Abstract
View PresentationGIS is a Tool for Surveying and Mapping Business Development
Track: Business of Surveying
Author(s): Robert L. Young, RPLS
This presentation will discuss GIS as a tool for business development in the survey and mapping industries. Using GIS to manage a surveying and mapping company is an effective tool among other evolving and proven technologies, management styles, organizational structures, and most of all the appropriate GEO-referencing of data for present and future use. The growth of a company from a small business to more than 50 employees can be greatly reinforced by using GIS to manage the flow of data, plan for future projects, and most of all, manage existing projects. Project management has been positively impacted by using GIS along with other tools to help predict and track progress on surveying, engineering, and mapping projects. Using GIS and survey grade GEO-referenced control for the base layers adds value for daily work. It perpetuates the work by using State Plane Coordinates and accurately documenting the metadata through proper procedures, GIS updates, and data maintenance.
Robert L. Young
Vice President, RPLS No. 5400
Corpus Christi Office
710 Buffalo St., Suite 700
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
US
Phone: 361-888-5676
Fax: 361-88-5499 E-mail: robert@dmslp.com