Our Customers

For over 20 years, the GCS team has delivered geospatial solutions for a diverse array of public and private organizations – from start-ups to multinational corporations – helping our clients make location information actionable, meaningful and valuable.

GeoBusiness for Indoor Mapping: Solutions for Asset Management and Wayfinding

ArcGIS Indoors is a smart indoor mapping system using ArcGIS technology. It creates digital 2D/3D maps for indoor spaces, enabling capabilities like navigation and real-time operations view. It integrates with systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Oracle NetSuite, allowing seamless asset monitoring and condition tracking. This indoor solution enhances operational efficiency and decision-making.

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Fire Protection Assessment GIS Business Solution and Maintenance Plan

Overview Built for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) engaged with GCS to provide custom application development services in the form of a Fire Protection Assessment (FPA) business solution and maintenance plan. Adhering to the DNRC’s specifications, GCS brought to life a user-friendly geospatial … Continue reading Fire Protection Assessment GIS Business Solution and Maintenance Plan

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GIS Needs Assessment for Construction and Infrastructure

Overview Since 1963, Webber has been a leader in the construction and infrastructure industry with specialties in heavy civil and waterworks. Webber engaged with GCS for a GIS Needs Assessment to better understand challenges and recommended approached to resolve issues related to their Enterprise GIS system. GCS met with Webber’s business and technical teams to … Continue reading GIS Needs Assessment for Construction and Infrastructure

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Updated ArcGIS Mapping Services for Grant Creek Ranch

Grant Creek Ranch History The Grant Creek area is unique to the greater Missoula valley. It is highly rural in nature and is split between city and county residents. It is home to a large working cattle ranch, the National Wildlife Federation nature wildlife reserve, and the headquarters of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. It … Continue reading Updated ArcGIS Mapping Services for Grant Creek Ranch

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External Customer Portal Built with Esri ArcGIS for History Colorado, Department of Higher Education

Overview Established in 1979, History Colorado is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization and an agency of the State of Colorado under the Department of Higher Education that offers access to Colorado’s history through cultural and heritage resources for students and teachers making a positive impact on preschoolers, students in grades K-12, and those in … Continue reading External Customer Portal Built with Esri ArcGIS for History Colorado, Department of Higher Education

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GeoBusiness for NetSuite: Field Service Operations – Water Distribution Data Management System

BTL, E.P – Bee Timor-Leste Empresa Publica BTL is a public utility company recently established by the Government of Timor-Leste for the purpose of promoting greater efficiency and sustainability for the implementation of the Government’s strategy in providing clean water and improved sanitation services to the public. To meet this goal, they required a NetSuite … Continue reading GeoBusiness for NetSuite: Field Service Operations – Water Distribution Data Management System

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Custom Protection Class Calculator Supports Inspectors and Fire Chiefs

Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL) GCS has supported the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL) throughout numerous developmental endeavors. During our time working with PIAL, GCS has provided the following services: The development of a Road Analysis App, the creation of a new Application Programming Interface (API) tying their protection score to up to … Continue reading Custom Protection Class Calculator Supports Inspectors and Fire Chiefs

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Ave Organics Nutrient Needs Calculator

Established in 2020 to pursue emerging business developments, Ave Organics serves the business-minded grower by supplying sustainable, consistent and available plant nutrition for certified organic crops, as well as manage the sale and distribution of manure-based crop nutrients. Ave Organics contracted GCS to develop the Nutrient Needs Calculator. The calculator consists of two sliders, Crop … Continue reading Ave Organics Nutrient Needs Calculator

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Montana Nonprofit Five Valleys Land Trust Fosters Equitable Access and Population Initiatives

Serving the Bitterroot, Blackfoot, upper Clark Fork, lower Clark Fork, and the Mission-Jocko valleys, Five Valleys Land Trust (FVLT) make it their mission to protect western Montana’s natural legacy – it’s river corridors, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, and community open spaces – for future generations. FVLT contracted GCS in the Spring of 2022 to update … Continue reading Montana Nonprofit Five Valleys Land Trust Fosters Equitable Access and Population Initiatives

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Mississippi State Rating Bureau Ensures Hydrant Reliability In Their Community With an Esri ArcGIS Fire Hydrant Inspection Solution

Project Overview Back in 2020, the Mississippi State Rating Bureau (MSRB) engaged with GCS to create a Protection Class Calculator (PCC) web service solution. Then, at the beginning of 2022, the MSRB reengaged with GCS to support the MSRB GIS staff with authoritative PCC GIS dataset processes for storage, editing, field collection, application analysis, and … Continue reading Mississippi State Rating Bureau Ensures Hydrant Reliability In Their Community With an Esri ArcGIS Fire Hydrant Inspection Solution

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NorthWest Natural Water moves ArcGIS to Microsoft Azure Cloud

Project Overview Use Cases and Goals NorthWest Natural Water, through their subsidiary Sunriver Utilities, sought GCS’ assistance with a “lift and shift” ArcGIS cloud migration to Microsoft Azure. At the time of initial contact, Sunriver Utilities had one on-premise GIS server that hosted all their ArcGIS Enterprise components, one GIS staff member in charge of … Continue reading NorthWest Natural Water moves ArcGIS to Microsoft Azure Cloud

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StAGE – Stream and Gage Explorer for Montana DNRC

Project Overview Use Cases and Goals Montana DNRC required a solution that would provide detailed stream flow data and information to the publicly accessible website developed by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The application is needed to enable the collection, analysis, and presentation of accurate, high-quality, real-time streamflow data in Montana’s rivers, streams, … Continue reading StAGE – Stream and Gage Explorer for Montana DNRC

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NetSuite Fixed Asset Management (FAM) Smartphone BarCode Scanning Solution

NetSuite Fixed Asset Management (FAM) with Geographic Information System (GIS) for real-time updates by field crews for managers and executives. GCS built and deployed smartphone apps connecting NetSuite Fixed Asset Management (FAM) with Geographic Information System (GIS) while using BarCode scanning to eliminate errors and optimize fixed asset tracking.  The SmartPhone apps connect field crews … Continue reading NetSuite Fixed Asset Management (FAM) Smartphone BarCode Scanning Solution

Planning and Budgeting Solution for Forest Management Projects – Montana DNRC

Montana DNRC uses Survey123 for ArcGIS. Survey123 for ArcGIS is a simple and intuitive form-centric field data gathering solution that makes creating, sharing, and analyzing surveys possible in three simple steps: ask questions, get answers, and make better decisions. GCS assisted the Montana DNRC with a custom implementation of Survey123 for ArcGIS.  “FMPro” uses smart … Continue reading Planning and Budgeting Solution for Forest Management Projects – Montana DNRC

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OmniTRAX – ORACLE NetSuite/ESRI ArcGIS

GCS integrated OmniTRAX’s Oracle NetSuite with Esri ArcGIS to expose IoT data in a web dashboard. The solution uses ArcGIS GeoEvent Server for IoT management.

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COLORADO STATE LAND BOARD – ORACLE NetSuite/ESRI ArcGIS

GCS integrated Colorado State Land Board’s Oracle NetSuite with Esri ArcGIS to expose leases, etc. GCS is a Geospatial Information Technology Services Company

Insurance Risk Analysis GIS Web App

WASHINGTON SURVEY & RATING BUREAU

Using Esri ArcGIS and Microsoft, WSRB has worked with GCS, for over 10 years to provide geospatial services for insurance risk analytics and GIS visualization.

FireMLS.com Montana Statewide Multiple Listing Service

MONTANA STATEWIDE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE

Using Esri ArcGIS and Microsoft technology, FireMLS hired GCS to build their award winning Multiple Listing Service offering for real estate in Montana.

IDAHO SURVEYING & RATING BUREAU, INC.

IDAHO SURVEYING AND RATING BUREAU

Using Esri ArcGIS and Microsoft, ISRB has worked with GCS to provide geospatial services for insurance risk analytics for fire, flood, etc. and visualization.

USFS WindNinja

WINDNINJA, U.S.F.S. FIRE SCIENCES LAB

Using ArcGIS and Microsoft, the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station contracted GCS to support and enhance WindNinja, a geospatial wind model for wildfires.

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ADELOS

GCS working with TerraEchos to combined US Navy fiber optic sensor system with advanced geospatial situational awareness capabilities to provide Adelos.

Whacking Fatties Fishing Map

WHACKING FATTIES FISHING REPORTS & FORECASTS

Whacking Fatties creates fishing reports and forecasts for over 10k lakes and rivers across North America and the United Kingdom. GCS used MapBox and AWS.

Forestry Timber Cruise App

Forestry Timber Cruising App – MT DNRC

GCS worked with Montana DNRC to create a NextGen Cruising application based on ArcGIS Enterprise concepts and architecture. NextGen Cruising app is a web-application-based “cruise design and reporting” interface.  Plot allocation, data validation, and compilation are done via Python Geoprocessing modules published as a service.  The “system” uses either an ArcGIS Portal to manage hosted … Continue reading Forestry Timber Cruising App – MT DNRC

PondBuilder, powered by Agren

PRECISION CONSERVATION SOFTWARE

Using ArcGIS, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GCS, Missoula, Montana, built Agren’s line of enterprise precision agriculture conservation tools.

U.S. FOREST SERVICE – RADIO REPEATER

U.S. FOREST SERVICE – RADIO REPEATER

The US Forest Service app was built by GCS using Esri JavaScript API for ArcGIS, Esri ArcGIS for Server map services and Microsoft SQLServer database.

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Plum Creek Timber

GCS assisted Plum Creek for over ten years on several enterprise application initiatives related to land records, timber, and recreation lease management.

Nez Perce County, Idaho web mapping app

COUNTY GOVERNMENT MAPPING WEB SOLUTION

To expose cadastral and property information GIS data, GCS built the government apps with Esri ArcGIS and Microsoft technologies. GCS, Missoula, Montana.

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FLATHEAD COUNTY MAPPING SYSTEM

Using Esri ArcGIS, GCS built an award winning property information system for Flathead County, Montana and provided GIS services support for many years.

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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) DEPARTMENT OF SAFEGUARDS

GCS built an Enterprise GIS and satellite imagery analysis system using Esri ArcGIS, ERDAS IMAGINE and Textron Systems for the IAEA Department of Safeguards.

Geospatial Modeling Portal

THE SI ORGANIZATION

Using Esri ArcGIS, IBM, and Microsoft technologies, GCS delivered the concept of IDEAS: Intelligent Data Exploitation and Analytics System. 

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Montana Department of Transportation

GCS was contracted by the Montana Department of Transportation to assist with upgrading three software applications. Construction Survey Startup System and the Project Directory Creation System  GCS provided the following services: Analysis, design, programming, testing, implementation, and documentation for the Construction Survey Startup System and the Project Directory Creation System. Worked directly with MDT Project … Continue reading Montana Department of Transportation

The MT Parcel App delivers Montana parcel boundaries (GIS) and property information.

PARCEL APP FOR GOOGLE ANDROID SMARTPHONE

GCS built several property info parcel apps for the Apple and Android smartphone marketplaces. GCS is a Geospatial Information Technology Services Company.

MPG Ranch

MPG RANCH

MPG Ranch hired GCS to create a method of collecting field data on native iOS, uploading it to Esri ArcGIS, and running analysis and reports on the database.

Montana Means Energy

MONTANA MEANS ENERGY INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE

GCS was contracted by the Office of Economic Development, to create a website for the Energy Promotion and Development Division of the Department of Commerce.

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LEGAL ATLAS

Using Esri ArcGIS, the Legal Atlas system combines cloud-based data management and GIS navigation and informational display. GCS is a GIS Services Company.

Mobile GIS app with ArcGIS iOS

Town of Brookline, MA

The Town of Brookline, MA contracted GCS to build a mobile app to help find the closest public transportation, parks and public schools, library, parking lots and parking meters in town.

GCS used the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS to build a native mobile GIS app.

GCS is one of the first companies in the world to tackle this problem by harnessing the power of IBM’s InfoSphere Streams

IBM’S INFOSPHERE STREAMS

GCS is one of the first companies in the world to tackle this problem by harnessing the power of IBM’s InfoSphere Streams to quickly analyze data streams.

Esri Geodatabase for Wildfire Defense

WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS

The Wildfire Defense Systems project consolidated information from several insurance companies into an Esri ArcGIS geodatabase feature class designed by GCS.

MCPD site integrates several familiar tools such as Google Street View, Google Maps, and Esri ArcGIS.

Montana Control Point Database

GCS developed the Montana Control Point Database (MCPD) application for the Montana Geodetic Control Working Group. The goals of the application are to provide Montana’s land surveyors with a means to store and manage their geodetic and mapping points that are not part of the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) database and to provide the public … Continue reading Montana Control Point Database

StreetView and Esri ArcGIS

MISSOULA COUNTY PROPERTY INFORMATION SYSTEM

Long-standing customer, Missoula County, received the Esri Special Achievement Award for their Property Information System, GCS upgraded to latest Esri tech.

Google StreetView in ArcGIS web map

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LETHBRIDGE

The Lethbridge economic development business mapping tool employs the latest in Esri ArcGIS Server technologies to give users a familiar look and feel.

Wildfire Simulation dashboard in Montana using ArcGIS

LANDVIEW Fire Simulation Analysis Dashboard

The Wildfire dashboard utilized a performance computing cloud node for fast modeling and Esri ArcGIS Server and Microsoft for analytic visualizations.

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GeoMarc

GCS developed a suite of tools for the ESRI ArcGIS®  product family that leveraged the power of digital watermarking for geospatial imagery.  The toolset called GeoMarc embedded an invisible mark into the pixels of raster datasets. Imperceptible to the human eye, GeoMarc was embedded throughout the image and would survive most image processing operations including … Continue reading GeoMarc

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION

GCS delivered a custom ESRI ArcGIS Server and Web application for the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Wildlife GIS Web Site

AVIAN SCIENCE CENTER

Leveraging ESRI’s ArcGIS Server for geospatial analytics and map services combined with Google Maps for visualization, fundamental query, and ease-of-use.

ArcGIS Web App with Analytics

KALISPEL TRIBE WEB APPLICATION

GCS successful delivered a custom water quality Esri ArcGIS Server – Web application for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians Natural Resource Department .

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MONTANA ENERGY PROJECT

Utilizing Esri ArcGIS Server, GCS created a site to help the Montana communicate the development and success of energy projects across the State of Montana.

StreetView and ArcGIS web app

GEONAV STREETVIEW CUSTOM APPLICATION

The app allows a variety of live, real-time sensor and information feeds with the unique situational awareness capabilities within an Esri ArcGIS environment.

Site Selection GIS web app solution

MONTANA MEANS BUSINESS

Montana Means Business is an Esri ArcGIS economic development solution applying GIS to deliver on-demand analysis, presentation-ready reports, and maps.

USGS ArcGIS Web Site

CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED ANALYSIS

Utilizing Esri ArcGIS Server, the USGS CT Atlas project provides a comprehensive analytical and visualization application for effective watershed management.

Esri ArcGIS GEOINT

SMARTDATA

The Ground Station included the UAS, live video, and Esri ArcGIS GeoMarc/GAIN that GCS created for the project read geospatial data from the watermark.

National Guard GIS consulting

MONTANA NATIONAL GUARD ENTERPRISE GEODATABASE PROJECT

GCS conducted a GIS Needs Assessment for the Montana National Guard, created an Esri Enterprise GIS Plan, and developed ArcGIS geodatabase recommendations. 

IoT Esri ArcGIS technology

ISAA – INTEGRATED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ARCHITECTURE

Using Esri ArcGIS, GCS’s GAIN solution provides airport authority with maximum flexibility for systems integration and exploits advanced geospatial analytics.

City of Helena, Montana

LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY AND CITY OF HELENA ARCIMS SITE

GCS working with the GIS Manager for Lewis and Clark County and the City of Helena, MT, developed a custom enteprise Esri ArcGIS web mapping application.

Pandemic Geospatial Web Architecture

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DISASTER PREP

Volunteering in support of the DPHHS Emergency Operations Center (EOC) planning team, operating under the incident commander, Esri and GCS used Esri ArcGIS.

Lewis and Clark County, Montana

THE LEWIS AND CLARK GEOSYSTEM

Working with various private, state, local, and federal partners, GCS Research continues to pioneer nationally distributed applications and research.

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USGS NATIONAL MAP SERVICE

As a private sector partner in the USGS National Map Program, GCS Research recently won a USGS partnership award.

WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN

FLATHEAD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN

Priority areas identified by Fire District Chiefs have been digitized into GIS and are hosted with the Flathead County GIS interactive internet map server.

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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

GCS designed a custom geospatial application for the Missouri Botanical Garden.

US Fish And Wildlife Service

US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

An overview of the landscape at time of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery (1805-1806), examines change landcover, wildlife, population, and cartography.

Student’s Conversation Assocation LandFire Field Assessment Program

LANDFIRE

GCS with ESRI and Trimble, designed, and implemented the mobile GIS – GPS solution for the Student’s Conversation Assocation LandFire Field Assessment Program.

GCS is proud to be an award winning Esri partner

ESRI ARCGIS EXTENSION FOR IMMERSIVE VIDEO

First implementation of immersive, 360° video in ESRI’s software, GCS solution allows users of Immersive Spherical Video to visualize video assets in ArcGIS

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