The Orbis Blog

Orbis at the ESRI User Conference

Understanding the Science of Where

Off the Beaten Path

How mapping technology can increase safety of outdoor activities.

Property Tax Shenanigans

Every property, every acre, every year.

How Cloud Technology Has Revolutionized Forestry

What effective industry leaders are doing to enable their teams to be successful.

Orbis Admin Amplifies to Match License Renewals

Why our busiest time of year is the most rewarding

Empower Your Program by Switching Your Data Management Strategy

We know data is valuable. It must be. Governments pay hackers millions of dollars to get it. Five of the top six companies in the world by market valuation are data companies.

Missing Money

What is the cost of misplaced data?

Data Security: Why It Matters to Timberland Investors

From communication to entertainment to productivity to business, it’s most definitely a digital world – which means that getting on board and embracing technology is no longer the problem it once was. There is a new problem, however, and it’s this: How do you safeguard business-sensitive information without investing thousands of dollars in technology infrastructure?

Do you really know what’s on your land?

When it comes to investing, perhaps the most basic tenet is this: Make an informed decision. This is true for mutual funds, real estate, and, of course, timberlands. For timberland investors, making an informed decision about forest lands always starts with doing due diligence – including knowing for sure what’s on those thousands of acres of timberland. But can you really know what’s on the land? And if so, how?

Tax Time: How paying property taxing THIS way can save you thousands

When it comes to timberland investments, how do you handle your property taxes? Catch-as-catch can? With a complicated and time-consuming spreadsheet? Or with careful planning, tracking, and follow up by state and county?

Going Digital in Forestry

The world is constantly moving, ever-changing and continuously adapting to new inventions, trends, and arguably the most wide-spread, technology. So how do we, in such a niche environment as forestry, stay in line with these adaptations?

4 Ways to Use GIS to Make Better Decisions

Good decision making, say researchers, is predicated on accurately tracking, measuring, and managing data while limiting emotional influences and personal biases. At Orbis, we’ve developed a number of GIS solutions to help the timberland investment industry make better, more informed decisions through confidence in their data to drive results.

All of our solutions revolve around four key principles, which we've put together to show how GIS can impact decision making for the better.