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GBS was proud to receive - for the second time - an Esri Partner Award. The Award is for ArcGIS Adoption and recognises GBS as demonstrating highly aligned solutions built with the ArcGIS Platform. For GBS this is an important recognition of what we do in the Esri space and adds credence and credibility to [...]

GBS USA: Establishing a new business during a pandemic By Mark Eiseman, CEO GBS USA After building a fantastic relationship with management, colleagues and clients within GBS as a Senior Esri Technical Consultant, I was required to move back to the United States in early 2020, due to immigration issues outside my control. At the […]

Acknowledging the year that was with the GBS team This year has been a tough one for all, so it’s not so much celebrating as it is acknowledging the year that was, although there were still cause for celebration (e.g. two staff hitting 10 year milestones, and some very successful project deliveries).  Our team have been incredible as usual, […]

Initially recruited as a contractor, we can now welcome Mike Ladd as part of the GBS team. Mike balances his background in agile methods, project management and business analysis with a strong background in GIS (both technical and strategic). Mike has worked across a number of sectors and organisations in New Zealand so is quick […]

Shane Turk joined GBS in early August 2020, as our Senior Esri Technical Consultant in Wellington. Born in Wellington and brought up in Rotorua.  Shane has over 18 years of experience in Location Intelligence and data architecture. He has a particular focus on the use of spatial data and services to make informed decisions via [...]

GBS Opens in Wellington GBS is pleased to announce that we have recently launched a Wellington-based presence, which commenced in March and is headed by GBS’ Senior Geospatial Consultant Manu King. GBS has clients in Wellington and while building the business remotely from Auckland has had some success, Tony and Harley have decided that their […]

GBS gains Esri Release Ready Specialty GBS is pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Esri Release Ready Specialty. Esri partners who have the Release Ready Specialty are recognised as being committed to keeping pace with the ever-growing Esri technology stack, as well as delivering Esri based solutions, services or content to organisations across their enterprise […]

Data Science with R & Esri (part 3) By GBS’ Spatial Data Scientist, Phil Donovan TLDR: Esri have now integrated R into ArcPro which brings one of the most advanced data science environments with one of the most advanced geospatial analysis environments. R for Esri “R? Oh, no! Not another tech tool I need to […]

Spatial Data Science – What is it? (Part 2) Classifying our world Blog mini-series by Phil Donovan, GBS Spatial Data Scientist  Spatial data science is being applied all over the world and being used to enhance both large and small organisations globally. But how can it help you? In this blog post I want to provide […]

Spatial Data Science – What is it? What is data science, and what is a data scientist? Blog mini-series by Phil Donovan, GBS Spatial Data Scientist  Data science is a term that has burst into many of our lives, both in IT and everyday conversations over the last few years. It is a buzz word […]