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We are the Geospatial ExpertsWe build data systems that add geographic-intelligence to business processes. Oracle, ESRI, Java, FME and more. We combine proprietary and open source components into innovative and cost-effective solutions to our clients' problems. Home Our Products Our Services Company Contact HomeNewsSMART 7 ReleasedNov 29th, 2021Refractions is happy to announce the release of SMART 7.Download the new version from the SMART Partnership website hereRefractions is proud to be an associate of the SMART Partnership and excited to continue contributing to their software development as we've done sofor over 10 years now! Read more... PostGIS 3.1.4 ReleasedSept 9, 2021The PostGIS Team is pleased to release PostGIS 3.1.4.Install the new version from the Postgis Community website hereView the release notes here Read more... More News... We are the Geospatial ExpertsWe have been building software systems that add geographic intelligence to enterprise business processes since 1998. We have expertise in Java, PostGIS, FME, ESRI, Oracle Spatial and more. We can build custom software systems integrating proprietary and open source components into innovative and cost-effective solutions to our clients' problems. Geospatial TechnologyWe keep on top of the latest changes in enterprise spatial and web mapping technologies. Technologies from Google (Maps, Earth and KML), ESRI (ArcGIS), and Oracle (IAS, Spatial, Designer, Database) are key components in the solutions we build.We are not a vendor, and we recommend solutions that make the best use of your existing physical intellectual capital. A Refractions solution is technically sound, economically feasible, and long-term maintainable.Open Source ExpertsRefractions Research is a world leader in open source geospatial technology. We develop the PostGIS spatial database and the uDig GIS desktop framework, and are active participants in many other open source projects.By using open source components, we can build geospatial systems that are flexible and inexpensive to deploy. Our clients like open source becauseit keeps costs down. We like open source because it gives us the freedomto innovate and build the best possible solutions. Case StudiesSMART Conservation SoftwareThe SMART partnership supports improved law enforcement and biological monitoring in protected areas around the world. They came to Refractions to build a software tool to help meet their needs.Read more... Hectares BC – Biodiversity BC on behalf of a broad partnershipBiodiversity BC and its government and non-government partners were looking for regional-level environmental statistics. Refractions proposed a new approach to generating GIS summaries, using the power of a relational database and web tools to provide GIS analysis to users who previously had no access to it.Read more... Automated Route Planning for Meter Reading – City of VancouverThe City of Vancouver collects water readings from thousands of residences and businesses, but has never optimized the pedestrian routes the readers take. Refractions developed algorithms to create the most efficient routes of the correct length for readers.Read more... More Case Studies... Internal