Survey, plat & easement digitization
Translate plats and certified survey maps into parcel-limited PUEs, easement geometry, source-linked attributes, and reviewable GIS layers.
Practical GIS · Custom cartography · Spatial tools
Maps built around your property, project, and vision.
Custom Map Services turns plans, parcels, and location data into clear maps and practical GIS tools—made for print, web, fieldwork, and confident decision-making.
Remote project support · Clear deliverables · Built to fit your workflow
CUSTOM / SPATIAL / PRACTICAL
From property questions to project decisions.
Spatial clarity.Services / 01—08
One source for practical mapping work.
Start with a single map or bring an entire workflow. Each project is scoped around your goals, intended use, and clearest way to deliver the result.
Parcel & land-record research
Connect parcel lists, legal descriptions, recorded maps, and source references into a consistent research system.
Permit exhibits & map series
Produce staking sheets, permit exhibits, map books, construction-reference packages, and presentation-ready PDFs with controlled cartography.
Route, terrain & site analysis
Segment routes at risk boundaries, compare design and as-built conditions, analyze terrain and drainage, and prepare decision-ready summaries.
Web maps, dashboards & field tools
Publish interactive review maps, dashboards, hosted layers, controlled editing workflows, and mobile-ready field tools.
GIS automation
Replace repetitive mapping work with dependable ArcGIS tools, batch processes, quality checks, and map-series workflows.
Terrain & imagery
LiDAR, elevation models, contours, drainage screening, georeferenced plans, and before-and-after imagery comparisons.
Engineering & forensic GIS support
Coordinate plans, CAD, survey, parcels, LiDAR, stormwater, borings, photographs, and site observations in traceable 2D and 3D review environments.
Selected capabilities
Clear outcomes from complicated inputs.
Original project work and clearly labeled clean-room demonstrations show how print, web, mobile, and 3D deliverables can work together.
Print · Web · Mobile
Community wayfinding, in every useful format
A coordinated mapping package that moves naturally from a printed community guide to an online map and portable navigation files.
- Cartography
- Online map
- QR handoff
Property · Recreation · Regional context
Nearby destinations, mapped beyond the neighborhood
A regional companion map gives residents and visitors an immediate view of parks, trails, beaches, and other useful destinations by driving distance and time.
- Destination research
- Driving distance
- Property guide
Archives · Routes · Georeferencing
Historical routes reconstructed from archival maps
Historic map sheets were georeferenced and paired with digitized explorer routes to turn archival geography into a usable spatial record.
- Georeferencing
- Route digitization
- KML / GPX
Public data · Fictional project · Land access
Recorded access translated into a review-ready plan
A clean-room demonstration combining a public-domain USGS topographic base with completely fictional parcels, a proposed access easement, a utility route, and a preservation area.
- Easement digitization
- Terrain context
- Public-data workflow
Fictional project details on a public-domain USGS base map.
Clean-room telecom workflow · Automation · Excel handoff
A 12-hour fiber review rebuilt as a one-hour repeatable workflow
A fictional 76-mile aerial and buried design is split wherever construction method, jurisdiction, or risk exposure changes. Every segment receives county, municipality, DOT, and permit-authority information; overlapping risks remain separate records; aerial plant excludes wetland and buried-gas risk; and shared permit IDs connect the map, permit polygons, and Excel findings package for engineering, right-of-way, and budgeting.
- 185 analysis records
- 65 permit packages
- Map-to-workbook QC
Clean-room demonstration built from synthetic geometry, fictional organizations, and editable planning assumptions. No employer or customer material is used.
Representative telecom workflow · Plats · Easement data
Recorded PUEs converted into managed parcel geometry
A source-to-result workbench demonstrates plat research, PUE interpretation, parcel-limited digitization, standardized source attributes, geometry validation, and an append-ready handoff to a managed enterprise layer.
- PUE digitization
- Parcel clipping
- Source traceability
Representative of documented plat and public-utility-easement responsibilities. The plat, recording information, parcels, and geometry are fictional.
Representative engineering-forensic workflow · Plans · 2D review
Fragmented technical sources rebuilt as one review environment
A representative site-review map coordinates georeferenced pre-development, design, and as-built plans with parcels, survey information, stormwater, boring locations, photographs, complaints, elevations, and documented source relationships.
- Plan georeferencing
- Source reconstruction
- Engineering review
Representative of documented engineering-forensic GIS responsibilities. The site, source documents, observations, and findings are fictional.
Representative engineering-forensic workflow · Elevations · Drainage
Design and as-built conditions compared parcel by parcel
A review exhibit combines source-linked spot elevations, parcel-level variance summaries, terrain-derived drainage paths, an outlet network, elevation profiles, and model-input checks while keeping observations distinct from derived results.
- Elevation comparison
- TIN / DEM analysis
- Drainage model inputs
Representative of documented elevation, terrain, drainage, and model-preparation responsibilities. All observations and analytical results are fictional.
Adventure Visualized · Interactive story map · Field journal
An Eastern Oregon road trip, mapped one day at a time
An evolving visual field journal combines the trip route, historical cartography, satellite context, photographs, video, and downloadable navigation files in one interactive experience.
- Story mapping
- Historical imagery
- Field media
A live project from the October 2026 Eastern Oregon road trip, visualized by Custom Map Services.
A clear working process
From first file to finished map.
Define the decision
Clarify what the map needs to communicate, who will use it, and what a successful deliverable looks like.
Organize the sources
Review plans, records, coordinates, spreadsheets, imagery, and existing GIS data for gaps and constraints.
Build & verify
Create the spatial product, document assumptions, check geometry and attributes, and refine the visual hierarchy.
Deliver for use
Provide the right print, web, mobile, GIS, or data formats—plus a clear handoff for what comes next.
About Custom Map Services
Technical depth, translated into something useful.
Custom Map Services combines environmental-science perspective, graduate-level GIS training, practical cartography, and extensive ArcGIS workflow experience.
The focus is simple: understand the source, protect the details that matter, and build a map or spatial tool that makes the next decision easier.
Start a conversation
What are you trying to understand, show, or build?
A useful first message includes the project location, available source files, intended audience, preferred deliverable, and any deadline.
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