About Us

KAPPA Mapping, Inc. founder and president Claire Kiedrowski is a Certified Photogrammetrist with over 16 years of experience in the photogrammetric mapping industry. A graduate of the University of Maine’s Surveying Engineering Program, her mapping background includes project management, digital photogrammetry, image processing, and orthophoto production. She has also recently been certified as a Licensed Photogrammetrist by the state of South Carolina. Prior to founding KMI, she worked for a variety of leading resource consulting and engineering firms, and photogrammetric and mapping software vendors.

Principles and co-founders Robert Garster and Stevenson Sheppard are owners of Shyka, Sheppard & Garster Land Surveyors, based in Bangor, Maine.

Additionally, KAPPA Mapping maintains a highly skilled staff with over 50 years collective experience in photogrammetric disciplines, including:

  • Stereo compilation
  • Editing and quality control
  • Aerotriangulation
  • Orthophoto production & mosaicking
  • Translation
  • Project planning
  • Production supervision