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Tom McLeod, owner of Proline West in Loveland, CO, knows that to be competitive in airport runway and taxiway striping you need to find the best way to apply high quality and high precision markings. To make his company more competitive, and to ensure he is getting the most precise markings he can, McLeod uses GPS for his airport layouts.

McLeod and his brother started Proline in 2001 as a strictly airport marking business. McLeod, a third generation McLeod in the asphalt business, saw there was a demand for this niche market in his area.

Proline does work for the Federal Aviation Administration in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. Over the last few years, Proline has also diversified into parking lots, roadway striping, and sign installation, but the majority of the company's business still comes from airport marking.

McLeod knew right away that precision was key in airport marking layout. That's where his GPS has come in handy.

"We've gone from center pins and using transits to using GPS. And the GPS has simplified my layout process ten fold," McLeod says.