New! Alberta Towns 2019

Please visit MapWarehouse to download new 2019 orthophoto covering towns in Acadia, Barrhead, Big Lakes, Bonnyville, Drumheller, Kneehill, Lac La Biche, Lamont, Northern Sunrise, Paintearth, Peace, Smoky River, Starland, Two Hills, and Wheatland.

Coverage for all years can be found here.

Lunch and Learn: Applications for Satellite Imagery in Ontario

Anyone interested in how satellite imagery can be utilized for your business is welcome to attend. We’ll have folks from our partner Planet on hand to demonstrate some of their tools, use cases and tips & tricks. We’ll discuss monitoring, tasking and accessing archived imagery. Some of the industries/organizations that are using imagery for these types of applications include Railroads, Municipal Governments, Mining, Forestry, Utilities, Land Agents, Engineers and Environmentalists.

We can accommodate up to 35 people for this seminar style event, so don’t delay if this is of interest. Sign up now. Oh and of course – it’s a free lunch!

November 27, 2019, 12 noon - 1pm

J.D. Barnes Head Office
140 Renfrew Dr., Suite 100
Markham, ON 

RSVP to: info@firstbasesolutions.com
 

Now Available: London, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph, Barrie, York Region

Please visit MapWarehouse to download new 2019 orthophoto covering: London, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph, Barrie, York Region.

New Data Coming Soon to MapWarehouse

Areas flown in Spring 2019 are currently being prepared for MapWarehouse. Check back often as new imagery will be posted to the site periodically as it becomes ready.

Aerial imagery will be clipped into 500m x 500m tiles in georeferenced JPG and MrSID formats for immediate download. The data tiles will be application ready for CAD and GIS users. Data coverage overviews for past years can be found here. For more information, please visit www.firstbasesolutions.com

Intelligent Cities Summit

Mark Your Calendars

 

4th Annual
Intelligent Cities Summit

When: October 7-8, 2019
Where: International Centre, Mississauga

We'll be exhibiting at this global summit of municipal leaders and tech experts. Join top municipal professionals and leaders from all levels of government to learn about the newest technology to enhance planning, building, and service delivery in our cities. As thought leaders in the geospatial realm, First Base Solutions will be there to answer your tech questions, show off our product updates, and discuss how spatial data can transform your intelligent city.

Alberta Orthophoto Mosaics Coverage Atlas

Download FBS's year by year ortho coverage PDF or bookmark this blog for updates.

J.D. Barnes Limited Acquires The Assets of Verhaegen Stubberfield Hartley Brewer Bezaire Inc. Ontario Land Surveyors

Our parent company, J.D. Barnes Limited has acquired the assets of Verhaegen Stubberfield Hartley Brewer Bezaire Inc. which will operate out of Windsor and Leamington offices as Verhaegen Land Surveyors, a Division of J.D. Barnes Limited, effective June 11, 2019.

Updates To Parcel Fabric

The Ontario parcel fabric has been updated. This is the first major release provided by Teranet since August 2018. The PIN and ARN data sets include parcel geometry with either PIN or ARN as the attribute respectively.  VuMAP and MapWarehouse customers will see the updated data set posted in the next few days. Custom orders can be made immediately by providing an area of interest to customer service at info@firstbasesolutions.com.

Update: June 3, 2019
Updated Teranet parcel mapping is now available on MapWarehouse.

Ontario Orthophoto Mosaics Coverage Atlas

Download FBS's year by year ortho coverage PDF or bookmark this blog for updates.

Fall 2018 Imagery Now Available

First Refresh Since 2010!

Updates from Fall 2018 for areas in Brockville, Chatham, Elora/Fergus, St. Thomas, and Wallaceburg are now on MapWarehouse. 

Spring Aerial Imagery Collection

Flying season begins as soon as the snow is gone and ends when trees are budding leaves. We stick to this tight time frame to ensure ground features will be visible in the imagery.

Contact us now to order Spring 2019 imagery to ensure we can accommodate you during our busy "leaf off" image collection season. 

Black Friday Special: Nov 23 - Dec 31 2018

Giving our customers the gift of bandwidth for the holidays

From now until the end of 2018, we're giving MapCast away for free to new subscribers.

Video (1:39): Getting Started With MapCast

MapCast gives you unlimited access to Ontario's largest WMS (web mapping service), delivering a base layer of current and historical high resolution aerial imagery and elevation contours directly into the desktop mapping software you already use. Simply add data to your map project and choose a connection to MapCast instead of data stored locally.

Connect to MapCast with the software you already use!

Final Spring 2018 Delivery Is Here!

The big smoke never looked so clear!

The final delivery of Spring 2018 aerial imagery is here!

More Imagery Released, More Imagery To Come

This week, new aerial imagery from Spring 2018 will be posted on MapWarehouse for the following areas:

 

First Base Solutions Announces Partnership With Planet Labs Geomatics

Planet’s satellite imagery will soon be accessible through FBS’s online platforms

First Base Solutions Inc. is excited to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Planet Labs Geomatics to act as reseller of Imagery from the Planet-owned RapidEye, PlanetScope (Dove) and SkySat constellations, as well as Airbus SPOT6 and SPOT7 imagery. This agreement will further enhance the quality and amount of geospatial data available to our clients through our online platforms, including MapWarehouse, VuMAP and MapCast.

Peel - Credit Valley

Brand new imagery from Spring 2018 covering Peel Region plus Credit Valley at 15cm resolution has been posted to MapWarehouse.

Coverage includes:

2016 and 2017 Alberta Orthophoto

New aerial imagery for 2016 and 2017 is now on MapWarehouse for the following areas:

Double Delivery - Port Hope and Dufferin County

New aerial imagery from Spring 2018 is now available on MapWarehouse covering Port Hope at 15cm resolution and Dufferin County at 20cm.

Alberta Imagery Now On MapWarehouse

New aerial imagery from 2016 and 2017 is now available on MapWarehouse covering portions of Alberta at 20-30cm resolution.




The Alberta data comes from our data provider partners, Tarin Resource Services and is sold in tiles defined by Alberta's 1/4 townships for $250 per tile.

Milton 2018 Imagery

New aerial imagery from Spring 2018 is now available on MapWarehouse covering Milton at 10cm resolution.