Jacques Whitford

About GIS

Jacques Whitford is one of the first consulting firms in Atlantic Canada to acquire Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and continues to lead the field in Geomatics for environment, engineering and municipal software applications.

Our GeomaticsIT Group is integrated and blended within Environmental Services; an excellence recipe that guarantees the professional skills of our scientists, engineers, and geomatic programmers converge to ensure very focused software customization to meet the needs of our Clients.

The presentation, display and analysis of spatial data in effective, flexible and cost effective formats is essential to projects and a long-standing Jacques Whitford specialty.

Featured Project

A mapping revolution is underway. New technologies are altering the production and use of traditional maps. Even more significantly, the information age has introduced a new cartographic product that is changing the face of mapping: digital data for computerized mapping and analysis.

The computer is extending mapping beyond its traditional boundaries. New applications emerge with each technological advance. At their most basic, digital data applications make it possible to display maps on a computer, even a home personal computer. At their most advanced, digital data applications stretch the definition of cartography.