Read the Latest from the SSP Innovations Blog

SSP Innovations offers a variety of blog posts that break down trending industry topics, including how to use the latest tools, what new releases to look for, and development tips specific to the systems you use. Browse for updates on the Esri roadmap, enterprise strategies, and how to get more out of your technology investments. Is there a topic you want to know more about or a question you want our team to answer in depth? Leave us a message in the comment form!

Quality Control – Making a Difference in the Quality of Your GIS Data

November 2, 2018 By: Dave Coates

This is my third post about GIS data quality – in the first post I talked about the ever-increasing importance of the quality of your GIS data, which is necessary…

The Future of GIS – Part 2, Systems Integration

November 1, 2018 By: Skye Perry

This month we\'ll continue our series to review where a utility should be with GIS today before exploring where you should be focused to maximize your investment in GIS in…

SSP Welcomes Two New Senior Project Managers

October 15, 2018 By: Matthew Stuart

SSP is very pleased to welcome two new Senior Project Managers to the team, Brann Greager and Joe Paniccia. Recently we sat down with both to learn a little more…

Create Your Own Utility Network SDK

October 5, 2018 By: Bill Bott

Recently, we showcased a Utility Network web app sample written in TypeScript. Behind the scenes, we had created our own SDK or client in TypeScript. Let’s take a step back…

The Future of GIS – Part 1, In a Relationship

September 13, 2018 By: Skye Perry

The first post in a new series, we begin by discussing what a mature GIS looks like today. To do that, we have to start with the three most important…

Building an Effective
Data Quality Assurance Program

September 6, 2018 By: Dave Coates

A couple of months ago in my first post about quality, I wrote about Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) and what each of these means to me. Quality Control…

SSP & Schneider Electric: The Best of Both Worlds

August 13, 2018 By: Skye Perry

Those of you who have been SSP customers, partners, or friends for a number of years know a bit about our long history with Schneider Electric and the ArcFM Solution.…

Fixing Python Scripts

August 9, 2018 By: John Sieben

Working with Python can feel like an exercise in frustration. First, there are the complications with whitespace. Then, there are challenges with working with ArcPy. And finally, how is it…

UPDM for Upstream & Midstream Operations?

July 5, 2018 By: Clarke Wiley

Is the UTILITY Pipeline Data Model (UPDM) only for utilities?? We are here to tell you that it is not, and the benefits of the model and network management is…

Lincoln Electric System Transitions to Web GIS

By: Ryan Potts

SSP Innovations is pleased to collaborate with Laura Giboo – GISP, Senior Analyst Geospatial Technologies at Lincoln Electric System (LES). Laura has spent four years at LES working on a…

Development Options within ArcGIS

June 6, 2018 By: Konstantin Korchakov

Whenever GIS developers discuss technology choices for a given project, a broad range comes to mind. In this article, I will cover the most popular technology choices a GIS developer…