geocgi – Geospatial Consulting Group International

Geospatial information is increasingly being used for data driven decision making, resulting in a reliance on geospatial programs to store, manage, and disseminate relevant and accurate geospatial data to stakeholders. Effective geospatial program management facilitates a geospatially enabled environment.

Our principally GIS-focused service offerings ensure that we remain adept in the latest software and industry trends, resulting in innovative solutions for long term program success and viability.

geocgi supports the United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army GIS programs at the Headquarter, Region, and Installation levels – both Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) – leading to proficiency in all aspects of coordination and management of an enterprise geospatial program.

program oversight and stewardship

geocgi personnel specialize in the establishment of strategic plans; the implementation of policies, procedures, and communication strategies; and the achievement of mission objectives. Related geospatial program management experience includes:

Strategic planning and alignment to funding sources
Stakeholder management and communication
Coordination of user requirements with system capabilities
Establishment and implementation of policies, procedures and standards
Data model development
Identification and implementation of program objectives, initiatives, and priorities
Risk analysis and identification
Conceptual system design, architecture, and technology recommendations
Return on investment and cost benefit analysis
Equipment and software portfolio management
Coordination of training activities

Since 2006, geocgi has supported USMC Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S), GEOFidelis Program, with policy and strategic support to ensure that USMC installation geospatial data is complete, accurate, protected, current, and available for USMC and Department of Defense wide utilization. We actively represent USMC interests in the IGI&S Governance Group (previously known as the Defense Installations Spatial Data Infrastructure Group) as well as supported program initiatives mentioned below:

GEOFidelis Data Model development
Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE) development and compliance
Enterprise-wide consolidation
USMC IGI&S Military Installation Map (MIM) generation
IGI&S-NSG Data Model interoperability
Third Party Data Management
Generation of program metrics, evaluations, and dashboard creation
GEOFidelis Data Layer Specifications
NG911 Emergency Management and Routing
Raster Data Management and Imagery Strategy
Real Property Reconciliation in support of Asset Management and Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness
GEOFidelis Portal implementation
GEOFidelis Metadata Guidance

geocgi provides geospatial data services and related support to the United States Army through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (OACSIM) across the continental United States.We staff the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the United States Air Force (USAF) installations, both for the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), including: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Our analysts are geospatial data creators, adjudicators, and implementers at the installation and enterprise levels.

Whether you call it “DevOps” or “DevSecOps” the tight integration of security protocols within the application development lifecycle streamlines and expedites the delivery of applications and services to clients. As applicable, we apply the technology across a wide range of projects.

geocgi develops and maintains Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) & Army National Military Cemeteries (ANMC) Website Development Operations & Maintenance (O&M) web presence, including custom web applications using the ASP.NET stack and DNN Content Management System (CMS). We perform rigorous requirements gathering to ensure systems are hardened and STIG compliant throughout the development and release cycles. Custom applications include: Headstone Designer, Events and Ceremonies, Multi-Media Blogs and Responsive Designs.

technical capabilities

Web, Desktop, and Mobile Application Development - .NET, PHP, SharePoint, JavaScript frameworks (jQuery & AngularJS), Objective C, and Python
Cloud and OnPrem Computing – IaaS, SaaS
Database Design and Administration - MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle
Open Source Solutions – Drupal, WordPress, Leaflet, and Linux

ANC Explorer is the cemeteries interactive map and grave finder. Developing in HTML 5 and AngularJS, while incorporating technology from Leaflet, MapBox, and ESRI, we provided a seamless and secure mapping and visualization experience for visitors on the web, mobile, and kiosk platforms.

geocgi stood up a cluster of secure cloud-based Esri application servers to quickly and securely analyze drone imagery collected for the Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S) Common Installation Picture (CIP) Data Collection and Standardization for Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) effort that we have headed for nearly three years.

geocgi built a secure cloud-based application development environment, utilizing IaaS technology for Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) IGI&S application development efforts. Through this environment, the client and our developers access, build, test and push hardened STIG compliant applications all siloed in a safe environment.

Utilizing ASP.NET framework and an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture, geocgi implemented creative and secure solutions for data visualization inside desktop and web-based applications within the USMC Critical Asset Management System (CAMS) for the USMC Mission Assurance Development Lab (MADL). Additionally, using GEOFidelis assets, geocgi integrated a GIS module into the system using Esri software developers kit (SDK).

geocgi has designed, developed and implemented ArcGIS Enterprise utilizing industry standards and best practices. The system is a multi-tiered and highly available enterprise, providing geospatial data services for the Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) region serving data for six installations across Japan, Korea, and Hawaii. The MCIPAC Enterprise Architecture uses a three-tier application approach encompassing the production, presentation and application tiers.

Production Tier is a series of virtualized environments spread across three physical host machines providing the ability to store, produce and serve data across the entire enterprise for a large user community. Data is made available for both the application and presentation tiers through MS SQL Server and ArcGIS Datastore.

Application Tier utilizes Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to provide ArcGIS Desktop to MCIPAC analysts and grants the ability to maintain the authoritative geodatabases as well as produce cartographic products on demand.

Presentation Tier includes both ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Portal allowing geospatial information from within the enterprise and out to be discoverable, shareable and visualized through web applications and maps.

geocgi’s Owners, Executives, and Program Management Team possess decades of GIS programmatic knowledge establishing them as experts in identifying the right qualifications and skills to augment client resources. Our Corporate Management staff have operational, human resource, and security experience in direct support of DoD GIS programs. Staff can effectively screen personnel who may or may not be suited for the client side environment. One of our biggest lessons learned in staffing is that it is best to take the time to find the right person for the long term than to settle on the wrong person short term.

geocgi’s success in recruiting and retaining quality GIS personnel is rooted in our company’s principal GIS technology focus; our small business size and leadership accessibility at all levels of our organization; the GIS skills and backgrounds of our owners/executives; our aggressiveness in actively researching and continually improving employee benefits that will attract and retain top talent in the GIS/IT field(s). We also regularly gauge employee satisfaction and are committed to offering employee recognition and a challenging work environment.

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) have changed the characteristics of imagery workflows within organizations. Pairing GIS with sUAS allows us to deliver accurate, timely, and meaningful high-resolution data to organizations at a lower cost point when compared to traditional aircraft and satellite systems.

geocgi streamlines the delivery of sUAS and Enterprise GIS capabilities to organizations. We provide clients flexibility and agility with rapid mapping in the field, traditional orthomosaics, 3D webscenes, point clouds, and meshes. We monitor and record inspections of complex projects through sUAS and GIS technology. Resulting products are integrated into existing raster catalogs using Esri’s Mosaic Dataset and other enterprise geospatial solutions – providing end-users with near-immediate access to sUAS products.

capabilities

geocgi’s team of geospatial professionals are Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed through Part 107 as certified sUAS pilots and are experienced in:

sUAS flight operations, mission planning, and automation development
Pre and post flight checklist development
Aircraft maintenance procedures
Obtaining FAA restricted airspace requests and waivers

geocgi is proficient in a variety of sUAS technologies and products, specializing in:

Fixed Wing sUAS imagery collection
Rotary sUAS imagery collection
Mosaic datasets
Drone2Map and Pix 4D products

We use sUAS services to provide quick and comprehensive data collection for a multitude of functional use cases and mission requirements including:

Terrain analysis
3D visualization
Near Infrared (NIR)
Thermal
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
Video for construction monitoring and inspection

Through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (OACSIM), geocgi has performed sUAS data collection on behalf of the US Army at multiple Army installations including; Letterkenny Army Depot, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Watervliet Army Arsenal, and Picatinny Arsenal. Additionally, we performed a feasibility study on behalf of Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) for sUAS services to the region. Commercially, we have performed sUAS data collection for a variety of sites including James Madison’s Montpelier, the Pavilion at Rancho Mission Viejo, Mojave Desert Land Trust, GHA Racing, Lorton Arts Foundation, and PA Bowen Farmstead.

Heartland Co-op Dispatch Application

Geocgi engineers recently developed a GIS application for Heartland Co-op to assist with work order dispatching. This custom web app allows dispatchers to group relative work orders into ‘batches’ and assign these batches to equipment in the field. This application gives the dispatcher the ability to perform several functions on work orders including viewing all relevant data on a map, filtering records, viewing the attributes, batching, assignment, and sequencing within batches. Utilizing the ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Extensible framework and a custom API for communication to an IBM Db2 database, our engineers developed a widget that puts these features and tools in one location for the dispatchers at Heartland Co-op. The GIS application greatly improves workflow speed, data consistency, and visibility at all levels of management. This application was used throughout the peak fertilizing season with no reported issues. Geocgi is looking to the future with its partnership with Heartland Co-op and is planning enhancements to this application and the possible development of other GIS applications. Developments forthcoming include migrating some functionality found in this dispatch application to other web apps, including a historical work order viewer/analyzer. Let us know how we can help your organization with similar applications by sending an email to info@geocgi.com.

January 26, 2021

geocgi sUAS Operations

Here at geocgi, our small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) services provide quick and comprehensive data collection for a multitude of mission requirements and functional use cases. With our fleet of drones, we are capable of creating imagery mosaics, digital elevation models, and 3D models for our customers. Our past flight at the Montpelier Mansion in Virginia was especially exciting because we were able to create a 3D textured model and a 3D point cloud of the structure. Please check out our interactive sUAS StoryMap here to learn more about our drone operations and past projects. Let us know your thoughts by sending an email to suas@geocgi.com.

January 13, 2021

geocgi Awarded the Esri ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty

We are pleased to announce that geocgi has been awarded the Esri ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty! Achieving this specialty is recognition of our commitment to cloud technology and our success supporting clients with geospatial cloud services, including the management and migration of ArcGIS solutions to the cloud.

This specialty enhances our other partnerships – for instance, geocgi is an AWS (Amazon Web Services) Amazon Partner Network (APN) Select Consulting Partner. We are at the forefront of providing support for customers to design, create, and manage their workloads on the cloud, including ArcGIS Enterprise infrastructure and operations. Our cloud support includes strategic planning, migrations, managed services, and web GIS integration. We provide these services for several clients including, but not limited to, Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), the Surgeon General of the United States Army, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Joint Warfare Centre (JWC). geocgi has been an Esri business partner since our inception in 2006, and we are thrilled to add the ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty to our list of awards, designations, and recognitions, including the ArcGIS Online Specialty, Release Readiness Specialty, Federal Small Business Specialty, and the 2019 Collaboration Partner – Esri Federal Small Business Specialty Award. For more information on how we can help you with your ArcGIS and cloud services needs, email us at info@geocgi.com.

December 16, 2020

Happy GIS Day! While we celebrate our love of GIS and maps every day, we love that each GIS day we get to share that passion with others. Our teams in Japan have put together resources showcasing the power of GIS, from analyzing the world around us to helping provide solutions to the COVID-19 epidemic. Please visit https://gisdayokinawa.com and https://gisdayiwakuni.com to learn more!

November 18, 2020

Off-Base Evacuation Sites at MCAS Iwakuni

Evacuation sites have been identified across the city of Iwakuni, Japan since the region is prone to natural disasters due to its geographic location; it is situated in the Nishiki River delta and surrounded by mountains to the west and the Seto Inland Sea to the east. The geocgi MCASI (Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni) team consolidated and translated the designated shelter information found on the City of Iwakuni website and produced a series of evacuation site maps for each natural disaster (flooding, earthquakes, and tsunamis) for the installation’s Military Family Housing Division. Information included in the maps are roads, points of interest, and site names as well as location in latitude and longitude to allow users to locate using GPS navigation devices and other applications. For more information on how we assist our clients, please visit our website or send us an email at info@geocgi.com.

September 15, 2020

ANC Education Program

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) recently launched an online education program that allows the public to learn the diverse history of the United States through the lens of ANC. In this first phase of the program visitors can learn about the history of African Americans at ANC, the Spanish-American War, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the cemetery itself. ANC will share additional topics such as the contributions of American service members in the arts, medicine, politics, science, technology, and more.

Resources are designed to reach a variety of audiences and include primary source readings, worksheets, and lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school teachers and students. Lesson plans align with national and state social studies standards and can be adapted for homeschooling or virtual learning. Walking tours are also offered for use during in-person visits or for virtual exploration of the cemetery.

We are preparing to launch a new subsite for the program during its second phase. The subsite will be more detailed and allow users to search based on topics, keywords, or audience groups. For more information about our support for ANC, please email our project manager Nathan Russell, nrussell@geocgi.com.

August 26, 2020

Airfield Condition Assessment at MCAS Iwakuni

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August 7, 2020

sUAS Imagery Collection and Post-Processing

Earlier this year our sUAS team traveled to rural Virginia to capture and create high-resolution aerial imagery at a farm nearby. The team launched our Birds Eye View FireFLY Pro 6, equipped with a Sony a6000 digital camera, and captured 567 images over the course of the 22-minute mission. With the help of AeroPoint Ground Control Points (GCPs) dispersed over the farm and the on-board GPS unit, the team was able to bring the raw images back to office to be stitched together in Esri’s Drone2Map with a horizontal accuracy of approximately 1.7 cm. The resulting mosaic imagery was processed in a little over an hour and was delivered with an average Ground Sample Distance (GSD)of 2.2cm and published as hosted Tile Layers through Portal for ArcGIS. The mission also enabled the creation of a detailed Digital Surface Model (DSM), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), and 1-foot elevation contours. To learn more about this mission, please get in touch with us at sUAS@geocgi.com.

June 16, 2020

OSIsoft and Esri Integration

geocgi is continually searching for new ways create informative and attractive geospatial products for our customers. We recently configured the OSIsoft PI system with Esri’s new software product, ArcGIS Indoors. Our configuration of OSIsoft PI included streaming live data from building water pumps. Next, the data stream was fed through ArcGIS GeoEvent Server into an ArcGIS Indoors application. This implementation is a unified decision-making platform for facility managers to view and oversee the operations of the building through dynamic real-time asset visualization within the ArcGIS Indoors Common Operational Picture (COP). This solution was also expanded with custom dashboards for tracking flow rates, voltages, and pump status, while the Indoors application was configured with popups for asset interaction, and Indoor Positioning System (IPS) for navigation and wayfinding. Tell us what you think at info@geocgi.com. If your organization has a PI System or you are interested in improving asset management, we would love to discuss helping you integrate it with the ArcGIS platform!

June 4, 2020

The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Centennial

Dedicated on May 15, 1920, the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery is a stunning visual feature of the cemetery. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the centerpiece, and to commemorate this important part of ANC, the cemetery launched their first ever online exhibit. While ANC remains closed to visitors, this online exhibit allows the public to virtually explore these hallowed grounds. Featuring original photographs depicting Memorial Amphitheater's construction and evolution during the past century, along with interpretive text and a short video, this exhibit narrates the story of the building's origins, design and ongoing preservation. Through the story of the Amphitheater, the exhibit explains how Americans have honored and remembered military service and sacrifice, from 1920 through today.

geocgi is proud to have supported the development of Arlington National Cemetery’s first online exhibit. Check out the virtual exhibit - https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/memorial-amphitheater-100

May 15, 2020

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Ally McDonald

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Heartland Co-op Dispatch Application

geocgi sUAS Operations

geocgi Awarded the Esri ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty

Off-Base Evacuation Sites at MCAS Iwakuni

ANC Education Program

Airfield Condition Assessment at MCAS Iwakuni

sUAS Imagery Collection and Post-Processing

OSIsoft and Esri Integration

The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Centennial

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management + administration team

Julie Christie

Andy Hanes

Adam Campbell

P.G. Katsourakis

Ally McDonald

Nathan Russell

Diego Negron

working with us

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We’re Flexible

We’re all about location

We’re Chill

We’re into challenge and opportunity

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Cloud Architect & Governance Engineer – Alexandria, VA (Req. 1077)

GIS Data Coordinator – Stavanger, Norway (Req. 1076)

GIS Specialist – Iwakuni, Japan (Req. 1074)

GIS Analyst – Iwakuni, Japan (Req. 1073)

GIS Analyst – Alexandria, VA (Req. 1072)

GIS Solution Engineer – Washington, DC (Req. 1070)