Many organizations collect valuable spatial data such as LiDAR scans, survey results, CAD drawings, drone imagery, and asset records. However, these datasets often become fragmented across multiple systems, formats, and departments, making them difficult to access, maintain, or use effectively. GIS environments can also struggle with outdated data collection methods, incomplete asset information, and growing backlogs of spatial data.
RPM helps organizations strengthen and modernize their GIS environments by delivering GIS-ready datasets, prioritizing effective data structure, and supporting improvements to internal geospatial workflows. Our approach focuses on making spatial data easier to integrate, manage, and use across planning, infrastructure management, and operational decision-making.
How RPM Supports Your GIS Environment:
- Mobile mapping and photogrammetry allow us to produce multiple datasets that can be immediately implemented within a GIS environment. Assets such as linework, poles, and lighting infrastructure can be extracted directly from LiDAR and delivered as structured GIS layers, while imagery and point clouds are provided in industry-standard formats such as TIF, JPEG, LAS, or LAZ to ensure compatibility with common GIS platforms. If desired, products can also be delivered in CAD compatible formats such as DXF, DWG, and RCS.
- RPM prioritizes delivering spatial data that is clearly structured and easy to work with inside existing GIS environments. Our datasets follow consistent naming conventions, defined table schemas, and organized layer structures so they can be easily understood and integrated into client systems. This approach ensures that LiDAR, imagery, and extracted asset data are delivered in a format that supports efficient management, analysis, and long-term use within established GIS workflows. We also ensure deliverables meet internal spec if desired.
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Large datasets such as high-resolution imagery and LiDAR can impact performance if not structured properly. RPM prepares spatial data that improves efficiency, including tiling resource-intensive datasets to client specifications to reduce data bloat and improve performance.
- Many organizations face challenges maintaining and updating spatial data due to limited time, fragmented systems, or incomplete datasets. RPM can work with clients to identify inefficiencies, reduce workload, and help organize and modernize their GIS environments.
- A well-structured GIS environment makes it easier to implement tools that support day-to-day operations. RPM can assist in preparing data and systems that support web maps, dashboards, and field applications such as Field Maps or Survey123, helping organizations communicate and collect critical information more effectively.
FAQ
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Do we need a GIS system in place to use this service?
At RPM, our focus is on meeting clients where they are and solving the problems that matter most to their operations. We work closely with your internal asset management team to identify and implement the tools and services that best fit your needs. Whether you need support managing and integrating the data we deliver, modernizing an existing geodatabase, or expanding GIS capabilities across your organization, we provide practical, tailored support every step of the way.
Can you work with incomplete, outdated, or disorganized spatial data?
If you’re dealing with a backlog of spatial data and aren’t sure how to manage it, we can help. We work with you to assess the current state of your geospatial datasets, update and refine what’s possible, and organize everything into a structure that is easy to access, maintain, and use.
Can you integrate new geospatial data into our existing airport GIS without disrupting what we already use?
Absolutely! After your unique needs are assessed, RPM will work with you to minimize disruption to your current systems as much as possible. Whether you need assistance integrating data that’s been backlogged for years, or integrating new data RPM or another service provider has supplied to you, our priority is assuring that integration is as seamless and pain-free as possible.
Will our staff need training to effectively use the GIS data you provide?
Training requirements depend on the approach we define together based on your needs and existing capabilities. In many cases, little to no formal training is required, as we prioritize delivering GIS data, services, and tools that are intuitive and easy to use within your current workflows. All deliverables are provided in industry-standard formats, with schemas that can be adapted to align with your systems.
Where needed, we can support your team in adopting these solutions. This may involve working with GIS staff, operations teams, or other internal users, but our priority is always to align with your existing capabilities.
How accurate and up-to-date will the GIS data be when delivered?
All data delivered by RPM is produced with accuracy as a top priority. Our collection, processing, and delivery methodologies ensure that our deliverables are comparable to, or exceed, traditional GNSS survey standards.
When working with existing data, overall GIS accuracy will depend on the quality of the source information. If we are incorporating datasets provided by your team, we can help assess their reliability and identify any limitations, but accuracy will ultimately reflect the integrity of the original data.
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