Technical Capabilities

Expertise

NWGIS personnel have extensive experience using the ARC/INFO family of software products.   We have an in-depth knowledge of ARC shell commands, ArcPlot, ArcEdit, GRID, TIN, and ARC Macro Language (AML) programming.  All have received many hours of specialized training in the use of ARC/INFO.  We also have training and experience in the use of ArcView GIS and its Avenue programming language.  The length of staff experience with ARC/INFO software is as follows:  Greg Konkel (16 years), Dale Gombert (10 years), and Rob Simmonds (9 years).  In addition to GIS, Greg has more than 20 years of computer programming and database experience, including FORTRAN, COBOL, dBASE, Paradox ObjectPAL, Sybase, and PowerBuilder.

Equipment

NWGIS has the capability to work with digital data in either raster format (e.g., image data, digital terrain models) or vector format (e.g., thematic, planimetric maps) to build the GIS data layers typically needed for environmental and engineering studies, land use planning, and other applications of GIS.  Our hardware and software capabilities include the following:

Primary GIS workstation:  Sun SPARCstation running Solaris 2.6 with ARC/INFO 7.1, including GRID, TIN, and ArcPress modules.  The Sun also serves as the primary host on our Ethernet TCP/IP LAN.

Additional GIS workstation:  High-end Pentium PC running Windows NT 4.0 with ARC/INFO 7.1, including GRID and ArcPress modules.

GIS/Graphics workstation:  High-end Pentium PC running Windows 95 with ArcView GIS 3.1, CorelDRAW graphics software (for creating publication quality, small format maps), and Paradox database software (for deriving GIS statistics from ARC/INFO coverages).

Digitizing station:  High-end Pentium PC running Windows 95 with PC ARC/INFO 3.5.  Peripherals include a CalComp 24"x36" digitizer and a Calcomp 36" pen plotter for proof plots.  (Located off-site, not on the LAN).

Plotting capabilities:  CalComp TechJET GT 36", 360 dpi color inkjet plotter for large-format maps,  CalComp 36" pen plotter for proof plots, Epson Stylus Pro XL 13"x19", 720x720 dpi color inkjet plotter for high-resolution, small-format maps (these devices are available to all stations on the LAN).

Services Provided

The services we provide fall generally into four categories, although there is considerable overlap between them:

Data Services

Spatial Analysis

Cartography

Programming

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Last modified: February 17, 1999