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Featured Case Study:
Virgin River Watershed Habitat Conservation

Rapid population growth and development near the Virgin River Watershed area of Nevada required the city of Mesquite to develop a habitat conservation plan. They needed a way to visualize and plan around endangered species locations and ecological communities.

Farallon is creating a GIS web application using ArcIMS, .NET and custom web services to track and manage species' data including population and habitat location for the area's endangered species. Developers and planners can use the web interface to map out and work around threatened habitats.

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  • Automated GIS/Asset Management Integration

    GIS and asset management systems dynamically update to optimize preventative maintenance schedules Learn More

  • Identify landslide risks

    Use spatial processing for decision support related to property damage risk from potential landslides Learn More

  • Real estate development analysis

    Help real estate professionals search for properties available for development or new business locations Learn More

  • Voter outreach program

    Integrate GIS with Census information to visually identify ethinic communities with low voter registration for outreach Learn More

  • Integrate GIS with pavement management systems

    Integrate StreetSaver pavement management system with ESRI's ArcSDE/ArcGIS and provide live-links between the two systems. Learn More

  • Habitat conservation planning

    Track and manage endangered species population and habitat location to work around threatened areas Learn More

  • Enterprise Mashups using Google Earth

    Integrate your Enterprise GIS backend with the simplicity and speed of the Google Earth user interface. Learn More

  • Historical and Cultural Object Tracking

    Farallon is in process of designing an application to track archaeological antiquities in the Middle East using GPS, Google Earth and Oracle Spatial.

  • Identify insurance risk factors

    Use spatial data processing to identify potential risk factor that correlate with actual risk Learn More

  • Maintaining air quality standards

    Analyze demographics, healthcare records, refinery location, toxic air contaminants, and weather patterns Learn More

  • Location in Litigation

    Farallon has assisted several legal firms to provide litigation support including expert witness testimony and creation of legal exhibit using mapping tools. Learn More

  • Manage the California electrical grid

    Electrical transmission mapping from the States primary electricity generators and transmitters Learn More

  • City street sweeping routes

    Develop comprehensive maps of street sweeping routes by day and time for specific San Francisco neighborhoods Learn More

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  • Farallon Geographics Goes Green

    Farallon Geographics is the first IT or GIS firm to be certified as a Green Business by the City of San Francisco.

  • Farallon selected as P-TAP 9 vendor

    Farallon has again been selected as a P-TAP 9 consultant and vendor for their work integrating StreetSaver PMS with GIS technology. It has been awarded contracts with the Santa Clara County and the City of Hayward.

  • Farallon Builds Master Address Database for City of San Mateo

    Farallon designed and deployed a Master Address Database (MAD) as a central authoritative service for the City of San Mateo. The MAD offers increased data availability, reduced errors and maintenance, elimination of duplicate data, and enhanced City services.

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