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Top 10 Takeaways from the EPC and Dev Summit

In no particular order, here are the GBS top 10 takeaways from the Esri Partner Conference and Developers Summit, held in Palm Springs in March 2018. If you want to know more or need any help with any of these topics, please get in contact with us. 1. Esri ArcGIS Common Patterns of Us A […]

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Esri Partner Conference (EPC) & Dev Summit 2018

The annual Esri Partner Conference (EPC) & Dev Summit 2018 took place in Palm Springs, USA from the 3rd to 9th March and once again GBS were in attendance represented by company directors Tony Elson and Harley Prowse, along with Solutions Manager Yvette Fell and Senior Developer David Aalbers These events are key in the […]

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New staff – Mark Gladstone

GBS welcomes Mark Gladstone, joining us as a Senior GIS Consultant.  Mark recently returned to New Zealand after an 8 year stint in London, where he was working at the Crown Estate, rubbing shoulders with Royalty. Mark has worked with clients in a variety of engineering, agricultural and local government organisations solving GIS and business problems, after having completed his […]

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New staff – Michael Gin

Michael Gin joined GBS in December 2017.  A born and bred Aucklander with over 15 years in the Geospatial industry, Michael has a wealth of local government experience in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom.   Having worked most recently in the ESRI SAG award winning Auckland Council Geospatial Team, he joins GBS as a Solutions Manager. Michael’s interest in […]

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Staff Spotlight – Ardeshir Gheidian

Ardeshir has now been with us for over 7 years (nearly 8!) and we have not previously profiled him. Shame on us! Anyway, Ardeshir is one of those guys that gets on with the job with no fuss.  He’s a seriously smart dude who can build just about anything. Ardeshir joined GBS in early 2010 and was thrown […]

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Top of the South Maps (TOTSM) finds new life in Web AppBuilder

The external map viewer application – Top of the South Maps (TOTSM) – is used by customers in the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council areas to access Land Information data. This application was recently replaced using Esri’s latest Web AppBuilder (WAB) version (2.4) along with new and upgraded functionality. The previous version was built […]

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NZTA embracing technology to drive service delivery

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) recently upgraded their MapHub web application incorporating the latest technology in ArcGIS (10.5). MapHub 2 included updating the widgets to the latest versions of Web AppBuilder (WAB). GBS, as part of the wider project team, delivered the end solution along with Eagle Technology and the NZTA geospatial team. Working […]

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Record numbers for NZ Esri UC 2017

This year’s New Zealand Esri User Conference saw the highest attendance in its 21 year history with 585 attendees taking part in the conference held in Auckland from the 14 to 16th August. The team at GBS look forward to the conference each year as it is a chance for the team to get up […]

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Ravensdown launches HawkEye® at Mystery Creek Fieldays

This year’s Mystery Creek Fieldays saw Ravensdown launch HawkEye to its customers, with extremely positive feedback from clients, media, and other agricultural providers. The platform potential and the step-shift in approach is revolutionary providing for enhanced collaboration with industry partners, and a feature-focused release model. “It was definitely one of the darlings of Fieldays this […]

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The US Esri User Conference – The Tour from Hell

It’s safe to say things did NOT go according to plan with GBS’s attendance at the 2017 US Esri User Conference in San Diego in July. Harley didn’t make it on the plane and Tony didn’t make it to the second part of the conference… The team at GBS are usually up for a laugh, […]

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