Geodesy

Geodesy provides GIS solutions for government agencies and the built environment industries.

About Us

At Geodesy, it is all about your data, on maps.

We offer GIS consulting, system configuration, integration, automation, and support. Our clients range from cities and counties to federal agencies, and from small to large engineering firms.

It can be challenging to organize and maintain enterprise data, and to provide that data to the people who need it in a form that answers their questions. Organizing data spatially, and presenting that data on maps and in self-service applications can make it accessible and readily understood.

Geodesy has a wealth of experience using 2D and 3D desktop and online mapping to communicate and relate complex data such as roads, addresses, parcels, utilities, floor plans, space utilization, census, transit, hazards, and 9-1-1 emergency response.

Services

Geodesy's services range from consulting to application development.

Consulting

Geodesy provides GIS needs analysis down to the data modeling level. We use dictionary tools to catalog and analyze GIS data and determine if data should be organized centrally, distributed, and/or replicated. Application needs are identified and appropriate combinations of off-the-shelf, configured, and customized software recommended – always balancing initial cost with long term savings.

Implementation

We have years of experience successfully configuring, tailoring, and deploying GIS to meet enterprise needs. Geodesy has implemented systems from light, easy to use, inexpensive starter systems that invite broad and varied GIS use, to expert-oriented solutions that support planning, land records, utilities management, and emergency response. Our clients' GIS often serve hundreds of enterprise users, and many more online.

Integration

Geodesy's systems integration solutions are enterprise-oriented and often GIS-centric. We use an integration model that directly links or exchanges data between systems in batch or near real time. The model respects the data maintenance life cycle, accommodates data silos, is fault tolerant, and tracks and reports exceptions.

Automation

Our automation spans from server-side routines that smooth back-office operations to task-oriented user interfaces that ease and focus GIS use. We specialize in data-driven applications, using configuration settings to determine application content and scope, allowing applications to meet needs as data sets grow and change.

Why choose us?

Geodesy provides automation that leverages geospatial technologies to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

At Geodesy, our clients come first, which leads to long term success stories and enduring relationships.
Combining relational and spatial data is in our DNA. We know how to keep it simple and make it work.
We are problem solvers and thrive on tough challenges, from inter-system to inter-departmental.
We also see the big advantage of solving small problems.
We work closely with users, managers, and directors to ensure our solutions are successful across the organization.
We understand and support the benefits of task-oriented automation. Understanding business processes and applying some automation can increase efficiency, consistency, and accuracy.

Complex data, understood with maps.

Got big or complex data? Mapping that data makes it accessible by providing an intuitive interface.

Self-Service GIS

A self-service GIS decreases staff workload and increases distributed use.

Task-Oriented Applications

Geodesy specializes in applications that bring GIS to the user and their specific use cases. We configure and create applications that tailor their scope and design to user needs. This decreases the need for GIS expertise and training, increases GIS adoption and user autonomy, and puts more eyes and hands on GIS. Geodesy has written task-oriented applications in an agile style since the early days of Encompass, and has brought that philosophy and benefit forward to modern web apps.

Open Data

Open data allows users to build their own maps and do their own analysis. Long before the powerful ArcGIS Online feature services and ArcGIS Hub platform, Geodesy helped clients organize and distribute data via shapefile, dxf, and other formats. With the advent of Google Fusion Tables, Geodesy created Gedit to allow users to easily present and focus open data use on web maps. With ArcGIS Online and Hub now firmly in play, Geodesy's offerings can go deeper and farther.

Projects

Here is a representative sampling of our long list of project experience.

Enterprise GIS

Geodesy has successfully implemented Enterprise GIS for Palo Alto, Wake County, Cochise County, Kenai, Milpitas, and others.

Asset Management

Many of our clients use GIS primarily for asset management - from space utilization to utility infrastructure.

Mobile GIS

Geodesy has mobile GIS solutions to fit field use cases. They can work on- and off-line and are highly configurable.

ArcGIS Online Apps

We apply ArcGIS Online web mapping to specific use cases like shadow study presentations for Fastcast.

Survey Accuracy

Geodesy supports the concept of GIS as a system of record, tying layers (typically parcels first) back to ground control points.

ArcGIS Pro Add-Ins

ArcGIS Pro is Esri's flagship desktop product, and Geodesy's task-oriented Add-Ins can make it easier and faster to adopt and use.

ArcMap Add-Ins

Esri's ArcMap predates ArcPro and Geodesy provides Encompass Add-Ins to support its use as well.

Strategic Planning

We provide consulting services starting at the strategic planning level and delving down to data cataloging and organization.

Project Coordination

Project Coordinator is a task-specific Encompass app used to manage underground utility activity to help minimize street closures and repaving.

Risk Management

REDARS used GIS to help FHWA and DOTs reduce the economic impact to regions due to earthquake damage to roadway systems.

Fire Risk Assessment

We configured Gist, an Encompass enterprise app, to allow Prescott to collect, analyze, and present fire risk data.

NASA Ames 3D Model

As architects by training, Geodesy's founders enjoy expanding GIS into the 3rd and 4th dimension.

Metro GIS

Geodesy worked with Four Nines to catalog and analyze St Louis Metro's GIS data using our metadata-based tools.

Parcel Reports

We significantly reduced the staff time required to provide parcel information to the public via online parcel reports for Palo Alto, Cochise County, and others.

Emergency Response

Geodesy created a mobile app for Palo Alto emergency dispatch showing incident and responder locations in real time.

Cost conscious?

Combine Geodesy's Encompass tools with Esri's ArcGIS to decrease training and increase GIS adoption and success.

Platforms

Geodesy combines mapping technologies with well organized databases of spatial and related data by integrating, configuring, and automating systems to meet client needs.

Maps

Our clients often use some combination of Esri's ArcGIS and Geodesy's Encompass tools. Google Maps, Openlayers, Leaflet and other free and open mapping technologies are also employed by Geodesy when appropriate.

Data

Well organized data accessible across the enterprise is the backbone of GIS. Most implementations use a relational database like SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, Postgres, or Access and SQLite on the lighter side.

Automation

Geodesy integrates and extends GIS capabilities, making routine tasks faster and easier, using automation tools including JavaScript, C#, Java, PHP, and Python.