This article was written regarding work conducted under legacy company names: Continental Mapping, GISinc, or TSG Solutions. These three companies merged in January 2021 to form a new geospatial leader Axim Geospatial.
Port of Huntsville, AL is an inland port located in Huntsville, AL. It consists of three major entities including the Huntsville International Airport, the International Intermodal Center, and the Jetplex Industrial Park. The Port had staffed GIS personnel in the past, but the GIS Analyst position had been vacant for some months prior to hiring Kristin Frisbie. Kristin became very busy sorting through CAD and GIS data resources to identify the most current data for agency staff and management information requests. Her dated desktop machine inhibited the creation of certain information products needed by staff and management, and the Airport did not have ArcGIS for Server software or server infrastructure, which prevented the deployment of map services for end-user consumption. She faced a significant challenge identifying, organizing, and publishing authoritative data sources, and needed a way to organize the information and make it easily available to staff.
