GIS and Cartography

Planning, by its very nature, is a spatial endeavor. Helber Hastert & Fee knows how to leverage Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to support informed decision making, find patterns and trends in data, and create stylish maps and visualizations that help present our client’s plans. It is a tool that we have come to rely on for many of our projects.

HHF can provide guidance and assistance in all stages of a GIS project’s development, beginning with data and imagery acquisition, to data manipulation and analysis, and finally to the creation of custom cartographic products.

Using the most recent geospatial and design software, HHF has helped clients by:

  • Evaluating spatial relationships for site selection criteria
  • Analyzing and mapping census data
  • Developing map geometry to bring a project into the realm of GIS
  • Building dynamic maps to automate presentations of data
  • Creating and analyzing surfaces of environmental or economic data
  • Designing custom cartographic products to support projects
  • Bringing a third dimension to planimetric aerial photography or satellite imagery
  • Rendering visualizations that highlight the perspective of a vantage point
  • Creating three-dimensional animations with map and aerial photo datasets
  • Researching historic maps and aerial photography

Recent examples of work include: