earthgridorbit.gif 16th New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference

Currently Registered Exhibitors

 

Applied Geographics, Inc., Boston, MA

AGI was incorporated in 1991 as a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), and since that time has grown steadily to a current size of more than 25 GIS professionals. AGI uses and is familiar with the leading GIS packages, and has a depth of experience in ESRI, Intergraph, and Autodesk software, as well as relational databases and various Internet mapping environments. AGI has an established portfolio of completed GIS projects, and takes particular pride in its success in helping its clients proceed from comprehensive needs assessment to full GIS implementation, application development and system customization. While AGI is a certified "developer" and business partner with several leading GIS firms AGI does not market or re-sell hardware or software products. It is our corporate policy to work objectively with our clients when developing recommendations for system design and system components. AGI has completed over 50 GIS projects for state and local government clients in the Northeast, including Oswego and Clinton Counties of New York.

 

Applied GIS, Inc., Schenectady, NY

Applied GIS is one of the Northeast's leading GIS consulting companies, providing our clients with a full range of services including: application development; data conversion; database design and development; digitizing; geocoding; custom mapping; needs assessment; system design; technical support; training, and software sales. A particular focus of the company is internet and intranet deployment of GIS technology including, GIS enabled web site development, site hosting, training, and software sales.

In addition to these services, Applied GIS is as an ESRI Business Partner and has been recognized as ESRI's Northeast 1999 "Foundation Partner of the Year."

 

Avatech Solutions, Liverpool, NY


BAE Systems ADR, Pennsauken, NJ

As an ISO 9002 certified company, ADR Inc. provides:

  • Photogrammetric data collection services in support of GIS and photogrammetric mapping products.
  • State-of-the-art hardware and software in the production of digital orthophotography.
  • G.P.S. photo control data in support of all ADR projects.
  • Historic photo interpretation.
  • Space data technology and all phases of GIS services from design through implementation.

 

Bergmann Associates, Rochester, NY

Bergmann Associates is a multi-disciplinary engineering, surveying, planning and design firm that provides comprehensive Geographic Information Systems services. Our Geographic Information Systems/Visualization Group specializes in the design, development and maintenance of geographic databases, mapping and applications for a variety of clients and disciplines. We are involved in the development of a GIS database from initial project objectives (needs assessment) through automation of the geographic data (digitizing and conversion) and development of the mapping database to the operational use of the GIS.

Bergmann Associates can assist you on any GIS project you may have. We are comfortable at all levels from project planning, needs assessment, application development and quality control down to database and feature creation and editing. Our staff are experienced with many GIS software packages, including ArcInfo, ArcView, MapInfo, Atlas GIS, and ERDAS. Our programmers are experienced in several programming languages including, AML, Avenue, Visual Basic and HTML.

Bergmann Associates can bring the resources of the entire firm to your assistance on any project. Bergmann staff includes experienced engineers (civil, traffic, industrial), planners (transportation, environmental, land use, site development), landscape architects, water resource specialists, environmental specialists (health & safety, permitting, environmental impacts), CAD specialists (designers, technicians), surveyors, information technologists (networks systems experts, PC technicians), computer graphics specialists (simulation and visualization developers, graphic artists), and experienced project managers who can bring together all of these resources.

From our offices in Rochester, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Hoboken, Buffalo, Ft. Lauderdale, Lansing and Toledo, we provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary and GIS services to numerous clients throughout the eastern United States and in Canada. These clients include agencies at all levels of government, educational, commercial, retail, institutional and industrial leaders.

 

Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Syracuse, NY

BBL was incorporated in 1984 by 12 professionals in Syracuse, New York, whose goal was to establish a nationally recognized source of creative solutions to a broad range of environmental engineering and scientific problems. Since that time, our firm has grown to include affiliated groups and companies, including BBLES (remedial construction management), Jacobs Environmental, Inc. (specialized water/wastewater engineering), and BBL Sciences (natural resource and life sciences). Together, we employ more than 550 engineers, scientists, and technical support personnel in offices throughout the United States.

An industry leader, BBL, is ranked 1 9th on Engineering News Record's (ENR's) list of Top Hazardous Waste Firms, 89th on ENR's list of Top 500 Engineering Design Firms, and 43rd on ENR's list of Top 200 Environmental Firms.

Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, BBL has offices across the country to assist clients with regional and national environmental programs. These offices include full-service locations, as well as project offices to provide efficient response to our clients' needs.

BBL provides strategic consulting services for diverse environmental needs at sites across the country. We have an in-depth understanding of relevant issues, and the technical expertise to recommend practical, technically feasible solutions.


Bowne Management Systems, Inc., Mineola, NY

Bowne Management Systems Inc. (BMS) is a leading integrator of Information Technology (IT) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Since 1982, the firm has been assisting public and private sector clients implement a broad range of information system solutions varying from enterprise-wide spatial data warehouses utilizing Internet and Intranet technology to solution-specific custom applications.

With a staff consisting of GIS specialists, system analysts, programmers, licensed professional engineers and surveyors, cartographers, certified trainers, computer hardware experts, and operations technicians; the firm possesses the expertise and experience to provide comprehensive GIS services. This strong background and experience in GIS, combined with specialized information management expertise, provides customers with the comprehensive skills required for a successful project.

Services range from needs assessment, requirements definition and system design on through acquisition assistance, implementation and on-going support. This includes full lifecycle consulting and management for GIS implementation, workflow management, application development, legacy integration, data conversion and integration, quality control, and systems integration.

BMS can address all aspects of the integration of GIS into existing and new information systems including local and wide area networks, contemporary operating systems, commercial database management systems, and application software utilizing the full range of multi-vendor computer hardware found at most customer locations.

Applications developed by BMS include spatial data warehousing, land records management, infrastructure management, business geographies, transportation, global positioning (GPS), cartographic transformations, field data collection, and data conversion quality control. BMS also provides planning, integration, design and development services for computerized modeling, facilities and asset management, imaging and document management.

 

Caliper Corporation, Newton, MA

Caliper® Corporation is a technology leader in the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and transportation software. Caliper is dedicated to improving business operations and decision making through the application of state-of-the-art measuring techniques, quantitative analysis, and computer software.

Caliper is known worldwide as a technology leader in the development of geographic information systems (GIS). Caliper is the developer of the Maptitude and TransCAD commercial geographic information and analysis software packages. Caliper software is used by organizations around the world including national governments, government agencies of all types, major corporations, and numerous institutions of higher learning.

Maptitude® GIS for Windows is the most capable and least expensive, full-featured mapping package for Windows. Designed for data visualization and geographic analysis, Maptitude comes with a comprehensive library of nationwide and worldwide maps on CD, including complete US street maps, and Census tract and ZIP Code boundaries and demographics. There are two special editions of Maptitude:

  • Maptitude for the Web makes it easy to design, test, and publish interactive map applications on your web site.
  • Maptitude for Redistricting includes everything you need to build and analyze redistricting plans. As you assign area features to a district, the district boundaries are redrawn and selected attributes are automatically summarized to reflect the district’s characteristics.

TransCAD® Transportation GIS Software provides an integrated set of state-of-the-art methods for solving key analytical problems in transportation planning, management, and operations. TransCAD is used extensively for transportation database development and maintenance, demand forecasting, operations management, and vehicle routing and scheduling.

 

Chas H. Sells, Inc., Briarcliff Manor, NY


The Chazen Companies, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Chazen Companies offer a complete spectrum of GIS services. Our GIS division provides comprehensive GIS solutions to municipal and private sector clients. Our GIS team specializes in planning and implementation of GIS technology using the ERSI tool suite. Chazen offers the following services:

 

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego, CA

Earth Resource Mapping develops desktop image processing software developer. Our products include:

Take a coffee break with Earth Resource Mapping and attend our free presentation on September 20th 9am-11:30 am at the Holiday Inn- Grand Ballroom. Free continental breakfast. We will be demonstrating all our desktop imaging products. To register contact Suzette Castro, 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92122; Phone: (858) 558-4709; Fax: (858) 558-2657; Email: suzette@ermapper.com.


EarthData International, Gaithersburg, MD


ERDAS, Alexandria, VA

ERDAS® is the mapping software company specializing in Geographic Imaging solutions since 1978. The company is the world leader in highly customizable, easy-to-learn-and-use Geographic Imaging software, and has sold over 25,000 licenses of its products to professionals in over 105 countries. ERDAS products are commonly used for oil/gas/mineral exploration, natural resources management, urban and regional planning, environmental monitoring, forestry, academia, engineering, telecommunications, utilities, cartography, oceanography, meteorology, hydrology and military applications.

Corporate and International headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and the company has six U.S. Sales offices, a subsidiary office in Cambridge, U.K., four training centers, and a network of over 60 international distributors.

 

ESRI, Redlands, CA

ESRI is a closely held private corporation that provides a wide range of geographic information system (GIS) software and related services to clients worldwide. Headquartered in Redlands, California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, several subsidiary companies overseas, and distributors in more than 120 countries.

ESRI's comprehensive product line ranges from desktop GIS to GIS for the enterprise. ESRI's flagship product, ARC/INFO, is a high-end GIS with capabilities for automation, modification, management, analysis, and display of geographic information.

In addition to ARC/INFO, ESRI develops and markets related software products, including: ArcView GIS, and affordable geographic data query, display, and output tool for the desktop: SDE (Spatial Database Engine), a significant advance in spatial data management; MapObjects and MapObjects LT, embeddable GIS and mapping components for applications developers; Arc Facilities Manager (ArcFM), a powerful ARC/INFO-based application designed specifically for utilities; Maplex, automatic cartographic design software; NetEngine, developer tools for network analysis; PC ARC/INFO, full-featured GIS for Windows and DOS users; Data Automation Kit. a geodata creation tool kit for Windows : ArcCAD, which incorporates ARC/INFO capabilities within AutoCAD; Atlas GIS, desktop GIS and mapping for business; BusinessMAP and BusinessMAP PRO, introductory consumer mapping and spreadsheet integration products; and, ArcExplorer, a lightweight DIS data explorer.

ESRI offers a variety of GIS consulting services, including user needs assessments, system design, database design, data automation and conversion, training, and application design and development.

 

Intergraph Corporation, Houston, TX

Intergraph Mapping/Geographic Information Systems (GIS)- the leader in GIS worldwide with 38% market revenue share in 1999 - develops, markets, and supports core geospatial products that address a wide range of market segments, including land management, road and rail transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure management, real estate, retailing, and agriculture, to name a few. Intergraph's GeoMedia products are designed to integrate geographic data from multiple vendors, thus making GIS data available to a growing number of users. This ability to share data from multiple sources is particularly important to cities, states, provinces, and countries where data comes from many sources and in many formats.

GeoMedia technology is the catalyst to bring the data together, in real-time, without having to change it. GeoMedia Web Map then makes it easy to share this GIS data across borders, industries, and disciplines via the Internet, thus increasing community involvement and helping citizens and governments make better-informed decisions.

Come by Intergraph's booth to see GeoMedia - the only Mapping/GIS product that combines so many powerful tools.

*Seamless data integration with all major GIS vendor formats
*A complete set of spatial analysis tools
*May layout with award-winning technology
*An open development platform for creating custom applications

 

LaFave, White & McGivern, L.S., D.C., Theresa, NY

LaFave, White & McGivern has provided since 1946 a full range of professional surveying and photogrammetry services including:

  • Aerial Photography
  • Airborne GPS Photo Control
  • Digital Mapping
  • Digital Elevation Models
  • GPS Control Surveys
  • Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation
  • GIS Base Mapping
  • Digital Orthophotos

Typical activities have served the following applications:

  • Geographic Information System Land Bases
  • Coastal Erosion Management
  • Environmental/ Wetland Management
  • Hazardous/ Solid Waste Management
  • Watershed Management
  • Forest Management
  • Mine Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Airport Planning & Management
  • Transportation
  • Site Development
  • Utility Infrastructure
  • Storage Pile Volumes
  • Recreation/Parks
  • Geological Investigation
  • Historic Preservation
  • Facilities Design
  • Water & Sewer Design

LaFave, White & McGiven has completed surveying, and digital mapping projects for a myriad of individuals, surveyors, engineers, villages, towns, cities, counties, state and federal government agencies.

 

Land & Mapping Services, Clearfield, PA

Land & Mapping Services is a mapping firm with offices in Clearfield, Ebensburg, Emporium, Titusville, Kersey and Erie, PA. Land & Mapping Services is involved in digital photogrammetric mapping, softcopy and digital orthophoto production, CAD edit, GPS control, location and mapping, LASER scanning and modeling, land surveying, and forest management. Five Registered Professional Land Surveyors have registrations covering eleven states. Also on staff are a Certified Photogrammetrist and seven Certified GPS Technicians.

 

LizardTech, Seattle, WA

 

Mapco, West Milford, NJ

Mapco specializes in providing our clients with a professional field data collection, land surveying, and mapping solution. Products and services include:

  • Trimble Navigation Ltd. GPS Surveying and Mapping Products
  • Certified GPS Survey and Mapping Training
  • Laser Technology Inc. Mapping Systems
  • Surveying and Mapping Services
  • GIS Data Collection Services
  • GIS Base Map Creation
  • Equipment Rentals

Mapco offers a full range of GIS data collection services. Using GPS, portable computers, traditional surveying, and Laser mapping systems Mapco can build a new GIS layer or add to an existing one. Not only will we collect coordinates on your features of interest, to your specified accuracy, but we will design and utilize databases in the field to collect the attributes you want. GIS information can be collected and delivered as quickly or slowly as you and your budget allow.

Applications include:

  • Road centerline inventory, including attributes such as speed limit delineation, centerline striping changes, surface material, street name, jurisdiction, direction, number of lanes, etc.
  • E-911 address range mapping and driveway location with building images.
  • Geodetic control point surveys.
  • Sign inventory using GPS and Laser Mapping systems with still images.
  • Valve, hydrant, and manhole inventory using GPS and Laser Mapping systems.
  • Building foot-print surveys with centroids.
  • Environmental layer mapping such as wetlands, point sources of pollution, well-head inventories, forest inventories, etc.
  • Stock-pile and topographic mapping.
  • Utility pole and meter inventory with strand mapping and drop locations.
  • Etc. etc

If you are interested in gathering this information yourself, Mapco can assist you in buying the equipment you need to do the job. We can provide the instruments and training that will make your acquisition of these new technologies a success. Because we use these instruments ourselves, our training programs are practical and certified by Trimble Navigation Ltd.

 

NYS Office for Technology, Albany, NY


Niagara Mohawk Economic & Community Development, Syracuse, NY

With a reliability rating that is among the highest in the country, Niagara Mohawk proudly serves the electric energy needs of 1.5 million customers in a 24,000-square-mile area of upstate New York. Our 7,700-mile natural gas system serves 525,000 customers. With a service territory that includes 37 counties and 669 cities towns and villages in New York State, Niagara Mohawk is vitally interested in the well-being and prosperity of the communities it serves. The company's Economic and Community Development Department plays an important role in promoting Upstate NY to the rest of the world, as well as helping its client communities meet the challenges of a changing economic base. The company has been very successful in adding jobs to the region and in improving the physical infrastructure necessary to meet future energy needs and new business models. GIS is among the tools used by Niagara Mohawk to guide these economic development activities.

Numerous efforts are underway to improve the economic strength of upstate NY. Revitalization of communities along the Erie Canal Corridor with an emphasis on high-tech business and electronic commerce is one major initiative. Other projects include; 'UpStart/Shovel Ready' a site selection service and software package that assists in the selection of industrial sites for development and expansion, 'Export NY' which aims to establish international markets for the products of the businesses that Niagara Mohawk serves and ‘10,000 Trees' an urban reforestation program to replace trees lost during the 1998 Labor Day Storm.

Stop by to visit the Niagara Mohawk booth and learn more about the ways that Niagara Mohawk can serve your community or business, and to tell us of your economic development needs and ideas.

 

ORBIMAGE, Dulles, VA


PAR Government Systems Corp., Rome, NY

PGSC provides expert services in environmental data management, water resources modeling and assessment, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and remote sensing applications. Diverse application domains include:

  • GIS-based flood modeling and mapping
  • Water resources, including water quality modeling and assessment
  • Aerial surveys and digital terrain model development
  • Environmental site characterization and data management
  • Aerial traffic monitoring and modeling
  • Utility database development, integration, and mapping

PGSC is a certified ESRI Business Partner under the ESRI Developer and Consultant Program. PGSC's Flood*Ware™ product, an advanced flood plain modeling and mapping methodology and software suite, supports the New York State re-mapping initiative and the FEMA Map Modernization Program.

PGSC acquires aerial color and color IR digital imagery, LiDAR, and multispectral data to incorporate into our geospatial analysis and resulting products. PGSC supports the acquisition and processing of color and color IR digital imagery for Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle (DOQQ) production with its business partners eConAgra.com and Landcare Aviation.

 

Plant Equipment, Inc., Temecula, CA

Plant Equipment, Inc., (PEI) is a technologically-driven company dedicated to improving telecommunications functionality for mission-critical applications. During the past three decades, PEI has developed a "family" of 9-1-1 telecommunications technologies that have consistently set industry standards. PEI product offerings range from key telephone systems and Modular ANI/ALI Retrieval Systems (MAARS), to computer telephony suites, mapping applications, digital logging recording, integrated radio systems and advanced remote monitoring and maintenance applications. PEI products are designed to provide superior performance for the all-important end-user.

From planning and installation to training and support, PEI provides maximum product enhancements and added value for customers. This commitment begins with intensive pre-installation planning and continues through system configuration, installation, cutover, maintenance and beyond.

 

The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., Pelham, NY


Sear- Brown, Dewitt, NY

Sear-Brown is a planning, architecture, engineering and construction firm offering services in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) and data management services; architecture; mechanical, electrical, structural, civil/site, traffic and transportation engineering; landscape architecture; environmental services; land surveying; and construction services. With 15 offices, the company’s practice is diversified and serves a broad spectrum of public and government agencies, institutions, industry, private developers and corporations. Our full-time staff of approximately 800 has been involved in projects of all sizes across the country and abroad.

 

Surdex Corporation, Chesterfield, MO

Surdex has served Federal, State, County, Municipal and Private Agencies for over 45 years. During that period, Surdex has been recognized as a premier geo-spatial data provider; supplying accurate and precise information - on time and within budget. We attribute our success to an unwavering commitment to the quality of our products, our exceptional staff and equipment resources, and to the satisfaction of our customers.

One key factor distinguishing Surdex from other photogrammetric firms is our commitment to helping you realize and achieve your GIS goals and objectives. With a highly trained and experienced staff, Surdex can provide a complete geographic solution customized to your needs. Surdex will discuss your short-term and long-term needs, offer you options, and make specific recommendations to meet your project needs. Surdex will work with you to develop a database design, customize GIS applications, and provide you with an implementation plan for achieving your goals in a timely and cost-effective manner.

In addition to our comprehensive GIS services, Surdex provides the following to our clients:  Aerial Photography Acquisition, Ground and Airborne GPS Control Surveys, Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation, Photogrammetric Data Compilation, Digital Orthophotography Generation, and a full range of applications development and programming services.

 

Systems Development Group, Utica, NY

Systems Development Group (SDG), provides products and technical services primarily focused on "GIS and Document Imaging" for Municipalities/Agencies. Emphasis is directed toward providing a "quick learn" interface for the casual user. SDG develops applications with optimized cost performance based on in-depth requirement analysis and "up front" planning for migration of information.

Products & Services:

Discipline(s): AM/FM (Utilities), Real Estate/Cadastral/Assessors, Community Development, A/E/C, Federal/State/Local Governments, Planning, Water/Wastewater

 

U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Nation's largest water, earth and biological science, and civilian mapping agency.

The material presented at this conference demonstrates the use of LIDAR imagery, GIS coverages, and geologic information that the USGS can provide to Federal, State and local environmental agencies to address geologic hazards.

On April 27, 1993 a large landslide occurred along the foot of Bare Mountain in the Town of LaFayette, about 12 miles south of Syracuse. This was the largest landslide to occur in the State since the early 1900's, according to the New York State Geological Survey. Debris from the landslide covered 1,500 feet of Tully Farms Road with more than 15 feet of mud and three homes were destroyed. Most residents were away from their homes at the time, and no fatalities or serious injuries were reported.

Federal and State environmental agencies and several universities have conducted studies in the area to identify the cause of this landslide and assess the potential for future landslides. These studies indicate that several landslides have occurred at the base of Bare Mountain. Radiocarbon dates of woody material beneath these older landslides indicate they occurred about 6,100 and 9,870 years ago. Knowledge of how and when older landslides occurred could provide an indication of the potential for future landslides along the foot of Bare Mountain.

 

Waypoint Technology Group, Albany, NY

Founded in Albany, New York in 1997, Waypoint Technology Group provides a wide range of Global Positioning System ("GPS") mapping and surveying solutions for businesses, government, and educational institutions in New York State. In addition to GPS equipment rental, system integration, and training, Waypoint offers customized field mapping and data collection services for clients who require an efficient means for mapping and managing field assets resources and other physical features or conditions.

At Waypoint Technology Group, our principal focus is in providing a full range of GPS services designed to help our clients acquire georeferenced data, and, in turn, translate that data into information that can be used in making sound business decisions. Waypoint's clients include ecological consultants, municipal planners, land surveyors, engineers, golf course developers, and mining and telecommunications companies.

Waypoint is an authorized dealer of survey and mapping-grade GPS systems for Trimble Navigation, Ltd., the worldwide leader in GPS. As a Trimble dealer, Waypoint provides product distribution and technical support for the full line of Trimble GPS survey and mapping products. In addition, Waypoint is an authorized reseller of distance measuring equipment made by Laser Technology, Inc.

Waypoint Technology Group is on the Worldwide Web at www.waypointtech.com .

 

Weiler Mapping, Inc., Horseheads, NY

The Weiler organization has been providing specialized geographic data since 1954. Our services now include:

Tax Map Creation and Conversion- Weiler has specialized in the production of Assessment mapping throughout the northest since 1972. Our projects include new mapping compiled from deeds on photogrammetry and the conversion of existing mapping to digital format. Weiler guarantees that all projects will receive NYS ORPS approval.

Utility Conversion- Weiler provides the conversion of paper maps and tabular records for sewer and other utilities, structured for turnkey use with ESRI ArcView software.

Field Data Collection- Weiler has three fully equipped field survey crews, Leica GPS receivers, and three licensed surveyors on staff to provide a full range of survey control and field data capture services.

Data Maintenance- Weiler provides contracted maintenance for assessment mapping, utility mapping and a variety of other GIS data layers.

ESRI Desktop Software Products- Weiler is an ESRI Business partner, providing software and training as part of a complete GIS solution for our clients.