Voyager is a powerful search tool that allows an organization or individual to manage, audit and search for all GIS files across an organization. Voyager allows a user to search for files by a spatial query through a map interface or by a text search. In addition to these search methods, data can be filtered […]
Read moreI attended the May 24, 2012 ESRI Business Partner Webinar, which discussed consulting service opportunities for business partners deploying ArcGIS Online. The webinar went over the new possibilities with ArcGIS Online to reach customers who currently use ArcGIS Desktop but because of a lack of budget or expertise, did not use ArcGIS Server to take […]
Read moreThe analysis in this project was performed in order to determine which DC Government owned buildings have the most potential for generating solar power from solar panels installed on their roofs. The analysis involved using a DC GIS citywide 1 meter DSM derived from LIDAR data and ESRIs Area Solar Radiation tool. The output from […]
Read moreOnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 3 was released June 15 2012.The public data tool provides an easy-to-use web-based interface for accessing U.S. population and workforce statistics, in real time, for areas being affected by natural disasters. The tool allows users to easily retrieve reports containing detailed workforce, population, and housing characteristics for hurricanes, floods, wildfires, […]
Read moreI recently attended a LizardTech webinar that discussed their Express Server and Geo Express Products. LizardTech has been a geospatial industry leader for many years, developing software that compresses and distributes high resolution raster imagery. LizardTech Express Server allows you to serve Mr. SID files, JPG 2000 files and NITF files. NITF files are a […]
Read moreI recently attended an Arc2Earth webinar that discussed their new product. Sync replaces Arc2Earths cloud solutions. Sync allows users to easily publish and share their local ArcGIS data. This new Arc2Earth product allows you to create data locally on your desktop and easily publish that data to online tables. The online tables that Sync currently […]
Read moreThere has been a lot of discussion recently about relaxing the building height restrictions in the District. The original height limits were put in place, in response to the construction of the Cairo apartment building, located at 1615 Q Street, NW. The construction of the Cairo was completed in 1894 and the District residents at […]
Read moreNew Light Technologies and DC GIS have just completed a 3 year effort to capture the locations and dimensions of all of the Federal Reservations in the District of Columbia. These federal lands are the final significant data set within DC GISs Vector Property Map to be captured. The Vector Property Map is a database […]
Read moreAs the 2012 hurricane season approaches getting the word out about new developments in web-based GIS situational awareness tools available to the public is a critical step to improving national emergency preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities. NLT staff showcased OnTheMap for Emergency Management- an innovative web-based Geospatial Census data tool for viewing, in real time, […]
Read moreNew Light Technologies, Inc.’s (NLT) first prime-contract client was the DC GIS Program in the spring of 2002. Ever since then NLT has had a successful engagement with DC GIS on a variety of GIS related contracts. CEO Ghermay Araya says, “NLT is proud to have held a long-standing partnership with DC GIS. NLT is […]
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