Several years ago, VESTRA was selected to provide GIS database development and implementation support services to Lake County and has continued to serve as the Lake County GIS consultant. The County had initiated a GIS independently that was functioning, but was incomplete and sustained limited use. The first task conducted by VESTRA was to capture existing Countywide GIS parcels and other data layers for the cities of Lakeport and Clearlake.

Following the success of this initial project, VESTRA was asked to develop a roads database. Due to the rural nature of much of the County and lack of accurate road mapping, VESTRA worked with the Lake County Fire Department and City Fire Department to develop accurate road data for the County.

Following completion of the road database, VESTRA worked with fire personnel to create an updatable run book that was used as the data source. VESTRA also completed a trails geodatabase design and data capture.

The County chose to abandon CAD-based mapping altogether to opt for a direct GIS assessor mapping system through ArcGIS, and VESTRA assisted with this migration. VESTRA has continued to provide on-call training and support to Lake County departments.