GIS
Ecosphere delivers innovative geospatial solutions to meet the needs of our clients using state of the art technology. Our highly skilled staff has a broad range of experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and customized application development. The GIS team plays a key role in supporting the full spectrum of Ecosphere’s services to clients in the public and private sectors.
Services include:
- Spatial analysis and modeling
- Siting studies
- Custom cartography and map production
- Data creation and integration
- Field data collection
- GIS project management
- Custom software application development
- ArcGIS Server web mapping applications
- Geodatabase development
- Mobile GIS
- Visual simulation
- GIS planning, design, implementation, and management
- Training
Recent GIS projects and applications include:
- Web-based stormwater inspection and tracking system
- Sensitive resource screening, routing and site suitability for new utilities including transmission lines, water and gas pipelines, power plants (solar and natural gas fired), and oil and gas facilities
- GPS mapping on thousands of miles of utility corridors
- Threatened and endangered species habitat modeling and mapping
- Custom data tracking and attribution tools to support mapping of wetlands on the Navajo Reservation
- Developing a system to automate map creation and report generation for compliance with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission “Pit Rules”
- In addition, we employ spatial analysis methods to assist in siting studies for transmission lines, renewable energy sites, wetlands mapping, range assessments, energy production, and natural resource management