Applied Information Management
The Applied Information Management (AIM) team uses its expertise in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, custom databases, statistical software, and environmental modeling tools to support the following services:
- • GIS and Database Application Design Programming
- • Spatial Analysis
- • Data Discovery, Documentation, and Access
- • Remote Sensing and Analysis
- • GIS Mapping
- • Mobile GIS Solutions
GIS and Database Application Design Programming
The data analysis techniques that GIS can provide are more powerful and cost effective when users can apply them repeatedly for
varying situations. We make this possible by writing customized GIS tools and applications for our clients. We start by fully
understanding the user's needs and defining the workflow. Next, we develop and test the spatial analysis technique that will form
the basis of the application. Once the client approves the technique, we develop a flexible, user-friendly interface that matches
our client's workflow. Our customized GIS tools and applications empower our clients to efficiently perform complex spatial
assessments, giving them more time for evaluating the results.
Specific areas of focus are:
- • Project planning, specification, design, and programming
- • Internet GIS applications
- • Mobile solutions
- • ArcGIS extensions and application development
- • RDMS applications
Spatial Analysis
Whether the challenge is identifying watersheds vulnerable to pesticide exposure or determining the onsite wastewater treatment
capacity of a new neighborhood development, or understanding the volume of food scraps available to supply composting sites or
where can proposed wind towers be seen from, spatial analysis using GIS enables the integration of complex data sets to support
environmental decision making. Stone Environmental has extensive experience working with the full spectrum of data sets, including
national and local level land cover (NLCD), soils (SSURGO, STATSGO), topography (NED), and hydrography (NHD). Our team has earned
a strong reputation for developing spatial analysis methods that yield the deepest insights into the issues being studied. These
include techniques for identifying unsuitable areas for onsite wastewater treatment, determining environmental restrictions on
growth, and selecting water bodies most susceptible to agrochemical exposure. We've conducted analyses for hundreds of projects in
the US, as well as in Canada and the EU, and for countries as far-flung as New Zealand and Indonesia.
We are expert in the following spatial analysis sectors and are equally versed in applying the techniques in others:
- • Watershed analysis and modeling
- • 3-D visualization
- • Redistricting
- • Multi-factor screening and analysis
- • Network/service territory analysis
- • Groundwater contaminant tracking
Data Discovery, Documentation, and Access
Stone experience with Data Discovery, Documentation and Access technology can smooth the clients path into a least costly data
management solutions. The advent of Internet data portal technologies allows one organization be engaged in a distributed network
of data providers without being an active data harvester and disseminator of data. New technologies allow data to be searched
from anywhere and using WMS or WFS services from other data providers minimizes the need to keep your own data inventory current.
Our services in this area include:
- • GIS data portal development
- • Data inventory
- • Data harvesting
- • Metadata development
- • Geodatabase development
- • Data modeling
- • Asset inventories
- • Integration of disparate data
- • Geodatabase creation
Remote Sensing and Analysis
Remote sensing solutions for your environmental needs are becoming more accessible as increasing numbers of sensors are being
developed and imagery is becoming more widely available. Stone's team can help you derive meaningful outputs from remotely sensed
data including land cover classification, time series analyses, and change detection. We offer cutting edge solutions using image
segmentation and object-based classification methods coupled with statistical methods to efficiently work with large datasets. If
you are looking for the most appropriate imagery for in-house use, Stone can outline and provide you with suitable solutions for
your work flow.
Our services include:
- • Image classification
- • Image interpretation
- • Change detection
- • Data acquisition
- • Atmospheric correction
- • Band selection
- • Data mining
GIS Mapping
Over its long history of providing GIS Services, Stone has extensive experience completing a diverse range of GIS Mapping projects.
Through this experience we have developed unique capabilities in data representation and the creation of Map Atlas' and choropleth
mapping. For organizations who want easy in-house mapping ability we can produce stand-alone, free GIS mapping solutions through
ArcPublisher, ArcExplorer, or Acrobat Maps projects.
The following is a listing of these map services:
- • Map atlases
- • Map templates
- • Choropleth maps
- • Change Maps
- • ArcPublisher projects
- • ArcExplorer projects
- • Acrobat Map projects
Mobile GIS Solutions
With our experience, Stone can find the right mobile GIS solution for you. Stone is able to orchestrate all steps of the data collection process, from database creation to designing the most efficient field data collection method. With today's cutting-edge technology, a client's sub-meter data can be enhanced through links to photos, videos, and sound bites. A client can also ease their data collection process with a field application customized by Stone to any needs and wants during the field collection process. This user-friendly application minimizes data collection errors resulting in less time spent on in-office revisions.
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