Patent ID: 8429195

Claim:
Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of managing survey data, the method comprising: receiving a project description that describes survey data that is collected from a Light Detection and Ranging (“LiDAR”) data-acquisition process, wherein the project description describes how much data is in the survey data, and wherein the survey data is uploaded to remote storage in a plurality of centerline files and a plurality of LiDAR type files; generating a project volume that allocates computer-memory on multiple devices, each having a unique name, to a project; attaching the project volume to a database server by creating a virtual device name and assigning the virtual device name to the project, wherein once attached, the virtual device name severs as a single name for the computer-memory on multiple devices; allocating the virtual device name of a database in which the survey data is stored; receiving the plurality of centerline files and the plurality of LiDAR type files; storing the survey data in the database utilizing spatial indexing.