How we run OrbGIS, from servers to backups
Where your data lives, what happens to it if something breaks, who can reach it, and how we find out when things go wrong. The infrastructure behind OrbGIS.
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News and notes from the team.
Product updates, GIS guides and the occasional deep dive, written by the people building OrbGIS.
Tree inventory as a living map, how arborists use OrbGIS
Every tree becomes a point on the map with a photo and its full history, you record in the field from a phone, and the client follows the stand through a link. Here is how it works step by step, and how little it costs.
How OrbGIS handles maintenance, updates and downtime
How often we update OrbGIS, what a release means for your work, how backups and rollback work, and what changes with a service agreement.
OrbGIS vs ArcGIS Online, an honest comparison for European organizations
Thinking about leaving ArcGIS Online? Here is how OrbGIS compares on pricing, hosting, apps, desktop GIS and migration, including the places where Esri is still ahead.
SWEREF 99 TM, RT 90 and Web Mercator, a practical guide
Why data lands in the wrong place, why an area measured on a web map comes out several times too big, and how to choose the right coordinate system for Nordic GIS, with the EPSG codes that actually matter.
Cloud and geodata security for municipalities
Schrems II, the CLOUD Act and Swedish hosting in plain language, with straight answers on where OrbGIS stands on every point. Written to be forwarded to whoever owns information security in your organization.
Your maps know too much, why GIS belongs on European soil
Spatial data is some of the most sensitive data an organization holds, and the rules, and the world, around cloud hosting have changed. Here's why where your GIS lives matters, and how we've answered the question at OrbGIS.
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