SUCCESS STORIES

GTG’s GIS Strategic Implementation Plan gives the Town of Caledon a roadmap to a future where people, data, and systems work together to improve the operations of the government and enrich the lives of the citizens.

The City of Concord, CA, reached out to GTG for assistance with improving data accuracy in preparation for the transition to NG911.

Hyde County is also one of the most rural counties in North Carolina, and County staff recognized that geospatial asset management would significantly improve operations.

The City of Englewood’s GIS leverages Esri’s ArcGIS Enterprise platform to deliver distributed, organization-wide GIS services to the government, its partners, and its residents.

The information laid out in their GIS Strategic Master Plan details how the City of Tulare, CA can take steps toward building a foundation to expand its Geographic Information Systems to improve City operations.

Historical data is at their fingertips for data-driven decision making, and the complex is now well-prepared for both emergency and non-emergency events.

To support its mission and provide excellent service to the community, city officials employed the guidance of Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to fully utilize GIS technology.

The City of Lacey is now set up to integrate data from a multitude of sources. GeoAdaptor extracts, mines, creates, and stores new digital feature class, SDE and/or shapefiles, and allows for the creation of comprehensive statistical reports and real-time email notifications for continued quality assurance.

YECA relies on GTG to keep the street centerline network, address points, fire hydrant points, and public safety response area polygon layers updated with the latest changes in the streets and addresses within the YECA’s service area.

The City of Lathrop was interested in developing a practical understanding of its GIS to improve geospatial operations, to more completely leverage the capabilities of their GIS, and to realize the potential of their GIS.

Esri’s ArcGIS Hub is a flexible platform that transforms the way you communicate and engage with your community. It is part of the Esri Geospatial Cloud and helps local government agencies organize people, data, and tools with information-driven initiatives.

As the dust settled after the tragedies, the Department of Water’s GIS Division began preparations for a solution that would serve all city agencies when planning large-scale events or opening the emergency operations center.

Englewood Water Authority has an ongoing relationship with GTG. Our GIS experts act as their consulting team for all GIS needs and as support for both Esri and GTG software products. Whenever a new GIS project is initiated, GTG helps the Englewood team bring it to fruition.

The City has a very innovative GIS team with a strong desire to ensure that GIS aligns with City Council’s overall vision and goals. Additionally, they are driven to become a center of geospatial excellence in the region.

Parks and Recreation staff were excited to take paperwork orders off the table and replace the system with innovative technology. It not only increased efficiencies, but it also saved their department time and money and increased the accuracy of collected data.

The Cities of Broken Arrow and Moore both maintain the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for their area, and as a result, face similar challenges. One of those is ensuring that they are Next Generation 911 (NG911) compliant and also that they are using the optimal GIS tools for their agency.

The City of Broken Arrow faces the same problem that every other city in the United States faces. That is, they have to make sense of the deluge of GIS/mapping applications available to them for public safety.

In September 2015, the City of Saint John requested support for the creation and implementation of GIS software for Public Safety. They were looking for a way to map their information from their Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Record-Management System (RMS).

Since the implementation of advanced GIS applications and tools, the City of Roswell has gained an increased awareness in COVID-19 response efforts. They have the ability to evaluate patterns and trends associated with historical and current call volumes and are able to reference a comprehensive environment for visualization, response, and analysis.

In 2017, Berkeley with assistance from GTG developed and implemented a GIS Strategic Plan. The following year, the City again engaged with GTG to develop a Mobile GIS Action Plan as a follow up to key findings in their GIS Strategic Plan.

With a large network of sites, STOF needed to prioritize the performance, stability, and security of their GIS and data. STOF partnered with Geographic Technologies Group, one of the leading GIS consulting firms in North America to provide many GIS related services.

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department at the City of Pearland, Texas has gained the attention of citizens and city officials as they utilize available software to maintain transparency on COVID-19 in their city and surrounding areas.

The City of Granbury has been using GIS for a few years and soon realized that GIS should become a primary data management and decision-making tool. To that end, they decided they needed a plan for implementation.

Beginning in 2019, CAL FIRE partnered with Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) for a “GIS Mapping Refresh” — an ambitious project that set out to improve the quality of CAL FIRE’S critical GIS data with the ultimate goal of enhancing emergency response and public safety.

As Hobart grew from a small town to bustling city, the Sanitary and Stormwater District realized the value of Smart City technology to maintain operations and quality of life for their community and its residents.

It is the goal of Berkeley to better their city for all residents, and they’ve turned to GIS to achieve this goal.

Roswell collaborated with GTG to create and implement a GIS Strategic Plan to provide a road map for achieving realistic and prioritized objectives to support the modern, Smart City goals.

To serve its growing community, The City of Farmers Branch built the foundation for an excellent, innovative, and sustainable hybrid GIS governance model.

While recognizing past accomplishments, Lawrenceville readily embraces the future. Among current initiatives is the implementation of a strong GIS to sustain operations and increase efficiencies throughout all city departments, effectively creating a cohesive Smart City.

GreenCityGIS provided everything Santee Lakes was looking for and more, including a Smart Mobile Data Collector, internal GIS viewers, and Operational Dashboards to track and analyze the Preserve’s assets, facilities, and programs.

The geospatial plan called for the rapid implementation of smart geospatial technology. Visualizing real-time data in the field is critical to Ashghal as city teams prepare for the World Cup in 2022 along with future growth.

City leaders decided that they needed a written plan to define a common and unified vision and to establish a framework for City departments to efficiently and effectively use and improve the use of GIS technology.

Bay County experiences steady growth, so the County government expands services to accommodate residents and visitors alike. To fully envision and create the vision they had for the county, officials created an overarching Strategic Plan to act as a roadmap for achieving their goals.

As organizations continue to see the value-proposition, analytical potential, and rich insights that GIS and GIS operations provide, enterprise GIS has rapidly become a major player in the GIS ecosystem.

To assist with this evaluation and work-plan evaluation, Gwinnett County contracted with Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to perform an addressing assessment and recommendations document.

Westmoreland County contracted the GIS experts at Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to provide a solution beginning in 2016. Upon review of their antiquated 911 programs, GTG proposed a 3-step approach.

When the July 2019 quakes occurred, the EOC was prepared with their Emergency Operations Viewer. They uploaded quake data into the program to visualize the location and magnitude of the quake and how it would affect their residents.

This system was to be utilized to its full extent as a foundation for decision-making and strategic planning regarding the development and management of the daily operations of the City’s EOC.

In 2018, their Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit partnered with Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida and enlisted the expertise of Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to work on the project. Their goal was to create a public-facing application with the potential to solve cold cases dating back to 1967.

West Hollywood’s EOC wanted to do more than just map basic emergency response data – they wanted to visualize key assets and events throughout the city, track activities and assets in real-time, manage all key elements of events (emergency and non-emergency) through a common operational picture, and be able to quickly and effectively report information and activities to the executive team.

The vision for HEPD was to have a predictive method for analyzing the varying life cycles of park assets and infrastructure.

The Roswell Parks and Recreation department now has GTG’s latest software initiative, GreenCityGIS, to add to their impressive repertoire.

The City of Lloydminster provides a diverse set of services and has been using mapping technology for over a decade. However, the City understood that mapping is not the same as GIS. In 2019, the City issued an RFP for a GIS Strategic Plan.

City officials recognized the value of creating a fiber-optic infrastructure, as it not only supports economic development but also aids in long-term sustainability and Rancho Cucamonga’s future planning initiatives.

In 2006, The District was aware of the potential ROI that a more robust GIS would provide and created a GIS Master Plan to begin putting GIS to work for The District. To assist The District with strategically aligning the GIS program with current District needs and goals, Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) was retained to provide a successful, detailed, innovative and sustainable five-year Enterprise GIS Master Plan for the District.

The City of Mississauga has allocated a large number of resources to the economic development projects with the goal of expanding the successes related to existing industries and infrastructure. The City sought the support of GTG to plan and implement a three-pronged approach to GIS implementation for economic development.

The five-year GIS plan is detailed and serves to enable the City to align GIS efforts with Council goals and ensure that the very best data and geospatial services are available to staff and residents.

Of their 14 square miles, The City of South Portland maintains over 350 acres of parks, recreational facilities, trails, and coastline. As part of their initiative to elevate their Parks and Recreation operations, the city decided to employ GIS services and reached out to GTG.

The Public Works Agency of Qatar, Ashghal, is a long-time user of GIS technology. Ashghal is responsible for the construction and maintenance of local parks, roads, and drainage systems, along with highways and public buildings such as mosques, schools, hospitals, and health centers for the entire country of Qatar.

For over four decades, the region has focused on optimizing resources through regional technology efforts. A focus of this regionalization has been Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Moore officials decided to replace their CAD and RMS software and required a robust Esri-based mapping component for their Dispatch and Crime Analysis units. The project involved the conversion of several years of data; the installation and implementation of the software; and administrative and end-user training and on-going support.

As the City of Berkeley worked to build their Resilience strategy, which included the goal to “excel at working together within city government to better serve the community,” City staff soon realized that their Enterprise GIS needed an upgrade.

GTG performed a detailed needs assessment of RIS-OSMP to evaluate existing workflows and provide a clear understanding of the outcomes needed, wanted, and expected of RIS.

The City of Broken Arrow Parks Locator won first Place in the Best Map Gallery — voted by SCAUG conference attendees — because of its overall visual appeal and use of data.

The Colony has the challenge of managing its assets and educating the community about the wealth of parks and recreation opportunities in their area.

Greenlight needed a simple, thorough way to monitor all daily work orders to make it easier to group field service calls geographically.

The Missouri City Police Department welcomes the integration of advanced crime analysis tools for the city’s geographic information system (GIS) courtesy of a strategic planning initiative set in motion by the city back in 2016.

Bald Head’s largest homeowner’s association, BHA, sought help in creating a mobile-compatible public-facing web map that leveraged the power of geographic information system (GIS) technologies to provide residents, property owner’s and visitors with essential information about the community and the environment.

The Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) has selected Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to review, design, and implement a comprehensive plan to improve GIS technology and data services for the multi-partner organization.

The City has identified and utilized technology to improve its business processes, infrastructure, services, and decision-making.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has selected GTG to perform a major review and upgrades to the quality of their GIS street centerline data.

A major role of a GIS professional is data management. This can include external data sources such as Excel spreadsheets, survey data, and even pictures with a geotag.

Within the past two years there has been a revolutionary new sonar introduced to the industry which is taking bathymetry to a whole new level.

The intention of this article is to demonstrate how to create a copy of feature attribution from an ArcGIS REST Service as different file types.

When Snowmass selected Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) in late 2015 to complete a GIS Strategic Plan, the state of GIS within the town was not unlike many local governments throughout the country.

Caroline County, MD enjoys an improved, well-managed park system thanks to a GIS Parks and Recreation management solution. 

The City of Unalaska, Alaska focuses their enterprise GIS solution on infrastructure and asset management, including electric, water, wastewater and stormwater systems, and parcel management.

Troup County had invested heavily in GIS maps with time and other resources, therefore, having a viable mapping solution was important to the success of the 911 Center.

By utilizing Esri tools, Avoyelles was able to identify gaps in the data and areas of inconsistency.

See the steps the City of Edina and GTG took to implement GreenCityGIS.

GTG partnered with Guelph to implement a Parks and Recreation geographic management and analysis system-known as GreenCityGIS. This was initiated through a multi-phase database design that ensured feedback from Guelph staff and resulted in a database that captured all of the unique park features and desired attribution within the GIS framework.

The Town of Truckee needed a robust GIS Software solution to integrate GIS data from their existing IT systems including; New World Systems, Cartegraph, Laserfiche, Esri, and the County Tax Assessors database.

As the Town of Snowmass Village has grown, so has the need to provide quicker and more efficient services. The town found itself in need of tracking and managing an ever-growing stockpile of data.

Due to limited funding, New Bern decided to make use of GreenCity’s multi-tiered pricing system that allows for the deployment of components a piece at a time.

GIS for Small Municipalities.

Raising the Bar: Strategic Plan Update

“Most Livable” Montana City Implements the Esri Parcel Fabric.

Preserving Parcel Data with Progressive Technology

Avoiding the Clear and Present Danger.

Campbell County: A Rural Wyoming County Implements GreenCityGIS

Town of Windsor deploys GreenCityGIS to Improve Operations and Park Management – Outstanding Success

Database design and server architecture.

The City of Inver Grove Heights, MN uses GreenCityGIS.

Major Public Safety GIS Upgrades

Lenoir County, NC discovers the Vantage Points advantage.

Efficiently tracking assets, managing field crews and work orders.

One of the safest cities in the USA uses SafeCityGIS.