Roanoke, IL- Cloudpoint Geographics recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary on August 25, 2016. We've come a long way from back in the day with a one room office borrowed from the local realtor and an old Lenovo laptop (which we still have in our possession now bearing the label Cloudpoint-LAP 1). To celebrate the special occasion, team members were treated to a lunch at the Chanticleer restaurant in Eureka, IL and a round of disc golf at Washington Park. Cloudpoint con

Cloudpoint staff is currently undertaking a very large sign inventory for the City of Bloomington, IL. The city has over 20,000 signs and over 300 miles of roadway, which is the biggest SignOps project that we've undertaken so far. With so many signs to inventory and such a large area to cover, we started to brainstorm ideas that could lead to higher productivity. The solution that we came up with: Bicycles. The bicycles are proving to work great! Staff can park in a cen

Santa Fe, New Mexico The New Mexico state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) has been using ArcGIS for several years. The problem lies within it's departmental silos. They have utilized ArcGIS Server for a few years, but not to the enterprise level. Last Month, EMNRD contracted with Cloudpoint* to install ArcGIS Server with Portal. This included a SQL Server datastore, Federated servers and integration with Active Directory. Because we are a nimble fir

Following suit with our recent numeric theme, today I want to give you three reasons for trying ESRI's Workforce for ArcGIS . In short, Workforce is a tool for creating, assigning and monitoring work orders or assignments that are related to different places or spaces. Still in the beta stages for now, it will be fully released this year and here's why you should give it a run: 1. It's soo easy to deploy. Whether you are a power user or just getting started with web GIS, thi

We at Cloudpoint Geographics are pleased to announce that Esri inc. has awarded us with an exclusive designation of being Local Government specialists. The specialty is designed to assist Esri users looking for partners who can help them deploy ArcGIS for Local Government in their organization. While this description is no surprise to our existing clients, it serves as a validation of our work ethic and excellence. We strive to make our clients great and help them get recogn

A multilayer basemap is a new feature that Esri rolled out in the March 2016 update of ArcGIS Online. Here are 5 steps you can take to create a multilayer basemap for your ArcGIS Online organization. 1. If you have existing basemap content- such as parcels, building footprints, roadways, etc.- in your ArcGIS Online organization, you can skip this step, but I added content from a County's ArcGIS REST Services Directory. In this case, click Add Item on the My Content page,

1. Create a Web Map - Use your GIS to easily communicate pedestrian access routes (temporary & permanent) by displaying them on a web map and share with the public to communicate temporary road closures or construction activities to the traveling public. The routes can be added as a layer to the GIS and easily updated by office or field personnel to keep the public informed about designated routes or changes. ArcGIS Desktop can be used to digitize the routes and published

It's never been easier to maintain an accurate and up-to-date inventory of your culverts using GIS and mobile technology. Another example of the effectiveness of using mobile apps for inventories is shown during our ongoing project in LaSalle County, IL where Cloudpoint is completing a culvert inventory on all of the county highways. Here, Joe is using Esri's Collector app to complete a culvert inventory for LaSalle County, IL. While climbing into and out of the work van,

The Town of Normal, IL is taking great strides in its GIS progress under the leadership of two highly talented professionals. IT Director, Teri Legner and GIS Coordinator, Cassidy Killian are currently working with the water department to update all of their old maps. The water distribution system is currently all mapped out in CAD however it is not exactly to scale, causing a huge challenge when trying to convert to GIS format. Normally a simple georeferencing process can

Clark County, WI has partnered with Cloudpoint Geographics to migrate to an enterprise GIS environment and create a seamless workflow for migrating tax and parcel data into a standard format compatible with the state’s Act 20 requirements. The State of Wisconsin's Department of Administration is very proactive in their GIS initiative working with all of the counties within the state to create a seamless state-wide digital parcel map. The Wisconsin Land Information Program

Contours are a great way to quickly view an area and get the feel for the lay of the land. And the better the source data, the more you can do with them, from reference to planning. Recently we used data derived from LiDAR to build a county-wide contour layer. The reason we went with LiDAR data is that the accuracy is usually much tighter (and more recent) than existing elevation information. There are obviously different methods and tools to do this but here in Illinois we

Dick Simon is the Director of the Electric Department for the City of Rock Falls, IL. Here is a little bit of information about how Dick got to where he is at today and what GIS has done for him. Dick has been with the City for 25 years, starting as an Apprentice Lineman and working his way up to his current position of Director of the Electric Department. As part of his duties, Dick is responsible for the maintenance, repair, replacement, testing and capital improvements to

Growing up, I had a mouth full of cavities and now have plenty of fillings to show for it. Little did I know at that time (back when I though I wanted to be a fireman) I would soon be making a living by working in that same building where I would go for routine checkups and teeth cleaning. No, didn't go in to dentistry (although if you stop by we could take a look at your teeth but I wouldn't trust our diagnosis). We recently purchased the former dentist office in Roanoke

Historic St Charles Missouri has a very modern tool for you to explore. We were delighted to help the staff of St Charles to create a hosted StoryMap that lets the general public discover all the city has to offer. Using ArcGIS Online templates and hosted on Amazon S3, we built the mapstchuck.com website in relatively short order and were able to customize it to meet staff requests. The responsive website has 7 tabs across the top showing 7 categories of points of interest f

Here's an update as to what's going on at Cloudpoint Geographics. Office Remodel: I've had some people say they heard we were moving a while back but nothing since then. We are deep into the remodel project and can see light at the end of the tunnel. Here are some quick snapshots of the work being done. Employee Spotlight: Our new office manager, Jodi Hoffman , has been doing an awesome job. Outside of work, Jodi keeps track of three fine young boys (four if you count h

As of June 29th, Matthew Junker is the latest addition to start working with the greatest GIS consultant This side of the Mississippi!(possibly the other side too) Psst! the 'J' is pronounced like a 'Y' but he's used to that by now. Matt is originally from Varna, Illinois but currently lives in Chillicothe with his wife and two young sons. In some bizarre-unplanned-coincidence he also has a BS from Illinois State (that makes 3 Dr. Sublett survivors). However less-so coincid

We are excited for the opportunity to work with the City of Mendota, IL (The World's Greatest Little City as noted on their hompage ) on implementing a city-wide utility GIS. The City has contracted Cloudpoint to collect all utility assets with high-accuracy GPS and create maps of each distribution system. The project includes water distribution, storm water network, and sanitary system. This information will serve as the foundation of the City's future CMOM (Capacity, Man

Cloudpoint staff has been busy on the roads of Henderson county, Illinois. We have been contracted for the purpose of implementing a rural addressing program to improve emergency response to rural areas and enhance postal & parcel deliveries. A rural addressing program will also help serve residents by improving the use of vehicle navigation systems. Namely finding addresses digitally in Henderson Co. has been tough, this will make it easier. We are closely working with the U

If you have an ArcGIS Organizational account, you already have license to use Esri Maps for Office . It works really well and enhances your presentation from the boring screenshots of maps we have all grown numb to. BUT! What if you don't have Microsoft Office? (there are a few of us) Or you use a MacBook or ChromeBook or UbuntuBook(?). Never fear, You can still embed your maps into a presentation using the Newly improved Bunkr App . Bunkr has been around for a few yea

Las Cruces, New Mexico : Cloudpoint is excited to begin a parcel fabric migration for the city of Las Cruces. The Parcel Fabric is a part of the Esri Local Government Information Model and quickly becoming the industry standard for parcel maintenance. Using the parcel editing tools that come with Esri ArcGIS desktop (No costly 3rd party extensions) Cloudpoint will remotely perform the migration quickly and efficiently. Las Cruces GIS staff will have a product that includes pa