Selected consulting projects
- ArcMap Add-In Development – In cooperation with TerraSystems Southwest, developed a custom ArcMap add-in to facilitate assigning disturbance level and disturbance type attributes to thousands of hexagons covering the Sonoran Desert. The ArcMap add-in was developed to assist TNC and TerraSystems with rapid data editing to support The Nature Conservancy’s Sonoran Desert Disturbed Lands Analysis project.
- ArcSDE Implementation and Geospatial Project Portal – Provided database design, conversion and application development services to Statistical Research Inc., to assist them with implementing a Geospatial Portal to report on and manage their archeological excavation activities associated with the excavation of a historical cemetery in downtown Tucson for the development of Pima County Joint Courts Complex. Work included designing a Geodatabase for data storage and developing a Geospatial portal website to report project statistics via maps and dynamically generated charts.
- Mission Aviation Fellowship ArcIMS Website Development – Developed a public ArcIMS website that integrated the Mission Aviation Fellowship‘s mapping capabilities with their global database of areas in need of aide. Tasks involved project coordination, ArcIMS application design and programming in ASP.net, and migration of MySQL sector assessment database data and statistical tables into ArcSDE and SQL Server.
- City of Colton Enterprise GIS – Supplied on-call services to support the City of Colton‘s enterprise-wide GIS implementation. Work included developing custom GIS applications, integrating GIS with other city management systems, and migrating data to ArcGIS and ArcSDE. Services also included implementation of an ArcIMS-based document search and retrieval engine for city documents (the AsBuilt Retriever) and a web-service based parcel reporting economic development application. Past services included ArcSDE implementation, ArcIMS application development, and GIS integration with the Synergen work management system.
- Philadelphia Airport RSIP Needs Assessment – As part of the Jones Payne Group team, participated in the development of a needs assessment and functional specification for a GIS-based Residential Sound Insulation Program (RSIP) management system to be used for the airport’s current and future RSIP activities. Work included conducting personal interviews of PHL staff, compiling interview data into use cases, and creating a functional specification document of the system’s conceptual design.This project was part of the Jones Payne Group’s management and implementation of the Philadelphia International Airport’s Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150. Part 150 is a section of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) that sets forth regulations and guidelines for airports desiring to undertake airport noise compatibility planning. The purpose for conducting a Part 150 Study at an airport is to develop a balanced and cost-effective plan for reducing current noise impacts from an airport’s operations, where practical, and to limit additional impacts in the future.
- Friend Communications Data Conversion – Performed map rectification and digitizing to develop a nation-wide travel region map for Friend Communications. The map was used to geolocate a database of populated places with its associated travel region to enhance the searching capabilities of their camping.com website.
- City of Colton Geodatabase Design and Implementation – Worked with the City of Colton Information Systems and department staff to develop a conceptual Geodatabase design for the City’s new enterprise ArcSDE database. The project involved information product needs assessments, staff interviews, and conceptual design development.
- Water Resources Institute ArcIMS Project Management Services – Provided ArcIMS development, training and support services to the Water Resources Institute (WRI), to assist with: forming a strategic direction for implementing and maintaining ArcIMS, designing and developing prototype ArcIMS applications, and providing guidance and training to WRI staff and volunteers on how to manage and enhance applications for ArcIMS. Deliverables included a custom built prototype ArcIMS application that integrated with a remotely hosted LaserFiche website to display water well data.
- Imperial County Planning Department Accela/GIS Integration – Working with Mende GIS, assisted the Imperial County Planning Department with GIS application development and integration services to interface County base map data with their Accela permitting system database. Work also included developing GIS standard map products, creating planning related GIS data, and staff training.
- L&L Environmental GPS and GIS Training and Consulting Services – Provided GIS and GPS consulting and training services for L & L Environmental. GPS training services include training staff to convert and import field data collected from their Trimble GIS units into ArcView 8.x and create wetland delineation maps.
- Michael Brandman Associates On-Call GIS Services – Provided on-call GIS services for Michael Brandman Associates. Services included GIS analysis, map production, GPS and GIS data collection, training, and GIS consulting and project management services. Due to their tremendous growth, MBA has since hired several staff who now handle these tasks for the company; and we are pleased to see their GIS program growing.
- Rhode Island Airport Authority (RIAC) RSIP GIS – As part of the Jones Payne Group team, converted Rhode Island Airport Authority (RIAC)’s ArcView 3.x projects and data to ArcGIS 9.x format, including integrating ArcGIS with RIAC’s Lotus Notes RSIP database. Work also included developing a training manual for RIAC staff.
- General Plan and Zoning Geodatabase Development – Developed a geodatabase for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Tasks included converting general plan and zoning paper maps from the City of Palm Springs and City of Rancho Mirage, plus integrating digital GIS data from the Cathedral City and the County of Riverside.The resulting geodatabase contained general plan and zoning layers derived from data of surrounding City and County agencies, plus geodatabase relationship classes to relate each agency’s different zoning and general plan designation to the proper zoning code in the geodatabase. In addition, coded attribute domains were created to assist the tribe with the continued maintenance of the geodatabase.
- DARPA Grand Challenge Environmental GIS Management – As part of the Michael Brandman Associates team, performed GIS program management services to assist Michael Brandman Associates with the analysis and documentation of potential environmental impacts of Defense Advanced Research Project Authority (DARPA’s) Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle competition in the Mojave Desert. Work included GIS and GPS data collection, analysis, map production, compiling the project’s final report to the USFWS, and coordination with DARPA staff and subcontractors.
- Applied Geodetics Navior Application Development – Developed the release version of the Navior ArcView 3.x extension for Applied Geodetics. The extension integrates georeferenced as-built scanned drawings with ArcView. Deliverables included the compiled extension, Avenue source code, setup and end-user documentation, and an integrated Windows HTML help file.
- GPS and GIS Training and Consulting Services – Provided GIS and GPS consulting and training services for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. GPS training services include training tribal staff to use their Trimble Pathfinder Pro XRS receiver and Trimble TSC1 datalogger with Trimble’s Pathfinder Office and Asset Surveyor software.
- Chaffey College GIS and GPS Faculty Training – Provided training to selected Chaffey College faculty on the operation of two Trimble Pathfinder Pro XR GPS units that were acquired through a FIPP grant. Instruction consisted of sessions on how to install, configure and use the Trimble Pathfinder Pro XR GPS and TSCe Datalogger; install, configure and use Trimble’s TerraSync and Pathfinder Office software, and perform GIS analysis of GPS data in ArcView.
- Nobel Systems ArcIMS Application Development Services – Provided ArcIMS application development services for Nobel Systems to assist them with developing a new version of their GeoViewer product that leveraged ArcIMS – where the previous version used MapObjects.
- City of Colton Synergen Work Order Management System Integration – Assisted the City of Colton with the integrating its GIS data and ArcIMS applications with the City’s new Synergen work order management system.
- City of Colton MapLibrary Implementation and Data Integration – Assisted the City of Colton with implementing DCSE’s MapLibrary product. As part of the implementation, we developed scripts to batch upload the City’s existing scanned as-built drawings into MapLibrary, and reconfigured other GIS databases and applications to use MapLibrary as the source of all scanned as-built drawings.
- Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District ArcObjects Application Development – Completed the development of two ArcObjects applications to assist Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District GIS staff with the editing and maintenance of hydrants and valves in their ArcSDE database.
- GIS Analysis for a Tribal Multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan – Assisted Michael Brandman Associates (MBA) with GIS analysis activities to support their development of a multi-species habitat conservation plan for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Donoghue and Associates worked with MBA staff to determine suitable areas for the conservation of species such as bighorn sheep, as part of the plan’s conservation element.
- City of Colton ArcIMS Website Development – As part of a project to develop GIS applications for the City of Colton, CA., developed an ArcIMS web site and several web services for the City’s Public Utilities Department. The ArcIMS application is currently deployed on the City Intranet, and consists of an html-based user interface that is used to deliver most ArcIMS services, and java-based utility viewer interface that is used for utility facility asset viewing. Donoghue and Associates recently assisted the City with upgrading to its ArcIMS web services to ArcIMS 4.
Here are some selected screenshots of a few custom developed applications.