CalTopo and ArcGIS

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10-20-2025 05:21 AM
MeleKoneya
Frequent Contributor

Good morning,

Our Fire Department is looking at CalTopo for SAR.   We are currently using Field Maps for various purposes including location sharing.      We have a large area in the City of Scottsdale that is set aside for passive use and we have had issues finding people who are in its 36K Acres environs,.

Licensing in ArcGIS is not currently an issue for us as we have an ELA.

I am starting to look in to CalTopo to see what it offers that ArcGIS doesn't and vice versa.

Has anyone collected the pros and cons of both platforms?     

Is possible to integrate ArcGIS layers in to CalTopo and possible to pull in the location information that CalTopo offers?

I am just starting to look into solutions so my questions so far as quite basic.

Thank you for any insights.

 

Mele

1 Reply
Kenny_Ratliff
Regular Contributor

Hi Mele,

We use SARTopo for our county SAR and other responses.  Yes, there are ways to bring in REST services of all kinds.  The SARTopo environment has a lot of focused tools for search and rescue response.  I highly recommend it!  Feel free to contact me by email if you would like to discuss further.  Kenny Ratliff – kenny.ratliff@ballardsvillefire.com

Best regards - Kenny