simply maps

Registered Professional GIS Practitioner PGPr GISc1392
Qualified Town Planner B (Town & Regional Planning) at UP

Vision
Cause everyone to use the art of modern cartography to better the world.

Mission
To provide everyone with access to simple, but proficient mapping and geo-analysis services using the latest geo-technologies, datasets and specialised professional contacts available.

Our story
simply maps was established in 2021 to give everyone, from student to professional, access to proficient maps and geospatial services, making it an integral part of their daily lives.
Philip Viljoen has been in Local Government City Planning and GIS for 25 years and have vast experience in the types of geo-services required in the respective professional fields. As a qualified planner and a registered Professional GIS Practitioner, he was overseeing GIS projects across various internal and external departments and stakeholders.
As it stands, professionals still use maps as a pretty picture or legislative requirement only in their submissions and presentations. The advancement of geo-technologies also made lazy mapping acceptable using screenshots and snipping tools to fast track the process. These maps have a direct influence on trust and brand reputation.
The pace at which scientists develop is faster than the pace at which the laymen comprehend. GIS is increasingly presented using acronyms and words like LiDAR, DTM, DEM, geo-modelling, geo-tagging, augmented reality, the metaverse etc, increasing the divide.
If you feel overwhelmed by the services traditional GIS Companies have to offer or their approach to your daily mapping needs seems excessive, simply maps is for you. We aim to be the contact for those who have ever said “I only need a map”.

I have access to numerous geo-software solutions, as well as geospatial datasets, including the latest satellite imagery. I also provide locational representation and geospatial intelligence to data that may seem unrelated to most.
So much location-related data is continuously analysed in spreadsheets. By leveraging the ‘hidden potential’ in existing data you can transform your business from being reactive to being predictive. Location intelligence enables businesses to answer questions with and within a geospatial context.
Every entrepreneur already jostles for a place. Claim your map and don’t treat it as an afterthought. Keeping it simple and straightforward.
Back to basics, planning the future.
If you don’t need a map, you probably do.

Services
Services range from basic to advanced; from school maps to geospatial analysis.

• Basic maps customised to the clients’ requirements, which may include the sourcing of spatial datasets from various agencies

o (from cadastre, zoning information, spatial development frameworks, geological data, built environment and natural environment data, engineering data, demographics etc)

• Simple, straightforward geo-analysis using geo-processing and analysis tools, which may include statistics, extracts, overlays, proximity, data dissolve and data merge

• Extracted and/ or derived data from geo-analysis in excel or as determined

• Shapefiles

• Map Books

• Georeferencing

• Digitising

• Other cartographic needs and geo-services as discussed with client. These services may include GIS support for the development of spatial development frameworks, land use studies, land use schemes, mapping for SPLUMA, liDAR to Digital Elevation Models (DEM) conversion, planning policy formulation, feasibility studies, other town planning related analysis, etc

Timelines are dependent on dataset availability, dataset quality and/or complexity of request.


Professional Staff

The owner is a qualified town planner and a registered Professional GIS Practitioner.

Other skilled and experienced professionals are available to contract, depending on the scope of work.