Our clients are enthusiastic about the high level of service, deliverables, and pricing they consistently receive from Geo-centric Consulting, Inc. Below are abstract summaries of select clients.
Agile Networks
Project Summary: Geo-centric provides a range of geospatial services to support decision-making and marketing of Agile Networks' expansion of access to broadband Internet connectivity across the mid-west. The FCC Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric Dataset was utilized to submit the inaugural FCC Broadband Data Collection and FCC 477 filings successfully. Data development for numerous states, propagation coverage analysis, census data, state-owned assets, and many other data and analyses have provided vital business analytics which underpins Agile Networks' broadband expansion programs.
Kucera International, Inc.
Project Summary: Geo-centric is teaming with Kucera International, Inc. on a five-year USGS Geospatial Products and Services Contract for GIS services. Services include quality assurance and quality control of geospatial data and products, thematic mapping, land characterization, map product generation, map digitization, and other GIS services.
Geauga County Auditor's Office
Project Summary: Services included Enterprise GIS program management, ArcGIS Enterprise upgrading and ongoing management, geospatial website development, and ArcGIS Online development services, adding dozens of users to ArcGIS Online and a proliferation of web maps and apps. Parcel maintenance was modernized from Arc/Info Librarian (circa 1999) to the Parcel Fabric format. Seventeen agencies participated in a GIS Needs Assessment which provided Enterprise GIS implementation recommendations, prioritized GIS applications, identification of geospatial data gaps and stakeholder requirements. Deliverables included County-wide Enterprise GIS implementation tasks, Enterprise GIS program governance recommendations, and Enterprise GIS organizational structure recommendations. In 2019, Geo-centric identified over $22,000 in unnecessary annual software maintenance costs.
The Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Project Summary: Development of a GIS Needs Assessment Report. Geo-centric assessed the needs of GIS users relative to their daily workflows and analyzed existing GIS information covering twenty-five northern Ohio Counties. An analysis of over 1,100 feature classes’ currency, continued relevance, access, and distribution methods was provided. Geo-centric also reviewed existing GIS applications, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online installations, data update processes, and human resources. Suggestions were provided to improve data development, maintenance, and sharing mechanisms. Implementation planning recommendations included a task-based series of GIS data development and enhancement activities and recommendations for new application software, mobile devices, and protocols to standardize and automate GIS data update processes, provision of ongoing geospatial technical advice, application, and data development services through 2020.
City of Painesville
Project Summary: Development of a multi-faceted GIS Strategic Implementation Plan. This includes a GIS data Gap Analysis Assessment Report for four City utilities - water, sewer, electric, and stormwater. This included database designs for each utility, delivery of a GIS Needs Assessment for most City departments and recommendations regarding utility data conversion, asset management software (CMMS) and other geospatial hardware, software, and application recommendations.
The Holden Arboretum
Project Summary: Data conversion of existing Natural Resource Inventory data sets to ArcMap 9 geodatabase, including Arc Pad for in-the-field ecosystem data collection. The existing information system environment included AutoCAD, Carlson Survey, DataEase RDBMS, Weed Information Management System, and Starlink/Garmin GPS hardware. Assistance with developing a multi-county GIS database of protected properties, imagery, planimetric, and natural resource data. ArcView 9 training was provided in database development and maintenance, map production, geographic analysis, and Arc Pad data integration. Technology: ArcView GIS 9, ArcMap 10.x.
Support of GIS operations has been ongoing through 2022.
Ohio Environmental Council
Project Summary: Develop an Esri Story Map providing information on the H2Ohio program. This State of Ohio program is a comprehensive and science-based effort designed to improve Ohio’s water quality from source to tap. H2Ohio focuses explicitly on reducing phosphorus in our waterways by creating wetlands, implementing more agricultural conservation practices, and addressing failing septic systems. It also focuses on preventing lead contamination in schools and daycare centers. The interactive map displayed wetland projects, enrollment goals, critical water, and sewer projects, and many background layers such as watershed boundaries, the National Wetlands Inventory, water quality monitoring stations, Ohio congressional districts, and more.
INEX Advisors LLC
Project Summary: Geospatial data development for the real-time demonstration of the Internet of Things, or IoT, during Richard Branson's 2016 Virgin Strive Challenge. On September 27, 2016, Richard Branson and actor/celebrity Adrian Grenier swam the Strait of Messina (between Italy & Sicily) to raise public awareness regarding the poor health of the world's oceans. This effort provided IoT-related geospatial data, e.g., shoreline water quality sensor Rest endpoints and other environmentally oriented geospatial data intended to include additional sensor information such as the pair of swimmers' bio-metrics information. GPS data tracked them across the strait.
Denmark Ministry of Taxation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Summary: Consultation regarding a nationwide Federal initiative to create a new and innovative property appraisal system. Our focus was the integration of GIS technologies within an open source and Esri solution-set, developing an architecture of spatially oriented property appraisal processes. Geo-centric conducted three days of interactive workshops highlighting the use of geospatial technology as the primary support mechanism for the Danish property appraisal process. Focus areas included comparative analysis' between adopting existing standard GIS platforms versus developing in-house solutions, public participation, data architectures and maintenance, technical aspects, best practices, Return on Investment and case study analysis, and productivity statistics.
Morrow County Auditor’s Office
Project Summary: On-going Enterprise GIS implementation and data conversion services for the Morrow County Auditor, Engineer and Planning Commission. Deliverables included a County-wide Enterprise GIS Implementation Plan, a Morrow County GIS program governance, and an Organizational Structure Plan. A Request for Qualifications for a County-wide Tax Map Data Conversion and associated services were also provided. Subsequently, we were awarded County-wide Esri Parcel Fabric cadastral data conversion, geospatial website development, and organizational development services. A new highly accurate county-wide C.A.U.V. land use layer, with the integration of soils and subsequent tax reduction calculations, was delivered, and a property value and taxes dashboard. Technology: ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online, Bruce Harris & Assoc., Inc. Farmland Calculation Tool (CAUV). Enterprise GIS program support services have continued through 2022.
Northeast Ohio Area-wide Coordinating Agency (NOACA)
Project Summary: Client services include re-envisioning the existing NOACA Flex website into newer generation web architecture, using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript and the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS development tool. Using HTML/JavaScript apps, cross-platform access is provided to any device. Additional functionality was delivered, to an already robust repository of regional transportation data and virtual functionality, through the innovative use of new widgets and options for the user.
Clermont County Auditor’s Office
Project Summary: Twenty County agencies participated in the development of a Re-visioning Needs Assessment and Application Assessment Report for a mature GIS program, including five web surveys of County employees, local businesses, local governments, and citizens. A Best Practices survey of twenty Ohio Counties provided bench-marking information for County leadership. An organizational study documented existing conditions and provided recommendations for improvements to current business practices, and an Implementation Plan provided a road map to implementing the 149 applications and other recommendations. Human resource development and support assisting with hiring four staff members were provided.
The Renaissance Group
Project Summary: Development of Federal and State-required sitemaps for four Wind Turbine Generators in Ohio funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Flicker Shadow Maps display tiered areas of shadow flicker; Noise Maps classified by decibel levels; Zones of Visual Influence Maps and photo-montages of the sites showing proposed WTG on-site. Parcel, contour, picture, and ambient audio soundings maps were created. Technology: WindPro, ArcGIS 9.3, Magellan GPS, and ArcPad 9
Lake Metroparks
Project Summary: Provided a GIS Development Plan, including Functional Requirements Report and GIS Implementation Plan. ArcGIS Server web applications, mobile GIS enhancements, and training recommendations were provided. The plan identified eighty-three applications, existing data and systems inventories, organizational/human resources, hardware and software system configuration, data requirements, and implementation tasks.
Chagrin River Nature Conservancy
Project Summary: Creation of the Chagrin River Information System (CRIS), a parcel-level, protected lands management system. Watershed-based, multi-County GIS database of protected properties, imagery, planimetric, and natural resource data for conservation easement acquisition, monitoring, and management. Watershed-based analysis tools developed using Avenue object programming.
Agile Networks
Project Summary: Geo-centric provides a range of geospatial services to support decision-making and marketing of Agile Networks' expansion of access to broadband Internet connectivity across the mid-west. The FCC Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric Dataset was utilized to submit the inaugural FCC Broadband Data Collection and FCC 477 filings successfully. Data development for numerous states, propagation coverage analysis, census data, state-owned assets, and many other data and analyses have provided vital business analytics which underpins Agile Networks' broadband expansion programs.
Kucera International, Inc.
Project Summary: Geo-centric is teaming with Kucera International, Inc. on a five-year USGS Geospatial Products and Services Contract for GIS services. Services include quality assurance and quality control of geospatial data and products, thematic mapping, land characterization, map product generation, map digitization, and other GIS services.
Geauga County Auditor's Office
Project Summary: Services included Enterprise GIS program management, ArcGIS Enterprise upgrading and ongoing management, geospatial website development, and ArcGIS Online development services, adding dozens of users to ArcGIS Online and a proliferation of web maps and apps. Parcel maintenance was modernized from Arc/Info Librarian (circa 1999) to the Parcel Fabric format. Seventeen agencies participated in a GIS Needs Assessment which provided Enterprise GIS implementation recommendations, prioritized GIS applications, identification of geospatial data gaps and stakeholder requirements. Deliverables included County-wide Enterprise GIS implementation tasks, Enterprise GIS program governance recommendations, and Enterprise GIS organizational structure recommendations. In 2019, Geo-centric identified over $22,000 in unnecessary annual software maintenance costs.
The Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Project Summary: Development of a GIS Needs Assessment Report. Geo-centric assessed the needs of GIS users relative to their daily workflows and analyzed existing GIS information covering twenty-five northern Ohio Counties. An analysis of over 1,100 feature classes’ currency, continued relevance, access, and distribution methods was provided. Geo-centric also reviewed existing GIS applications, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online installations, data update processes, and human resources. Suggestions were provided to improve data development, maintenance, and sharing mechanisms. Implementation planning recommendations included a task-based series of GIS data development and enhancement activities and recommendations for new application software, mobile devices, and protocols to standardize and automate GIS data update processes, provision of ongoing geospatial technical advice, application, and data development services through 2020.
City of Painesville
Project Summary: Development of a multi-faceted GIS Strategic Implementation Plan. This includes a GIS data Gap Analysis Assessment Report for four City utilities - water, sewer, electric, and stormwater. This included database designs for each utility, delivery of a GIS Needs Assessment for most City departments and recommendations regarding utility data conversion, asset management software (CMMS) and other geospatial hardware, software, and application recommendations.
The Holden Arboretum
Project Summary: Data conversion of existing Natural Resource Inventory data sets to ArcMap 9 geodatabase, including Arc Pad for in-the-field ecosystem data collection. The existing information system environment included AutoCAD, Carlson Survey, DataEase RDBMS, Weed Information Management System, and Starlink/Garmin GPS hardware. Assistance with developing a multi-county GIS database of protected properties, imagery, planimetric, and natural resource data. ArcView 9 training was provided in database development and maintenance, map production, geographic analysis, and Arc Pad data integration. Technology: ArcView GIS 9, ArcMap 10.x.
Support of GIS operations has been ongoing through 2022.
Ohio Environmental Council
Project Summary: Develop an Esri Story Map providing information on the H2Ohio program. This State of Ohio program is a comprehensive and science-based effort designed to improve Ohio’s water quality from source to tap. H2Ohio focuses explicitly on reducing phosphorus in our waterways by creating wetlands, implementing more agricultural conservation practices, and addressing failing septic systems. It also focuses on preventing lead contamination in schools and daycare centers. The interactive map displayed wetland projects, enrollment goals, critical water, and sewer projects, and many background layers such as watershed boundaries, the National Wetlands Inventory, water quality monitoring stations, Ohio congressional districts, and more.
INEX Advisors LLC
Project Summary: Geospatial data development for the real-time demonstration of the Internet of Things, or IoT, during Richard Branson's 2016 Virgin Strive Challenge. On September 27, 2016, Richard Branson and actor/celebrity Adrian Grenier swam the Strait of Messina (between Italy & Sicily) to raise public awareness regarding the poor health of the world's oceans. This effort provided IoT-related geospatial data, e.g., shoreline water quality sensor Rest endpoints and other environmentally oriented geospatial data intended to include additional sensor information such as the pair of swimmers' bio-metrics information. GPS data tracked them across the strait.
Denmark Ministry of Taxation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Summary: Consultation regarding a nationwide Federal initiative to create a new and innovative property appraisal system. Our focus was the integration of GIS technologies within an open source and Esri solution-set, developing an architecture of spatially oriented property appraisal processes. Geo-centric conducted three days of interactive workshops highlighting the use of geospatial technology as the primary support mechanism for the Danish property appraisal process. Focus areas included comparative analysis' between adopting existing standard GIS platforms versus developing in-house solutions, public participation, data architectures and maintenance, technical aspects, best practices, Return on Investment and case study analysis, and productivity statistics.
Morrow County Auditor’s Office
Project Summary: On-going Enterprise GIS implementation and data conversion services for the Morrow County Auditor, Engineer and Planning Commission. Deliverables included a County-wide Enterprise GIS Implementation Plan, a Morrow County GIS program governance, and an Organizational Structure Plan. A Request for Qualifications for a County-wide Tax Map Data Conversion and associated services were also provided. Subsequently, we were awarded County-wide Esri Parcel Fabric cadastral data conversion, geospatial website development, and organizational development services. A new highly accurate county-wide C.A.U.V. land use layer, with the integration of soils and subsequent tax reduction calculations, was delivered, and a property value and taxes dashboard. Technology: ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online, Bruce Harris & Assoc., Inc. Farmland Calculation Tool (CAUV). Enterprise GIS program support services have continued through 2022.
Northeast Ohio Area-wide Coordinating Agency (NOACA)
Project Summary: Client services include re-envisioning the existing NOACA Flex website into newer generation web architecture, using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript and the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS development tool. Using HTML/JavaScript apps, cross-platform access is provided to any device. Additional functionality was delivered, to an already robust repository of regional transportation data and virtual functionality, through the innovative use of new widgets and options for the user.
Clermont County Auditor’s Office
Project Summary: Twenty County agencies participated in the development of a Re-visioning Needs Assessment and Application Assessment Report for a mature GIS program, including five web surveys of County employees, local businesses, local governments, and citizens. A Best Practices survey of twenty Ohio Counties provided bench-marking information for County leadership. An organizational study documented existing conditions and provided recommendations for improvements to current business practices, and an Implementation Plan provided a road map to implementing the 149 applications and other recommendations. Human resource development and support assisting with hiring four staff members were provided.
The Renaissance Group
Project Summary: Development of Federal and State-required sitemaps for four Wind Turbine Generators in Ohio funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Flicker Shadow Maps display tiered areas of shadow flicker; Noise Maps classified by decibel levels; Zones of Visual Influence Maps and photo-montages of the sites showing proposed WTG on-site. Parcel, contour, picture, and ambient audio soundings maps were created. Technology: WindPro, ArcGIS 9.3, Magellan GPS, and ArcPad 9
Lake Metroparks
Project Summary: Provided a GIS Development Plan, including Functional Requirements Report and GIS Implementation Plan. ArcGIS Server web applications, mobile GIS enhancements, and training recommendations were provided. The plan identified eighty-three applications, existing data and systems inventories, organizational/human resources, hardware and software system configuration, data requirements, and implementation tasks.
Chagrin River Nature Conservancy
Project Summary: Creation of the Chagrin River Information System (CRIS), a parcel-level, protected lands management system. Watershed-based, multi-County GIS database of protected properties, imagery, planimetric, and natural resource data for conservation easement acquisition, monitoring, and management. Watershed-based analysis tools developed using Avenue object programming.