“The Town of Banff brought in Front Point Consulting to assist with spatially referencing our historic building site data. Through this engagement Front Point have been both knowledgeable and easy to work with, very quickly understanding requirements and delivering effective solutions. We look forward to continuing this relationship and working with Front Point Consulting on a range of future projects.”
Heritage Building Sites
Data Integration Project
Town of Banff is a municipality of approximately 9000 people that lies within Banff National Park. Established in 1885, Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park and has a rich and vibrant cultural and natural history, recognized globally by the United Nations, which designated the area of the Canadian Rockies as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1984.
The Historical Resources Act empowers the Town of Banff to formally recognize and legally protect heritage resources of local significance through designation as Municipal Historic Resources. With this in mind, the Town of Banff is reliant on having accurate and up to date information about its heritage resources.
Front Point Consulting worked closely with the Town of Banff to develop an FME process for integration of spatial parcel data with tabular and file-based historic building site data to create a comprehensive, spatially aware, single source of truth for the Town's historic building sites.