Off-Site Insight by First Base Solutions

Saving a few pennies makes cents When? Effective July 1 - September 30, 2015 What's Included? Vintage orthophoto - Any orthophoto from 2013 or older qualifies for this promotion. Discounting will be 20% off the subtotal at regular price, which may include volume discounts.

(There's also a prize draw) What's The Prize? One custom large format (approximately 18" x 24") printed aerial photo of your home or business from First Base Solutions ' aerial image archives. How Do I Enter? Sign up to receive our newsletter.

Learn your way Watch the video or or follow the script below. The video is split into 4 parts: View, Query, Measure, Report. View: learn the basics Query: tools for researching property information Measure: tools for planning and projects Report: importing, exporting, sharing, and printing    Related: Saving, Surfing, or Streaming? How to choose the data delivery method that's right for your project

FBS offers customers a FREE TRIAL of its VuMAP Service. First Base Solutions (FBS), a leading provider of geospatial data and services is now offering its customers a FREE 7 Day Trial of its VuMAP service. VuMAP is a feature-packed online mapping application with easy to use, built in tools to measure, draw, compare imagery year over year, and research property information. Related: Saving, Surfing, or Streaming? How to choose the data delivery method that's right for your project

How to sell your geospatial data through MapWarehouse We've got aerial imagery in spades. It makes a great base for many types of projects such as pre-engineering work, estimating material costs, or just to add context to your line drawings, but we know there's lots of quality data out there that would complement what you already find on MapWarehouse. That's where you come in. Related: The Essential Cheat Sheet For Purchasing Digital Geo Data

How mapping technology enhances culture, tourism, & recreation services. Unique and impressive landscapes, both natural and cultural are often the reason why popular tourism destinations developed in that place. The best assets of these sites are most clearly seen from above.

Respond quickly and be certain about the ground conditions. Armed with up to date information, you'll be able to avoid danger and direct resources where they're needed with confidence that you're making good decisions when there's a lot on the line and little time for planning.  For emergency response, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, aerial surveillance is the best way to stay on top of a quickly developing situation.

Monitor crop health and direct resources where they're really needed. Get the big picture and use aerial imagery to support decisions you make throughout the growing season. Here's three ways modern agriculture is benefiting from high resolution imagery and other mapping technologies.

Mapping technology for urban planning & municipal governments. With so many competing interests to consider, how can municipal planners design the best future for their city that respects the environment, addresses social needs and creates community engagement?  First Base Solutions provides custom solutions integrating high resolution aerial imagery with interactive mapping tools for public and internal use.

Sales, maintenance, assessments There are many ways to be a real estate professional.  Any kind of land based research, management, or analysis can be enhanced by adding high resolution aerial imagery to your day to day tasks.

How spatial data is being used in natural resources & environmental applications. Canada is big. Our watersheds and forest corridors cover vast areas, often spanning several administrative regions. For this reason, it can be difficult to effectively monitor and communicate the conditions of the environment as it changes, and also difficult to reach consensus on a plan of action and coordinate on policies between jurisdictions. Lack of coordination between regional governing bodies, short sighted planning and rapid land development have been the peril of the natural environment over the last 100 years or more. Habitat loss, erosion, soil and groundwater depletion and contamination have all taken a toll, and now ambitious plans to mitigate further damage are needed to aid recovery, not just for the intrinsic value of nature, but also for the sustainability of food production, water, air and climate.

Solutions for engineering & property development Get the best possible results from your development site with the help of aerial imagery, topographic models, and other spatial data. Use the insights you gain from our high resolution orthophoto to ease communication with stakeholders and support critical decisions.

Solutions for energy, utilities, service delivery, infrastructure and more. It doesn't matter what you're delivering, if you have widespread networks and facilities to monitor and maintain, you need a fool proof system in place to stay on top of it all. First Base Solutions is a provider of off the shelf and custom mapping solutions to fit your business needs, technical ability and budget.

Which image file format is best for my mapping project? At the MapWarehouse checkout, you'll need to choose a format for the files you've added to your cart before your order can be delivered. JPG and MrSID are the most popular compressed image formats. Both formats can be read by most up-to-date CAD and GIS software. The best file format to use for your particular project depends on what you're planning to do with the imagery layer. 

Opinions, facts, and data quality. If you're a real estate agent , a lawyer , or perform any kind of on-location service s for property management, you'll understand my frustration with maps that just look wrong. A common combination is orthophoto and parcel data. If they're both correct, why does it look like this in some areas when you put them together? Related: Top Three Questions About Parcel Mapping [Cheat Sheet]

Shopping is hard. How to decide? So, you’ve seen your competition submitting proposal after proposal with stunning maps and images detailing the planned work. Even though your idea is better, you’re having trouble expressing clearly what you can do to the decision maker whose probably spending a minimal amount of time flipping through each proposal and needs to be impressed quickly.

You're a specialist, not a jack-of-all-trades.  Luckily, you no longer need to be an expert in GIS to get what you need from mapping technology. First Base Solutions has developed VuMAP , a feature packed online mapping application with intuitive tools to help you view, query, measure, and report.  We can also prepare any kind of custom mapping to support your legal work.

What's in store? From Governments to Google, for the last 15 years, First Base Solutions has been the primary source for geospatial data and aerial image acquisition in Ontario. You might not know our name, but you definitely know our data.

MapWarehouse is Ontario's largest geospatial data marketplace! Watch the video or follow the screen images below to learn how to: SEARCH For your area of interest and search for data coverage at your site. SELECT Review the options available. DOWNLOAD Complete the transaction details. WORK Get started with using our data. Related: Saving, Surfing, or Streaming? How to choose the data delivery method that's right for your project