Mission Statement

To provide our clients with the most accurate, easy to read, up to date maps using GIS data. Then assist our clients in the publishing or display of those maps.

Company Overview

With over 60 years of combined cartographic and publishing experience, GIS Cartography and Publishing Services, LLC (GISCAPS) is a leader in the GIS mapping market. We provide state of the art digital map products to a wide variety of clients including the county/city government agencies, Realtors, Chambers of Commerce etc...

GIS Cartography & Publishing Services is an award winning GIS mapping company that creates the finest, easy to read, up-to-date street maps at a very reasonable price. From simple text book maps to highly detailed maps for spatial analysis or street guides, GISCAPS is prepared to meet all your custom map and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) needs.

Our project managers work directly with you to create the exact map desired for your needs. From the initial concept, through the design and production process, to editing and final delivery, we manage your project closely. Your schedule and budget are important to us.

PRINCIPALS

Lance Fraker, President
Lance Fraker received his undergraduate degree in Finance from San Diego State University. In 1990, he entered the mapping business and created one of the very first digital maps in the country. His company worked directly with Lee County, Alabama to publish and maintain the very first street maps for the county 9-1-1 department. This included a digital map for dispatching and street atlases for use in departmental cars and trucks. After relocating to South Florida, Lance's skills and knowledge led him to a South Florida map company where he became the lead sales executive. As lead sales executive he worked with many large organizations (Barnett Bank/NationsBank/Bank of America, First Union, WCI Properties, Coldwell Banker, Palm Beach County Board of Realtors etc.) to help these clients with their mapping needs. After 8 years he expanded his horizons to a much larger and nationally known map company where he was in charge of custom mapping for a wide range of clients. At this company he also worked with large entities such as AT&T, Chicago Board of Realtors, Cuyahoga and Hamilton County, Ohio Engineers' Offices to fulfill their mapping needs. Lance was directly responsible for converting many of these clients into digital or GIS based maps from old manual cartographic bases.

Alex Nitzman, Map Specialist
Alex Nitzman studied geography at the University of Delaware and co-founded the highway and road map website, AARoads.com in 2000. He entered the cartography field in late 2005, joining Mapsource, Inc., a Florida-based regional map company, as a field researcher and cartographer. There, Alex focused on a variety of vector-based mapping products ranging from street atlases to wall maps, rising to the role of assistant chief cartographer. Projects included the supervision, data collection, and cartographic work on the Baldwin County, Alabama atlas from initial research to completion.
In 2008, he joined a national map company and expanded his cartographic knowledge to include GIS technology while editing and researching maps and atlases. Continued work with GISCAPS focuses on online and Zoomify-based maps.

Larry Epstein, Co-founder - In Memorandum
Larry Epstein’s passion for maps started when he was 5 years old, by collecting maps his father and grandfather would bring home from business trips or vacations. A graduate of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida with a degree in Business Administration, Larry began his career and experience in the mapping industry with a summer position at the Broward County, Florida, Publications office. This office produced the street maps for county emergency managers, 9-1-1, fire and sheriff’s offices.
During his 27 years in the public and private sector of the map industry he has learned the fundamental elements of cartography including map research, compilation, drafting, editing, map layout, etc. He was involved with the technological change of the map industry from the "old school" hand-drawn maps to the "new school" digital map era.
We will miss you Larry...

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