Spike News
Spike included in Mobile Apps for GIS Report by FHWA, U.S. DOT
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) support the transfer of best practices and technical resources among State, regional, and local transportation organizations. With this in mind, the FHWA created a GIS in Transportation Program that facilitates the transfer of GIS skills and resources. The GIS in Transportation team publishes reports, hosts webinars, and...
Capturing the heights of over 350 buildings in 7 days in the field Geographic Technologies Group (GTG), an Esri Partner Network Gold member, is a full-service local government GIS consulting company with over 20 years of experience, 600 local government clients in the US and Canada, and the recipient of multiple Esri partner awards. GIS Analysts with GTG collaborate closely...
Spike Stories: El Paso Electric Asset Management Services Puts Safety First with Spike
Keeping field workers safe while saving time and bringing efficiencies to substation, transmission, and vegetation assessment projects Founded in 1901, El Paso Electric Company (EPE) is an electric utility providing generation, transmission, and distribution service to more than 400,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. EPE...
2019 Esri User Conference Recap
A Recap of all the Spike News Announced During the Esri UC The Spike team exhibited at the 2019 Esri User Conference in San Diego, California, which is a big event for global geospatial professionals and Esri users, boasting close to 20,000 attendees. During the conference we made several big announcements regarding Spike, so check out the recap below and...
Coming Soon: Spike Integration with Esri’s Collector for ArcGIS – Call for Contributors
Capitalizing upon the success of Spike’s integration with Esri’s Survey123 for ArcGIS mobile app, ikeGPS is pleased to announce that we will begin working on an integration between Spike and Esri’s premier field data collection app, Collector for ArcGIS. Integration development between the two apps is planned for late 2019 and is forecasted to be ready in time for...
Spike Stories: Using Spike to Measure Woodpecker Cavities for Wildlife Studies
Ph.D. Candidate with the University of Idaho Measures Tree Cavity Dimensions with +/-1 cm Accuracy Jessica M. Stitt, a Ph.D. Candidate with the Department of Fish & Wildlife Sciences at the University of Idaho, aspires for a career focused on the intersection between remote sensing and wildlife biodiversity. As part of her Ph.D. research, Stitt recently published an article in...
Spike Wins Improving Field Operations Award from Esri
ikeGPS Recognized at the 2019 Esri Partner Conference One year after announcing the integration of Spike with Esri’s Survey123 for ArcGIS®, ikeGPS was awarded the Improving Field Operations Award at the 2019 Esri Partner Conference. Spike with Survey123 is an easy and affordable mobile field data collection solution ideal for the novice to immediate field user, and has been deployed...
Video: CDOT Speeds Data Collection from Months to Minutes with Spike and Survey123
The Colorado Department of Transportation was an early adopter of the integration between Spike and Esri’s Survey123 for ArcGIS®. CDOT’s initial project was a signage inventory project, where they needed to measure over two thousand signs. Using their old method of laptops and pen and paper, this would have taken them months. By switching to an end-to-end mobile solution...
For consultants with J.S. Held, leveraging technology is of utmost importance to effectively complete tasks and deliver top quality reports and documentation for their customers. J.S. Held is a multi-disciplinary national and international construction consulting firm, specializing in construction, property damage assessment, project and program management, forensic engineering, and environmental consulting services. With more and more of the world’s leading...
ikeGPS Partners with International Esri Distributors in Spain, Thailand, Morocco
Expanding Availability of Integrated Solution of Spike and Survey123 for ArcGIS ikeGPS announces new distribution agreements for Spike with three of Esri’s International Partners, expanding upon the early success witnessed by Esri in the US. These agreements make Spike, a smart laser measurement solution, available to Esri’s user communities in Spain, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao, Vietnam, and Morocco, supporting the...
