GIS and Mapping Services

The success of your project depends on receiving environmental permits in a predictable fashion and on time. Environmental permits depend on geospatial data and maps to assess potential impacts. Collecting, organizing, maintaining, updating, and presenting environmental data to the many stakeholders required to get those permits can be a big challenge. That’s where Geographic Information Systems (GIS) comes into play. Big Pine uses our GIS and Mapping Services to collect, create, store, update and manage all of the geospatial data required to keep your project on track.

For most projects, Big Pines GIS and Mapping Services begin by researching project areas using publicly available environmental data such National Wetland Inventory (NWI) data, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soils data, forest cover data, stream data, parcel information, topographic information such as Digital Elevation Models (DEM), mapped historic and cultural sites, and numerous other data sources relevant to the project. Next, Big Pine completes field studies and collects data on locations using highly accurate GPS units and applications such as ESRI Survey123 and ESRI Field Maps. Often times, Big Pine stores the data in a cloud platform called ESRI ArcGIS Online, where it is available to create maps and even project web applications.

At Big Pine, we use ArcGIS Online to support public outreach efforts as well. ArcGIS Online allows us to create web applications such as the one below that depicts the status of state park trail crossings of a project for Washington Gas to let park users know whether a particular crossing is open to the public.

Our web applications are not restricted to 2D maps though! The example below shows a web application using “scenes”, which are a 3D model. This is commonly created using a combination of ArcGIS Pro, Trimble Pathfinder Office, Drone2Map or DroneDeploy, and our drone platform.

Project Managers at Big Pine use a lot of tools to manage projects. ESRI ArcGIS Pro is our tool of choice to manage geospatial information such as property and landowner information, permission to survey, stream and wetland delineation data and progress, preferred and alternative alignments/designs, cultural resources field data, remote sensing data such as project specific drone or aerial imagery, workspace, easements, and other information that is useful to inform project design as data is collected. When we combine ArcGIS Pro with Survey123, Field Maps, and ArcGIS Online, we are able to unlock some very powerful ways to communicate technical geospatial concepts to stakeholders and regulators.

Typical GIS Projects Include:

Project Location Map or Site Location Map
Topographic Map
Resource Location Map
Vicinity Map
Heat Map indicating density or other data
Cluster Maps
Bubble Maps
2D Web Map Application (can be public or password protected)
3D Web Scene Application (can be public or password protected)
Data Collection using Trimble GPS
Drone Data Collection for Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry produced 3D models and contours
Various Geospatial Modeling Applications