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History

New-Sense Geophysics traces its history through its founder and now-president W.E.S. (Ted) Urquhart Ph.D. His experience in the field has been extensive:

  • first with Urquhart-Dvorak, which specialized in processing airborne geophysical data;
  • next with High-Sense Geophysics, which became the third largest airborne survey company in the world (until it was purchased by Fugro in 2000);
  • finally with Integrated Geoscience Inc., which specialized in digitizing and leveling large airborne data sets, as well as developing unique airborne technologies.

After this 30-year span, Ted Urquhart founded New-Sense Geophysics in February 2005, continuing the tradition of airborne survey innovation and quality airborne data acquisition. In October 2008, the main office and base of operations was moved to its current location in Markham, Ontario.

The following table summarizes our successful operations from 2012-2018, demonstrating NSG’s Helicopter-Stinger expertise in surveys of this nature (please note the number of projects safely flown above 3500m). Clearly New-Sense has a particular expertise in high altitude mountain surveys.

Date Location Type Line km # of Max. Altitude (m) Av. Altitude (m)
Flights
Nov ‘11 – Mar ‘12 Copiapo – Chile H 38928 201 4781 2724
Jun – Jul ‘12 Cajamarca – Peru H 4094 25 4422 4123
3741 3255
5076 4720
Jun ‘12 Abancay – Peru H 2041 7 4790 4197
May ‘12 Arequipa – Peru H 4861 20 4256 3178
Mar – May ‘12 Coquimbo – Chile H 5991 57 2602 1981
May – Jun ‘12 Apurimac – Peru H 353 5 4992 4658
Apr – Aug ‘12 La Libertad – Peru H 2279 11 1400 938
3136 2368
1520 1115
Jul – Aug ‘12 Lambayeque – Peru H 1713 16 3829 2924
Aug – Sep ‘12 La Granja – Peru H 3820 33 4098 2709
Oct ‘12 Puno – Peru H 201 2 4714 4262
Nov ‘12 Copiapo – Chile H 1107 9 5867 4288
Oct – Nov ‘12 Alaska – U.S.A. FW 10827 21 2681 1009
Sep – Oct ‘12 Apurimac – Peru H 4925 28 4797 3948
Jan ‘13 Chincha – Peru H 802 10 2799 1821
2934 1988
Feb – Mar ‘13 Oaxaca – Mexico H 6251 39 2984 1446
Dec ‘12 – Jan ‘13 Antofagasta, Tarapaca, Arica, Parinacota – Chile H 5100 30 3620 2539
3317 2438
3173 2590
4426 4015
Jan ‘13 Atacama – Chile H 7281 22 1047 427
Jan – Feb ‘13 Santiago – Chile H 324 4 4067 2910
Apr ‘13 Coquimbo – Chile H 5775 21 3748 2190
May ‘13 La India – Nicaragua H 3521 26 1141 526
May – Jun ‘13 Arequipa – Peru H 3063 33 4260 2422
Jul ‘13 Washington – U.S.A. H 1498 10 1596 1138
Sep ‘13 NWT – Canada H 2170 15 424 257
Sep ‘13 Linare – Chile H 2073 11 2275 1286
Sep – Dec ‘13 Tal-Tal -Chile H 26321 172 2100 1600
Oct – Nov ‘13 Copiapo – Chile H 8802 32 3658 1974
Oct ‘13 El Salvador – Chile H 2489 8 3548 2320
Nov – Dec ‘13 Sonora – Mexico H 3601 19 2075 1425
Apr ‘14 Las Lenas – Argentina H 1450 12 3915 3003
May ‘14 Littlefield – USA FW 6013 6 1395 1235
Jun – Nov ‘14 Huancavelica, Ayacucho,  Lima – Peru H 2976
1725
3474
16
11
17
5144
4854
5229
3373
3996
4263
Sep – Nov ‘14 Copiapo – Chile H 1885 17 4901 3891
Oct ‘14 Cusco – Peru H 1633 8 4741 4015
Oct – Nov ‘14 Antofagasta- Argentina H 4424 19 4517 3764
Oct – Nov ‘14 Arequipa – Peru H 3749 19 5205 3618
Oct – Nov ‘14 Moquegua – Peru H 5690 28 4484 2804
Nov – Dec ‘14 La Libertad – Peru H 2065 12 4023 1320
Feb ‘15 Chibougamau – Canada H 1089 5 544 423
Apr ‘15 Rouyn-Noranda – Canada H 808 4 366 325
May – Sep ’15 Ancash, Huanuco, Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica, Ayacucho – Peru H 29457 170 5769 4096
Jun – Jul ’15 Tarapaca, Antofagasta – Chile H 5385 22 2643
1945
2203
2100
1587
1764
Oct. ’15 Ica – Peru H 1533 4 960 702
Dec ’15 O’Higgins, Santiago – Chile H 1259 12 4714
4191
3757
3582
Apr ’16 Antofagasta – Chile FW 9486 12 2139 1620
May ’16 Huanuco – Peru H 1255 9 4719 4238
Jul. ’16 Ica, Ayacucho – Peru H 2819
865
45
10 1619 865
Jul. ’16 Atlantico Sur – Nicaragua H 1021 7 527 210
Oct. ’16 Lima – Peru H 1025 9 5273 4816
Oct. ’16 Arequipa – Peru H 567 5 2544 1944
Dec. ’16 Lima – Peru H 1398 5 4213 4213
Jul. ’17 La Libertad – Peru H 4485 24 4497 3082
Sep. ‘17 Asuncion – Paraguay FW 1620 8 386 246
Oct. ’17 Apurimac – Peru H 8161 36 4788 4284
Sep. ’17 Burney – USA FW 18,330 41 3102 1916
Oct. ’17 Atacama – Chile H 13,351 44 5610 4442
Nov. ’17 Jujuy – Argentina H 2565 14 5195 4363
Nov. ’17 Utah – USA H 1583 6 2493 1971
Apr. ’18 Ontario – Canada H 739.2 6 483 432
May – Jun. ’18 Riqueza – Peru H 777
1113
12 4976
4974
4625
4459
Jun. ’18 Yukon – Canada H 3887 25 1211 776
Jul. – Sep. ’18 Santo Domingo de Los Tdachilas, Pichincha, Los Rios, Bolivar, Guayas, Chimborazo, Canar, Zamora-Chinchipe, Morona-Santiago – Ecuador H 430
2276
888
3032
6
18
13
24
3148
2891
2805
3496
1730
971
1626
2000
Jun. – Jul. ’18 Norrbotten, Gavleborg – Sweden H 697
1839
11 467
492
340
303
Aug. – Sep. ’18 Puna, Peru H 1868
1208
39 4832
4855
1583
4136
Aug. – Nov. ’18 Junin – Peru H 6459 23 4927 4347
Sep. – Oct. ’18 San Antonio de Pucara, Carachi – Ecuador H 1401
987
913
32 3573
3542
2764
2324
2664
1938
Sep. ’18 Oregon – USA H 1963 14 2307 1716
Oct. ’18 Atacama – Chile H 4895 18 1540 955
Nov. ’18 Tarapaca – Chile H 10,610 28 4934 3629
Nov. ’18 Antofagasta – Chile H 337 3 2333 1899
Total 349,721 1771