GLEC specializes in GIS services to government planning and regulatory entities as well as professionals in private or NGO/non-profit organizations. Our specialties include digitizing problematic parcel maps, converting databases into dynamic GIS maps, and analyzing demographic/spatial trends. Following are some project examples of GLEC’s applied GIS solutions for Government and Planning:

Land Use Analysis The available land use data for this Michigan County was over 20 years old. Using more recent digital orthophotos (1996), this updated five level land use map was produced through aerial interpretation, digitizing, and data linking.

Parcel Conversion This project screen shot shows results of a digital conversion from low quality source maps. After the parcels were digitized and georeferenced, the county client’s equalization data was linked to the parcels. Our special techniques in “rubber sheeting” and geocoding provide cost savings over other methods.

Redistricting GLEC's GIS specialists modeled Census SF1 data within MapInfo Professional’s automatic redistricting function to redistrict ten Michigan Counties. The speed, ease, and low cost of our methods were preferred even when client Counties had internal GIS capabilities.