdatainc.com 12353 E. EasterAve. Centennial, CO80112


### The regulations from which the 

### exemption is requested are asfollows: 14 C. F. R. 61 .1 13(a)&(b): 14 C.F.R.91.7(a): 14 C.F.R.91.119(c): 14 C.F.R.91.151(a): 14 C.F.R.91.405(a): 14 C.F.R.91.407(aX1): 14 C.F.R.91.409(aX2); 14 C.F.R.91.417(a\.


### The enclosed document discusses 

### each rule listed above and explains why exemptions pursuant 

### tothe proposal set

### forth in

### this letter are 

### appropriate, provide an 

### equivalent level 

### of safety, and arein 

### the publicinterest.
In

### summary, CompassData seeks an exemption from 

### the FARs set

### forth above 

### and inthe enclosed document 

### to allow commercial operations of

### Trimble UXS

### small unmanned vehicle 

### conducting precision aerialsurveys.



### CompassData, Inc.
Encl: 

# cc: JamesWilliams 

### RobertPappas Dean Griffith,Esq.