Tierra Plan provides custom solutions focused on data-driven web maps. We help government agencies answer questions and solve problems by seeing their data in ways that are quickly understood and easily shared.
We are a small, nimble team that values hard work, collaboration, and building enduring relationships with our clients. Unlike engineering or environmental services companies with additional GIS developers, we are a team of experts who specialize in creating bespoke and well-considered web mapping applications for planning and engagement.
We believe in being clear, collaborative, and engaging. We approach each project with care, flexibility, and the goal of creating highly useful tools and great relationships. We don’t take a black-box approach to application development, but coordinate closely with our clients, including regular opportunities for knowledge sharing, input, review, and testing.
We’re an efficient team with skills in database architecture, geospatial software development, and information design.
Tierra Plan was born from a shared love of solving interesting problems.
Founder Kevin Knapp met Bryan and Sarah when we collaborated on map-based planning websites way back in 2009.
Since then, we’ve been honored to create amazing tools for hundreds of great clients.
Our simple strategy is the same today as it was 16 years ago:
work hard, be nice, and keep getting better.
Kevin is the Founder and President of Tierra Plan. His background combines earth science, GIS, and application development. After studying geology as an undergraduate, he ended up working as a database administrator and developer. Later, his love of maps, geology, and the invention of the geodatabase led to become an expert in database driven web mapping applications and ultimately to starting Tierra Plan in 2009. He has delivered solutions for a variety of sectors including energy, water, resources, defense, transportation planning, agriculture, and economic development. Additionally, he is highly experienced in database development, enterprise GIS, cloud services, Dev ops, and project management.
Bryan Baker has over thirty years of experience in GIS and software development and has been developing solutions with Tierra Plan since we began in 2009. After earning a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota, he taught GIS and geography at Oklahoma State University, Sonoma State University, and the University of Redlands. He then spent nearly ten years at Esri, Inc. as a specialist in Internet-based GIS.
Sarah is a graphic designer and front-end web developer with a range of artistic and technical expertise. She’s been working with Tierra Plan since we began in 2009 and is highly skilled in graphics and web design and web development, with experience creating simple and intuitive interfaces and building WordPress-based websites for content-rich projects. Prior to her graphic design endeavors, Sarah studied environmental science and worked in environmental planning where she performed environmental planning and review for complex projects including watersheds and municipalities.
Tierra Plan is an ESRI business partner. As such, we can implement GIS solutions built upon the ESRI technology stack including ArcGIS Online, Portal, ArcGIS for Server, and ESRI’s programming APIs. We develop custom components for leveraging geo-processing and spatial analysis tools online, and we develop custom “widgets” for the ArcGIS Online web app builder framework.
Earth Analytic specializes in developing geospatial analysis tools for scientists, engineers, planners, land managers, energy and utility companies, conservation groups, and governmental agencies. We have partnered with EAI for many years, working closely to couple web interfaces and databases with advanced spatial analysis and geo-processing tools.
We provide services to clients accross a range of sectors. Some current clients include the US Army Europe (USAREUR), Santa Clara Valley Water, Monterey Penisula Water Management Agency, Caltrans, City of Santa Fe, City of Colorado Springs, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), University of Colorado, and GIS Planning Inc. to name a few.
Tierra Plan is an LLC in Colorado, founded in 2009, and is in good financial health and Good Standing with the State of Colorado.
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