Product studio specialising in geospatial
Strategy, design and development for spatial tools, products and services.
Build something new. Uplift what you have.
Get help setting product direction, fixing a difficult user experience or delivering a working spatial tool. We can lead a project end to end, work with delivery partners or focus on the stage where you need us.
Product strategy and definition
Work out what your product needs to do, who it serves and where to focus next. We bring user needs, business priorities and the realities of your spatial data and technology together to set direction and scope.
Geospatial UI/UX and cartography
Make complex spatial tools easier to use. We design workflows, user interfaces and maps around the people using them and the data behind them, then work with your developers as the designs are built.
Development and delivery
We design and build websites, web maps, portals and apps, prepare the data behind them, and support them through launch and ongoing improvement. We bring in trusted development partners when a build needs more capacity or specialist skills.
Project coordination
When a project needs one person to keep it moving, we lead it: engaging stakeholders, bringing in and managing specialists and partners, and keeping scope, schedule and changes on track.
Selected work
Selected work for clients across government, research, the spatial industry and the impact sector.
Accelerating adoption of an asset intelligence AI product.
Working with a delivery partner’s team, we reviewed and redesigned the UX and UI to improve engagement and uptake of a complex enterprise capability. We established design governance and standards to support development teams as the product evolved.Read project
Designing a data publishing platform for Ocean Accounting.
Designed a proof-of-concept platform for publishing Ocean Accounting data at scale for the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, and supported the Auspatious team as they developed it as open source.Read project
Uplifting a school infrastructure digital twin.
User research and strategic redesign for a programme replacing legacy systems, creating a product better aligned with the people using it. We aligned stakeholders around enterprise standards and supported the team through implementation.Read project
Embedded product support for a transit startup.
Ongoing product leadership and design within a development team, helping uplift the product suite, respond to enterprise customer needs and support the company through its growth phase.Read project
Growing the open-source geospatial community in Oceania.
Delivered the Oceania capabilities map and directory for OSGeo Oceania, from product strategy and design through development to its open-source release.Read project
Why Cartisan
Geospatial experts
Our deep understanding of GIS, spatial data, workflows and technology means we can make complex products easier to understand, build and use. We know the realities behind the map, so we can connect technical possibilities with what people actually need.
Holistic product thinking
A successful product needs more than good technology. We bring strategy, user needs, design and engineering together, considering the whole product and how its parts work together.
Lean teams
We keep teams lean, senior and focused, so decisions happen quickly and effort stays close to the work that matters. We shape each team around the specialists your project needs.
A focused project or a consistent partnership
Work with us on a defined project, through ongoing product support, as part of your team or alongside a delivery partner. We shape our involvement around what you need.
Approach
Specialist by nature. Collaborative by design.
Cartisan brings together trusted specialists around the needs of each project. We keep teams focused and senior, while staying technology agnostic and committed to high standards of craft, collaboration and outcomes.
Tell us what you are trying to build, prove or improve.
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