Flat Rock is excited to have a booth at the 2015 Wisconsin Land Information Association Conference in Green Bay, WI February 18-20. Our CTO, Paul Wickman...

Flat Rock Geographics attends the WLIA conference! Open Data The WLIA conference highlighted that there are very cool things happening in Open Data around the country!  While most government...

As we move along into this young decade we can see technological capabilities increasing at an incredible rate. As they get better, they are also becoming cheaper...

In March, Flat Rock Geographics attended the 2013 American Public Works Association (Wisconsin Chapter) Spring Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin.  This conference provided...

Flat Rock Geographics has developed an Alumni map for Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The interactive map shows alumni from the last 100 years since the Academy was established in 1913.  Living in all 50 states and 27 different countries, this project is a great example of how a powerful, fun map can create a…

Flat Rock Geographics will be attending the 2013 American Public Works Association (Wisconsin Chapter) Spring Conference May 8-10 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The APWA Wisconsin Spring Conference provides a great opportunity for us to exhibit our products and services to Public Works officials who are responsible for specifying and/or purchasing equipment, materials and services related…

Flat Rock Geographics will be attending the 2013 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial North American Conference (FOSS4G-NA) May 22-24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  This conference is the annual gathering of open source geospatial developers, users and leaders who are at the forefront of free and open source software for geospatial applications. FOSS4G-NA 2013 will…

In March, Flat Rock Geographics attended the 2013 APWA/ISOWO Joint Spring Conference in West Des Moines, Iowa.  This was a co-sponsored event between the Iowa Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) and the Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations (ISOSWO).  The conference provided the opportunity for professionals from the worlds of public works,…

In January, Flat Rock Geographics participated in the 6th Annual Minnesota Wetland Conference held at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Our staff member, Justin Hawley March (GIS Specialist), gave a presentation with Tim Kelly, Administrator of the Coon Creek Watershed District, which focused on using geoprocessing techniques that incorporate readily available…

Earlier this year, Flat Rock Geographics attended the 2013 City Engineers Association of Minnesota (CEAM) Annual Conference at the Eagle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.  Attendees gathered at this annual meeting to learn about what is happening in the engineering industry as it relates to the world around them. Our President, Blaine Hackett,…

News Flash!  Flat Rock Geographics will be attending the 2013 APWA/ISOSWO Joint Spring Conference March 28-29 in West Des Moines, Iowa.  This is a co-sponsored event between the Iowa Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) and the Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations (ISOSWO). Flat Rock will have a vendor booth available displaying the…

In February, Flat Rock Geographics attended the 26th Annual Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Conference in Lake Geneva, WI.  This event is the premier GIS conference in Wisconsin, emphasizing local, regional, state and federal trends and applications.  This year’s conference theme was “be BOLD – Integrating, Coordinating and Communicating” and Flat Rock certainly made its…

It is fall and with the changing of the leaves comes conferences.  Flat Rock had a strong presence at the 22nd Annual Minnesota GIS/LIS Conference in October at the St. Cloud Convention Center.  With several presentation and our vendor booth, we created some nice buzz with mapFeeder and Fulcrum...

LiDAR data from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is now available for the entire Twin Cities metro area!  LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data is collected by airplanes equipped with special equipment which shoot laser light beams at the ground.  By measuring how quickly the light beams are reflected back from the ground the equipment is…

Today the 2013 FOSS4G North America Conference Committee announced that the 2013 FOSS4G North America Conference (FOSS4G-NA) will take place May 22-24 at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, MN.  FOSS4G brings together public and private-sector stakeholders, innovators and developers who are at the forefront of free and open source software for geospatial applications. FOSS4G-NA…

In conjunction with Arborwell and HostGIS, Flat Rock has deployed a version of MapFeeder to manage a tree inventory for the City of Berkeley, CA.  The city boasts over 50,000 trees and keeping them healthy is very important as they have a large and vibrant urban forestry program. Highlights of the application are the ability to view…

Second Harvest Heartland is running its summer food service program “Kids Eat Free” again this summer. Teaming with the Minnesota Department of Education, their goal is to fill kids nutritional gap during the summer months. Flat Rock created a Google Maps application to help people find the nearest location to their home offering this program…

The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) was organized in 1999 as a joint effort between various government agencies (state and federal) and non-profits to restore a self-sustaining migratory population Whooping Cranes in eastern North America.  In order to assess the success of the project and to deal with issues in a timely fashion it was…

The Line magazine has published a story on how Flat Rock Geo was founded.  The Line  is an online magazine dedicated to telling stories of the new economy, covering topics from business, the ‘best places’ to work and play.

On May 22, 2011 a tornado touched down in the Twin Cities, tearing a destructive path through the City of Fridley.  Flat Rock Geographics (formerly GIS Rangers) has been meeting the city’s GIS needs for over 10 years. When the city called upon us to help assess and map the damage, we choose to deploy a mobile…