2008 Panda Consulting News & Notices
December 2008 - Panda Consulting completes Citrus County Parcel Mapping Project
Panda Consulting is proud to announce the completion of the Parcel Mapping Project for the Citrus County Information Cooperative. The project involves mapping 147,000 tax parcels from deeds and plats throughout Citrus County, Florida.
October 2008 - Panda Consulting provides two days of training for Advanced Cadastral Editing in ArcMap
At the 2008 FACM education workshop in Cocoa Beach, Frank provided two days of advanced training in how to efficiently used ESRI’s ArcMAP for Cadastral Editing. The training showed the power of the software without additional third party software or extensions. The training sessions were provided as part of the education activities associated with FACM.
October 2008 - Panda Consulting shares the secrets on how to make your GIS FAIL
At the 2008 South Florida GIS Expo, Frank Conkling provided a tongue in cheek presentation titled “10 easy Steps to Ensure your GIS Fails”. Using his 20 years experience, Frank provided several examples of the types of mistakes made during the procurement, implementation and everyday operations of a GIS. This presentation was enjoyed by those in attendance with everyone laughing while recognizing themselves in the examples.
June 2008 - Pinellas Planning Council enters contract with Panda Consulting
It was announced today that the Pinellas Planning Council and Panda Consulting have entered into a contract to convert existing planning and future land use plan data so it may be used by the planning council to track FLUP designations, FLUP changes, annexations, municipal limits and other related planning information. The project includes the design and integration of a geodatabase, conversion and population of all required feature classes, the development of several map templates and training.
April 2008 - Panda Consulting makes presentation at SERUG
On Wednesday, April 15, 2008, Frank Conkling of Panda Consulting and Cheryl Glenn of SWFWMD made a presentation to attendees at the Southeast Regional Users Group (SERUG) in Jacksonville titled "Towards a More Accurate PLSS." This presentation discussed the findings from the PLSS pilot project and reviewed cost effective ways in which agencies could work towards a more accurate Public Land Survey System by gathering and standardizing existing and proposed survey control project.
March 2008 - Sun n Lakes of Sebring Improvement District enters contract with Panda Consulting
It was announced today that Sun n Lakes of Sebring Improvement District and Panda Consulting have entered into a contract to convert existing utility drawings into a GIS. The contract includes the design of a geodatabase, conversion of all existing utility drawings, creation of a map document for use by the Improvement District, implementation of a kiosk for use by Improvement District staff, and the acquisition and training on a handheld GPS receiver.
February 2008 - Frank Conkling provides Introduction to GIS for Surveyors for FSMS
On Friday, February 8, 2008, Frank Conkling provided a 6 hour CEU one day education seminar for the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society in Brandon, Florida. The course focussed on the fundamentals and implementation of GIS within small to medium size surveying companies both internally and as a service for their clients. Frank presented basic information on the science and analysis behind the technology and observations on becoming involved in GIS projects.
February 2008 - Panda Consulting awarded Parcel Standardization Project Contract with St. Johns River Water Management District
Panda Consulting has been awarded a three year contract with St. Johns River Water Management District to compile, summarize and standardize the parcels contained in 28 counties throughout Florida. The standardized parcel data will be compiled semi-annually and will be used by District staff for water resource analysis and the processing of permit applications. The counties for which the data will be collected are: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Levy, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Union, Volusia.
January 2008 - Panda Consulting completes PLSS Update Pilot Project for Southwest Florida Water Management District
Panda Consulting has completed the PLSS Update Pilot Project for Southwest Florida Water Management District. The project involved developing a data structure and maintenance procedures for more accurate PLSS locations throughout the district's jurisdictional boundaries. Included in the project was the design of an efficient and effective geodatabase that will be used by the District to map PLSS data; Develop efficient editing and maintenance procedures; Recommend a efficient maintenance schedule; Increase the accuracy of the PLSS layer; Create an inventory of each County's PLSS data; Evaluate accuracy of each County's existing data; and Provide a cost estimate for populating the PLSS for the entire District.
