News & Notices
This section describes some of the projects on which Panda Consulting has assisted various clients on their many GIS projects. Hopefully, the projects listed here will help you understand the many and varied ways in which Panda Consulting acts as your partner in GIS.
April 2010 - Frank Conkling presents The Parcel Fabric: The Case for a New Parcel Data Model at 2010 SERUG
On April 26, 2010, at the 2010 ESRI Southeast Regional Users Conference, Frank Conkling presented a review of past Parcel Data Models and the reason why Cadasatralists need to think about adopting a new data model. Frank reviewed the Parcel Fabric, available in ArcGIS 10, and reviewed his experiences with the software over the past year. A copy of the presentation is available here.
March 2010 - Frank Conkling provides ArcGIS Data Production and Editing Training at Southwest Florida Water Management District
On March 23 & 24, 2010, Frank Conkling provided a two day course in ArcGIS Data Producton and Editing at the Brooksville, Florida offices of Southwest Florida Water Management District. Among the topics covered during this training was techniques for efficiently using large datasets, creating and correcting spatial problems using Map Topology and Geodatabase Topology, using standard editing tools for correcting spatial problems and developing and applying quality control procedures.
March 2010 - Frank Conkling provides Introduction to ArcGIS for Surveyors class at FSMS Education Conference
On March 12, 2010, Frank Conkling provided a 6 CEU credit course titled "Introduction to ArcGIS for Surveyors". The course was held at the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society's 2010 Education Coference in Ocala, Florida. The course related to the "practice of surveying and mapping" as defined in Chapter 472 F.S instructing the attendees in the application of the ESRI ArcGIS software program in the development and creation of GIS mapping. This course covered fundamental GIS concepts as well as approaches on how to efficiently utilize the existing and custom tools in ArcGIS for the creation of a dataset useful for the surveyor including survey specific topics such as integrating CAD files, GPS readings and introduction to the use of coordinate geometry in GIS.
February 2010 - Panda Consulting to provide mapping services to Lake Worth Drainage District
Panda Consulting was recently selected by Lake Worth Drainage District (LWDD) to provide mapping services related to LWDD's rights of way and easements. The multi-year project includes the mapping of an estimated 5,000 parcels created through Chancery Cases and an additional 9,813 parcels created through quit-claim deeds, warranty deeds, indentures, and other recorded documents. The mapping will compare the dimensions shown on the source documents. those shown on plats and the parcel mapping provided by Palm Beach County Property Appriaser's Office.
February 2010 - Panda Consulting provides ArcGIS training for E911 Specialists
Panda Consulting, in conjunction with AK Associates of Gainesville, Florida, provided a three day Introduction to ArcGIS for E911 training course. In addition to the fundamental elements of ArcGIS software, the course also included: Getting locations from attributes: Adding x,y coordinate data; Finding places and addresses; Finding routes and nearby places; Geocoding; Geocoding components (address table, address locator, reference data); Address matching overview; Geocoding workflow; Reference data sources. The training was held at Panda Consulting's Palm Beach Gardens office.
January 2010 - Panda Consulting provides Legal description Training for Southwest Florida Water Management District
Panda Consulting provided a one day course to Southwest Florida Water Management District mapping staff on construction and interpretation of legal descriptions. The class included: The Concepts of Land Ownership, Interests in Land, Fee Simple Ownership, Easement Rights, Leases, Transfers of Land Interests, Types of Deeds, Types of Legal descriptions, the Public Land Survey System and several mapping techniques. The training was held at the District's Brooksville office.
