The valuation team at Kilby Valuation Group has included
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology within our
toolbox of analytic capabilities since the mid 1990s.
Over these many years, we have developed an extensive set
of GIS-based, locational analysis procedures for use in
market/site studies, consulting and complex appraisal
assignments.
We find too often, that a claimed use of GIS technology
simply refers to the creation of some presentation maps and
exhibits; say for a planned real estate project, marketing
materials or a zoning-change application.
A major hurdle faced by smaller investors, seeking to incorporate the analytic capabilities of GIS
into their decision-making process, is just identifying those firms that possess both technical
proficiency in advanced GIS software and in-depth knowledge of our local real estate markets.
Additionally, erroneous perceptions of high costs for GIS-based real estate analysis has resulted
in slower rates of acceptance by many small-to-medium sized developers, investors and
business owners.
Our integration of GIS mapping into our family of appraisal reporting formats allows KVG to
allocate the fixed costs associated with developing and maintaining a significant in-house GIS
capability over a much larger volume of business. Thus, Kilby Valuation Group is able to provide
clients with exceptional market insight at costs that small investors and business owners can
easily afford.
Although we can work with most of the more common GIS file formats, including TAB files,
Shapefiles, Tiger files, DFX, and GML. |
