VectorGIS turns your agency's ArcGIS data into an intelligent assistant, and turns answers into action. Ask in plain English, get map-backed answers, organize your research into projects, and create field tasks from the results. It even learns from your team's feedback. No SQL. No GIS training. Built for local governments serving 25,000–125,000 residents.
THE CHALLENGE
HOW IT WORKS
A comprehensive onboarding process that transforms your geodatabase
We securely connect to your existing ArcGIS Online geodatabase. No data migration needed.
Our system analyzes your feature layers and creates semantic vector embeddings of all your GIS data for intelligent search.
Type naturally: "Show me all water mains on Maple Street" or "What parcels are zoned commercial?"
VectorGIS returns detailed, source-backed answers with interactive maps, ready to tag into a project or turn into a field task.
FEATURES
Everything you need to unlock your GIS data
Ask questions the way you'd say them out loud, with no GIS jargon or SQL syntax. It's conversational, too: follow-up questions build on what you just asked.
Vector embeddings turn your GIS features into searchable intelligence that matches by meaning, so "who owns 123 Main St" and "find the property owner at 123 Main Street" are the same question.
Answers highlight their features on the map automatically. Click any feature for details, step through multiple matches, or box-select features right on the map. It works on tablets in the field, too.
Compound questions get real answers. VectorGIS runs spatial joins, attribute filters, semantic search, and time-based aggregation in parallel, so "sewer mains within 50 feet of the creek, installed before 1980" just works.
Flip one toggle to see the reasoning behind an answer: the steps, intermediate numbers, and calculations. A built-in audit trail for anything you'll put in a report.
Every answer lists the data layers it was drawn from and carries a match-quality indicator, and administrators can inspect the exact database query behind any question. No black boxes.
Users sign in with their existing ArcGIS Online accounts via OAuth2, with no separate passwords to create, reset, or forget. Access is granted and revoked where you already manage it.
Every search also looks through your tasks. Each answer shows the work already linked to those exact features, plus tasks that match your question by meaning, so you see what's there and what's already being done about it.
VectorGIS isn't locked to one AI vendor. Your administrator chooses which models power question routing and answers, and can upgrade them as better ones arrive, without changing how anyone works.
BEYOND Q&A
Most AI tools stop at the answer. VectorGIS closes the loop.
Organize
Tag related answers into named projects. A project isn't a folder. It's a saved conversation: reopen it days later and VectorGIS restores the context, so your follow-up questions land with everything you'd already established still in mind.
Act
Turn any answer or map selection into a field task with the exact features and location attached, then assign and track it. Admin-built templates add required fields (text, numbers, drop-down lists) so every inspection captures the same data, every time.
Improve
Rate answers and leave comments describing what you actually wanted. A comment steers the very next answer in your session, and once an administrator approves it, it guides everyone who asks anything similar. Your team's corrections become the whole organization's accuracy.
USE CASES
See how different departments use VectorGIS
Speed up permit reviews, rezoning studies, and comprehensive plan updates.
Prioritize maintenance, plan capital projects, and turn findings into assigned inspection tasks.
Make data-driven policy decisions with instant access to jurisdiction-wide information, with Analysis Mode as the audit trail.
Streamline operations with inspection templates that capture the same data on every visit.
Respond to development inquiries immediately, and keep each prospect's research together in its own project.
Access critical information instantly during emergency response situations.
FAQ
It means asking questions of your spatial data in plain English, such as "which water mains on Maple Street are older than 1980?", instead of writing SQL or building queries in GIS software. VectorGIS translates your question, runs it against your agency's authoritative GIS data, and returns an answer with an interactive map.
Yes. VectorGIS reads your published ArcGIS Online feature services as they are, with no data migration and no change to how your GIS team publishes or maintains anything. It builds a search index on our server from those services. Users sign in with their ESRI credentials via OAuth2, so there's no separate VectorGIS password, and access is granted and revoked through the ArcGIS Online accounts you already manage. Pilots run on public or non-sensitive layers only.
No. VectorGIS is built for local governments without a dedicated GIS department. We handle onboarding: connecting your data, generating embeddings, and tuning for your agency's terminology. Everyday use requires nothing beyond typing a question.
Yes. Task management is built in: turn any query result or map selection into a task with the location geometry attached, assign it to staff, and get email notifications. Administrators can publish task templates (custom forms with required fields like text, numbers, and drop-down lists) so recurring field work always captures the same information. Tasks are stored as map layers, so field crews see them in the ArcGIS tools they already use.
Your team's feedback feeds straight back into the engine. Rate an answer or leave a comment describing what you were actually looking for: the comment improves the very next answer in the same session, and once an administrator approves it, it guides everyone who later asks a semantically similar question. One user's correction becomes the whole organization's accuracy.
No. VectorGIS is model-agnostic: your administrator chooses which AI models power question classification and answer generation, and can upgrade them as better models are released, without changing how users work.
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