MPS Certified as RI DBE

June 8, 2012 -- The RI Minority Business Compliance Office certified that Mapping and Planning Services meets the DBE certification as a "planning, environmental and geographic information systems (GIS) consulting, and cartography - digital and standrard mapping services" company. Certification MBCN917.

Town of Exeter To Move Forward with GIS

June 2012 -- The Town of Exeter, RI has engaged MPS as GIS Project Management Consultant. The Town is the only Washington County community currently without any in-house GIS capability. The Town recently received a Statewide Planning Challenge grant for town-wide parcels and a web mapping application development.

Historic Map Exhibition(s) -- Newport, RI

October 2011 -- Until the end of the year, Newport, Rhode Island is a cartophile's and map collector's delight. Two current exhibitions at the Newport Naval War College Museum and at the Redwood Library, plus a one-day map collector's symposium is a must-see for map lovers . . . Read More ...

Hope to See You at NEURISA Day 2011 (October 3)

Sept 2011 -- The New England Chapter of URISA (NEURISA) will hold their one-day conference on Monday, October 3 at Old Sturbridge Village, MA. It draws municipal and regional GIS Managers from across the New England States. This year's topics are on Mobile Applications, Enterpise GIS and Certification . . . Read More ...

Town of East Greenwich, RI Comprehensive Plan Update

May 2010 -- The Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island has selected Mapping and Planning Services to work with the team of Shamoon Planning, LLC, Resource Control Associates and Diane C. Soule & Associates to update the Town’s Comprehensive Community Plan. MPS will conduct a parcel-based GIS buildout analysis to estimate . . . Read More ...

MPS Plays Key Role in R.I. Broadband Mapping Project

April 2010 -- Mapping and Planning Services has been chosen to work with the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., RIGIS, URI and others on the Rhode Island Broadband Mapping Project. Rhode Island received $1.5 million dollars from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund the project's broadband data collection and mapping activities. MPS Principal, Mary Hutchinson will be verifying the accuracy and completeness of some information provided to RIEDC by the various Rhode Island broadband Internet providers.

Mary Completes Fourth TourDeRidge

May 2009 -- After bicycling from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park (NC) to the Shenandoah National Park (VA) Mary Hutchinson wonders if there is not an easier way to see the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains? After 11-days, 510+ miles and 49,000 ft of uphill climbing . . . Read More ...

Mapping for Exeter Comprehensive Community Plan 2009

March 2009 -- MPS will provide GIS mapping services to the Exeter Planning Board in support of the Town of Exeter Comprehensive Community Plan update. MPS provided similar support in 2004.

Pre-qualified for Massachusetts DHCD's Neighborhood Revitalization Program

December 2008 -- MPS, in conjunction with William Scanlan, AICP, wins pre-qualification for the MA Department of Housing & Community Development's Neighborhood Revitalization Program. The program is aimed at urban communities and distressed neighborhoods, with an emphasis on planning for neighborhood revitalization and housing opportunities.

Newport Harbor Parcel / Parking Utilization Study, Newport, RI

November 2008 -- The Newport County Chamber of Commerce has engaged Youngken Associates, Inc. and MPS to undertake a detailed Parcel and Parking Utilization Study for the Harborfront area. A detailed GIS database for parking and land use is enabling decision-makers to readily identify parking "hot spots" and analyze future planning and development scenarios.

GIS Development, Tiverton, RI

June 2008 -- MPS has been contracted to provide GIS Project Management Services to the Town of Tiverton in support of townwide GIS Parcel Mapping and GIS Website development. MPS will develop GIS Zoning and Open Space datasets, conduct QA/QC of all deliverables, and assist with the functional definition, design and testing of an online GIS mapping application being developed by AppGeo, Inc. Project funded by a 2008 Planning Challenge grant from RI Statewide Planning.

Town of Warren (RI) Comprehensive Community Plan Awarded

March 2008 -- MPS, in conjunction with Shamoon Planning, LLC, was selected to provide consulting services for the Town of Warren's Comprehensive Community Plan. Other team members include Ursillo Teitz & Ritch Ltd and Roger William University Institute for Public Policy. Support services include a GIS Parcel-based Buildout Analysis.

GIS Consultant Receives Awards

Newport, RI -- Local planner, cartographer and GIS consultant Mary F. Hutchinson was awarded First Place for the "GIS-Resource Analysis of the Aquidneck Island West Side Master Plan: Preferred Preservation Mapping Project." Read More ...