LiveBird Technologies

GIS Database & Data Analysis

Spatial data engineering that outlasts the app

Schemas, services and pipelines are where GIS projects succeed or quietly fail. We design PostGIS and enterprise geodatabases, publish clean GeoJSON/REST APIs, run GIS in the cloud and deliver spatial analysis your leadership can act on.

Discuss your projectWhat's included
PostGIS
+ enterprise GDB
OGC · REST
standards-first APIs
AWS · Azure · GCP
cloud GIS

PostGIS 2 rows

SELECT id FROM assets
WHERE ST_DWithin(geom, ST_MakePoint(230,120)::geography, 80);

Click a spatial operation to run it against sample data and see the PostGIS behind it.

01What's included

6 services in this practice

Jump to any service below — each one is a capability we deliver on its own or as part of a larger programme.

01PostgreSQL / PostGIS Programming02GeoJSON / XML / JSON API Development03AWS / Azure / Google Cloud / GIS Cloud04Spatial Data Analysis & Reports05Data Visualization06GIS Data for Sale – Worldwide

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PostgreSQL / PostGIS Programming

Schema design, spatial indexing, topology, versioning and performance tuning for PostGIS — plus ArcGIS enterprise geodatabases on PostgreSQL, SQL Server and Oracle.

  • PostgreSQL / PostGIS
  • ArcGIS Enterprise GDB
  • pgRouting
  • TimescaleDB
ArcGIS Enterprise iconArcGIS EnterpriseArcGIS Pro iconArcGIS ProPostgreSQL roles, replication & backupsPostGIS topology, raster & ST_AsMVT tilespgRouting network graphsQGIS as the editing client

What we deliver

  • Normalised spatial schemas with constraints and triggers
  • GiST/BRIN indexing, partitioning and query tuning
  • Enterprise geodatabase setup, branch versioning, replication
  • Migrations from shapefiles, file GDBs and legacy systems
Ask about PostgreSQL /

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GeoJSON / XML / JSON API Development

APIs that other systems love: OGC API Features, GeoJSON REST endpoints, WMS/WFS/WMTS, ArcGIS-compatible GeoServices, and event streams — documented, versioned and secured.

  • Nest.js / Node
  • .NET
  • GeoServer
  • pg_featureserv
  • Koop
GeoServer OGC API / WFS / WMSPostGIS views as the API sourceQGIS Server for project-driven OGC services

What we deliver

  • OGC API / GeoServices / GraphQL endpoints
  • Authentication, rate limiting and API keys
  • OpenAPI docs and client SDKs
  • Webhooks and change feeds
Ask about GeoJSON /

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AWS / Azure / Google Cloud / GIS Cloud

Cloud architecture for GIS workloads: ArcGIS Enterprise on AWS/Azure (including Kubernetes), serverless tile pipelines, managed PostGIS, object storage for imagery and cost controls.

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
ArcGIS Enterprise iconArcGIS EnterpriseManaged PostGIS (RDS / Azure DB / Cloud SQL)GeoServer on Kubernetes with GeoWebCacheMapLibre + PMTiles on object storage / CDN

What we deliver

  • ArcGIS Enterprise cloud deployment and automation
  • Serverless tiling and imagery pipelines
  • Managed PostGIS (RDS, Azure DB, Cloud SQL)
  • Monitoring, backup, DR and cost optimisation
Ask about AWS /

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Spatial Data Analysis & Reports

Answering the question, not just drawing the map: site selection, catchment and accessibility analysis, hotspot and change detection, network analysis — delivered as reproducible workflows and clear reports.

  • ArcGIS Pro / Notebooks
  • QGIS
  • Python (GeoPandas, PySAL)
  • R
ArcGIS Pro iconArcGIS ProArcGIS Notebooks iconArcGIS NotebooksQGIS Processing models & print atlasesPostGIS analysis in SQL (buffers, overlays, hotspots)pgRouting catchments & accessibility

What we deliver

  • Analysis design and methodology
  • Reproducible notebooks and models
  • Executive reports with maps and charts
  • Knowledge transfer to your analysts
Ask about Spatial Data

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Data Visualization

Maps, charts and dashboards that make spatial patterns obvious to non-specialists — from live operational dashboards to interactive public reports and story maps.

  • ArcGIS Dashboards
  • StoryMaps
  • deck.gl
  • D3
  • Power BI
ArcGIS Dashboards iconArcGIS DashboardsArcGIS StoryMaps iconArcGIS StoryMapsdeck.gl large-data layersMapLibre GL JS interactive mapsLeaflet for light public embedsCesiumJS for 3D visualisation

What we deliver

  • Dashboard design and build
  • Custom charting with maps (D3, Recharts, deck.gl)
  • StoryMaps and interactive reports
  • Design systems and accessibility
Ask about Data Visualization

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GIS Data for Sale – Worldwide

Curated, licensed and quality-checked datasets: administrative boundaries, postal codes, POIs, road networks, elevation and imagery — delivered in your schema and projection.

  • OpenStreetMap
  • Commercial providers
  • Public datasets
Delivered as PostGIS dumps or GeoPackageQGIS project with styled layers included

What we deliver

  • Boundaries and postal/ZIP code polygons
  • Roads, POIs and addresses
  • Elevation, land cover and imagery
  • Custom extraction, cleaning and licensing
Ask about GIS Data

02Open-source stack

PostGIS at the centre, open standards around it

This practice is open source by default: PostgreSQL/PostGIS is the system of record, pgRouting adds networks, GeoServer or QGIS Server publish OGC and GeoJSON APIs, QGIS is the analyst's desktop, and MapLibre, OpenLayers, Leaflet, deck.gl and CesiumJS turn the results into maps. ArcGIS enterprise geodatabases sit alongside where you run them.

OGC APIs, GeoJSON, GeoPackage and PMTiles keep the data portable: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, BI tools and custom apps all read the same PostGIS tables without exports.

Database

PostgreSQL

Roles and row-level security, logical replication, point-in-time recovery, partitioning — the operational foundation under every spatial table.

PostGIS

Geometry, geography, raster and topology types with GiST/BRIN indexes; vector tiles straight from SQL with ST_AsMVT.

pgRouting

Shortest path, drive-time isochrones, service areas and turn restrictions on your own road or utility network.

APIs and serving

GeoServer

OGC API Features, WFS, WMS and WMTS from PostGIS with GeoWebCache, security and a REST admin API — GeoServer 3 on Java 17.

QGIS Server

OGC services published straight from a QGIS project, so styling and layer logic are authored once by the analyst.

Analysis and visualisation

QGIS

Processing models, GRASS/SAGA algorithms, temporal controller and print atlases for reproducible analysis and reports.

deck.gl

GPU layers over MapLibre for millions of rows: hexbins, heatmaps, arcs and trips from PostGIS queries.

MapLibre GL JS

Vector-tile web maps from PostGIS or PMTiles with data-driven styling and no per-map-load pricing.

CesiumJS

3D visualisation of analysis results — terrain, extruded results and time-dynamic scenes in the browser.

ArcGIS products used in this practice

  • ArcGIS EnterpriseArcGIS Enterprise
  • ArcGIS ProArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS NotebooksArcGIS Notebooks
  • ArcGIS DashboardsArcGIS Dashboards
  • ArcGIS StoryMapsArcGIS StoryMaps

Esri, ArcGIS and the ArcGIS product marks are trademarks of Esri, used here to identify the products we work with.

03Why LiveBird

What you get that a generic vendor won't give you

01

Fast queries at scale

Indexing, partitioning and service caching designed for millions of features and thousands of concurrent users.

02

Open by default

OGC and GeoJSON APIs mean ArcGIS, QGIS, BI tools and your own apps all read the same data without exports.

03

Analysis you can rerun

Every study ships as a reproducible notebook or model, so next quarter's numbers take minutes, not weeks.

04FAQ

Common questions

PostGIS, GeoJSON APIs, cloud GIS and spatial analysis.

If your workflows are ArcGIS Pro editing with versioning and Utility Network, an enterprise geodatabase (which can itself run on PostgreSQL). If you need open access for many systems, plain PostGIS with OGC APIs. Often both, synchronised.

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