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Geographic Information & Database Management

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are sophisticated tools that allow georeferenced data (any data that can be identified by a geographic location) to be: collected, stored, analyzed, retrieved, displayed and mapped.

Database Management Systems provide a method for organizing, cataloguing and analyzing collections of related information.

The power and flexibility of Geographic Information and Database Management systems are ideally suited to environmental applications where large numbers of complex interrelated pieces of information are usually georeferenced. By combining these tools, scientists, engineers, managers, politicians and the general public are able to better comprehend complex issues and make more informed decisions.

Services

AXYS has been using GIS and Database Management technologies since 1985. We offer services in:

• Database design and management
• Data acquisition and input
• Data conversion and translation
• Cartography
• Spatial modelling and analysis
• Thematic land use mapping
• User needs assessment
• Environmental information systems
• Customized decision support systems
• Remote sensing
• Digital orthophotography
• Environmental sensitivity mapping
• Constraints mapping

Training

In addition, AXYS Environmental Consulting's experienced staff provides instruction in GIS, Database Management and a wide variety of PC-based software packages. Our hands-on training sessions allow you to get the most of your software package. We provide personal instruction at your facility or in our offices and tailor our courses to your specific needs.

Applications

AXYS designs and implements environmental models using GIS with Database Management Systems. Examples of various types of applications include:

• Data inventory for environmental contaminants
• Environmental impact assessments
• Shellfish harvest site mapping
• Hydrographic information inventory
• Mapping of fisheries habitat information
• Native land claims information inventory
• Mapping of shellfish closures related to water quality concerns
• Road design and plan preparation
• Land use inventory and mapping
• Forest resource inventory and fire management modeling
• Terrain analysis and modeling
• Hydrology and sewer design modeling
• Modeling of resource sensitivities to oil and chemical spills
• Wildlife habitat modeling
• Urban planning models
• Golf course design

Software and Hardware

AXYS has developed solutions using both workstations and PCs under a variety of operating environments — DOS, OS2, UNIX, Windows — and using a number of GIS and database management packages to provide the best service to our clients:

• AutoCAD Map
• ESRI ArcGIS
• ESRI Arc/Info
• ESRI ArcPad
• ESRI ArcView
• ER Mapper
• Genasys Genamap
• Golden Software Surfer
• IDRISI
• MapInfo
• PCI Geomatica
• Tydac SPANS
• Dbase
• FoxPro
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access
• Oracle
• Paradox