Cloudpoint earns Designation as Indoor Mapping Specialist

Becoming an Esri Business Partner was a key to fueling company growth and opening doors to new opportunities. “Our company’s partnership with Esri has boosted our name recognition and allowed for expertise to be noticed on a national verses regional scale.” says founder and CEO, Jonathan Hodel. Now this partnership blossoms once again as Cloudpoint announces they have received their ArcGIS Indoors specialty designation. This process involves completing an application to Esri and then demonstrating the company’s capabilities for indoor mapping by providing real-world examples of implementing this robust solution. This is the fourth Esri ArcGIS specialty designation that the company has received adding to its current accolades which include Local Government, ArcGIS Online, and Release Readiness designations.

A sample snapshot of indoor mapping application ready to provide asset information or turn-by-turn walking directions. Easily select a building and floor level for easy navigation across a campus. You can image the power of this technology as we mitigate the return-to-work process following the COVID-19 pandemic. Things like space management, foot traffic patterns, route planning, and room cleaning updates can all be tracked via an active Indoor GIS system.

Implementing the ArcGIS Indoors solution across an organization, especially a campus-wide project, requires expertise in several areas of GIS including Enterprise GIS deployment, data conversion of CAD or BIM files, GNSS collection for control points, 3D laser scanning equipment, drone imagery, data curation in ArcGIS Pro, publishing web layers, and more. The Cloudpoint team has experience in bringing all of these capabilities together in a seamless fashion to create an immersive interactive campus experience for the end user.

The end results can be as simple as using Esri’s Indoors web application template along with their Indoors native mobile app, or expanded to include a robust customized GIS interface having the ability to integrate with monitoring sensors and real-time location system (RTLS). For many years, GIS has continued to transform the way people engage with locational data and indoor facility mapping will be the catalyst for engaging in more detail in the future.

For more information on how your organization can harness the power of GIS indoors, visit our Indoors page or contact our team of professionals at 877-377-8124.

Welcome Aboard, Hunter Ray!

Introduction:

We are yet again able to add on another employee to our team and we are excited to announce that it is Hunter Ray! He does not come to Cloudpoint as a stranger but actually a familiar face from past conferences. His title is GIS Analyst and he will start off by aiding Micah and the Enterprise team along with some application development work.

We are fortunate to find someone with Hunter’s education and experience.

Education:

He has a Bachelors Degree in Zoology from SIU Carbondale and a Master's in GIS from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He says one of his greatest and proudest moments was obtaining his Master’s with a 4.0 GPA while working full-time.

Work Experience:

His work experience includes work for the USDA Wildlife Services agency in Illinois as a Wildlife Biologist/GIS Specialist. Hunter spent 8.5 years as a biologist specializing in airport wildlife management, along with being in charge of developing and maintaining GIS products while providing training and support for his fellow field staff.

Accomplishments:

Hunter had the opportunity to serve as the GIS Team Lead during a FEMA Emergency Response event for flooding disaster in the spring of 2019. He also has earned a USDA’s Secretary’s Award, USDA Administrator’s Award, Gears of Government award, and two Merit awards for his professional assistance.

Hobbies & Interests:

In his leisure, Hunter enjoys hunting, golfing, keeping up with the PGA Tour, and listening to music. Snow-skiing in the winter is a must for him. He and his wife, Ariel, also love to hike, exercise at the gym, and cook together.