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Using GIS & LIDAR to Conduct an ADA Site Assessment
ADA compliance is a big issue these days, with many agencies struggling to find resources to address their compliance issues. First and foremost, it is necessary to complete a site assessment of the existing conditions to determine areas that are out of compliance. Once an assessment has been completed, the agency can determine the best course of action to correct non-compliant areas. Rather than hide from the ‘bad areas’ and hope that nothing happens, it is best to take a pr


No GIS? No Problem!
What is stopping you from accurately locating all of your assets in the field and using that information to make informed, data driven decisions - Cost? Time? Outdated equipment or software? Cloudpoint has been assisting clients with asset data collection for more than a decade, all while watching the technology continually improve and becoming more affordable at the same time. Gone are the days that a smaller organization would not be able to consider reaping the benefits o


Using GIS for Campus Facilities: Organizing Digital Floorplans and As-Built Drawings
When setting out to use GIS for Campus or Facility management, it is important to understand what type of data tracking challenges are...


Tracing a Path from the Utility Network to Experience Builder
The following videos will walk you through creating and saving trace configurations, publishing them in a web map, and consuming them in ArcGIS Experience Builder with the new beta Utility Network Trace widget. We will also look at how you can incorporate additional widgets, namely the Text and Table widgets, to display and export trace results. Adding and Sharing Trace Configurations Creating an Experience Builder Project for Utility Network Tracing


Taking It All In At The Esri User Conference
My wife and I enjoyed another trip to San Diego, California for the Esri User Conference. Being the first time returning in person since...


Cloudpoint Elected for Address Data Cleanup in Ohio
Cloudpoint LOVES referrals! When a county Board of Elections in Ohio came to us in need of help cleaning up their address data - we were...
The Force is Strong with the Iowa Technology and Geospatial (ITAG) Crew
Erin and Hunter had a great trip to West Des Moines for Cloudpoint’s first foray into Iowa for a conference. The Iowa Technology and...
Cloudpoint Announces Slate of New Webinars for Remainder of 2022
As the pages of the calendar continue to turn and the cool Spring turns into a scorching Summer, Cloudpoint continues its tradition of...


Digitizing Floor Plans for Indoor Data Space Management
Space is expensive. Due to this simple truth, it is important to ensure the accurate digitizing of features and space inside your...


Better Together: Collecting GIS Data with Trimble Catalyst GNSS and ArcGIS Online
Trimble is a global leader in positioning technology and Esri is a best-in-class geospatial software provider. When these two powerhouses converge, great things happen. So you may be asking, ‘How do I get the best of both worlds from these vendors? Now with Trimble Catalyst, getting high accuracy GNSS positioning integrated with the mobile ArcGIS platform has never been easier. Trimble has released a low-cost, next generation, centimeter grade GNSS unit, called the DA2, that


Onward and Upward: Cloudpoint Expands Their Reach in Wisconsin, Missouri, and California
The past couple months have brought a number of new clients to the Cloudpoint roster. Being born and raised in central Illinois means...


Deciphering the NG9-1-1 Tea Leaves for GIS Components and Timelines
April is Emergency Communications Month. Cloudpoint recognizes the often unacknowledged critical public service our nation's emergency dispatch and response personnel perform each day. So we extend our thanks to all the emergency service professionals who assist those in times of greatest need for your commitment. Cloudpoint’s NG9-1-1 team proudly assists public safety stakeholders in implementing Next Generation 9-1-1 by preparing GIS data for NG9-1-1 from the current 9-1-1


Cloudpoint Brings Indoor Mapping to Life
The Cloudpoint team is pleased to announce the launching of its turn-key Indoor Mapping capabilities for campuses and facilities. When a...


Magic Isn't Just for Magicians
We had a wonderful trip down to Branson for our first MidAmerica GIS Consortium ( MAGIC ) Conference! We headed down on Monday through...


A New Branch on the Versioning Tree: An Overview of Branch Versioning
Excerpt Enterprise geodatabase versioning is an integral part of Enterprise GIS workflows and allows for flexible and manageable workflows for multiuser editing scenarios. Branch versioning is a new type of geodatabase versioning available to Esri users. This new type of versioning has been reconfigured to alleviate some of the pain-points when using traditional versioning and relies on a services-based platform for version use and management. The branch versioning configurat


Leading the Way at Watercon 2022
Another WATERCON has come and passed, but what a show it was! Bill, Jon, Matt and even Sahara put in time at the booth during the show,...
Showing Off in the GIS Show-Me State
Daniel and I made it back earlier this week from presenting and exhibiting at the Missouri Public Safety Communications Conference...


Get the Lead Out: Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act
Illinois passed the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act in May of 2021, and it went into effect January 1, 2022. The ultimate goal is the replacement of all lead service lines in the state of Illinois. Furthermore, this legislation does not only address replacing lines in public properties or right-of-ways, but replacing lines up to and even into private residences as needed. Sounds like a monumental task? You’re right, but then again, you’ve got Cloudpoint to


Class is Starting, Get Out Your Notebook! An Introduction to Using Notebooks in ArcGIS Online
Have you become reliant on Attribute Rules in your desktop workflows? Are you frustrated that you can’t extend those to your ArcGIS...


On Wisconsin: WLIA 2022 Annual Conference Recap
It all started on a chilly Wednesday morning. Cloudpoint packed up the van and headed towards Elkhart Lake, WI and the WLIA 2022 Annual...
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