Caslys offers a comprehensive range of GIS and data management services to the environmental sector and industry. Our clients include private companies, independent consultants and public agencies. Our experience ranges from data production, through data analysis and modeling, to the development of atlases and other presentation materials. As a result, we know how important it is to have both accurate source datasets and a comprehensive understanding of how to apply them. Equally important is the ability to visualize the results so we place a high emphasis on giving our clients the ability to interpret their data effectively through the development of custom applications and high quality presentation materials.
Environmental Management
Our experience in dealing with ecological issues ensures we understand all aspects of environmental datasets including the collection of field data, data analysis and the effective interpretation of results. We can provide services related to:
- Air photo interpretation and image classification
- Field data collection
- Wildlife habitat modeling
- Interpreting telemetry data to identify home ranges and migration patterns
- Biodiversity and connectivity corridor modeling
- Change detection and multi-temporal datasets to monitor change over time
- Terrain modeling
- Land cover and land use mapping
- Ecological Land Classification
- Wetlands and riparian habitat classification
- Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
- Advanced modeling
Mining
Caslys has worked with mining companies throughout North and South America to help quantify and mitigate the environmental effects of both proposed and operational sites. Our services include:
- The design and development of databases related to:
- Water quality
- Geotechnical data pertaining to mine construction and tailings management
- Acid rock drainage data
- 3 dimensional modeling to visualize development options
- Constraints and opportunities mapping
- Quantification of environmental and cumulative impacts
- Wildlife, fisheries and water quality monitoring programs
Oil and Gas
Caslys Consulting Ltd. provides services relevant to both offshore and land-based oil and gas development including:
- Oil spill sensitivity mapping for emergency planning and clean-up operations
- Constraints mapping to facilitate site selection
- Pipeline route selection
- Alignment sheet generation
- Quantification of environmental and cumulative impacts
- Wildlife, fisheries and water quality monitoring programs
Forest Land Management
Caslys provides services to help ensure the sustainable management of forest resources and ecosystems:
- Mountain pine beetle impact mapping
- Watershed management and statistics
- Resource inventories (including Vegetation Resource Inventory)
- Wildlife habitat inventory and analysis
- Riparian habitat modeling
- Image classification
- Landslide and terrain mapping
Urban and Regional Planning
Caslys has extensive experiences related to developing datasets to support urban and regional planning initiatives including:
- Biodiversity mapping
- Identification of connectivity corridors and barriers
- Habitat fragmentation analysis
- Land cover and land use mapping
- Air photo interpretation and image classification
- Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
- Change detection and multi-temporal datasets to monitor change over time
- Presentation materials for community consultation
