The City of Encinitas, located on northern coast in San Diego County, serves a population of approximately 62,000. The City’s GIS department saw an opportunity to modernize how they manage land records with the impending retirement of ArcMap. ArcMap’s retirement would require a transition to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Parcel Fabric to maintain compatibility with Esri’s evolving technology. This transition would also unlock new efficiencies in parcel editing and data integrity.
Outdated System and Servers
Before the City could migrate to ArcGIS Pro, they first had to solve a foundational challenge: their ArcGIS Enterprise environment and servers were outdated. The City was operating on ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7 and Windows Server 2012, neither of which would support the migration to ArcGIS Pro and the new data model used by ArcGIS Parcel Fabric.
The Solution: An ArcGIS Enterprise Upgrade and ArcGIS Parcel Fabric Migration
Quartic delivered a full-scope engagement that included:
- Upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise from 10.7 to 10.9.1
- Migrating from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2022
- Migrating the Parcel Fabric to the ArcGIS Pro schema
- Publishing new feature services
- Implementing custom attribute rules to ensure data integrity
- Updating internal and external apps to integrate with the new system
- Upgrading ArcGIS JavaScript API versions
Throughout the process, Quartic handled configuration, data migration, QA/QC, and post-migration support in close collaboration with the City of Encinitas. According to Quartic’s technical team, most of the time and effort in this project went toward modernizing the city’s server environment and enterprise deployment—a critical prerequisite to adopting the new data model.
“Quartic makes your GIS goals happen. You have an idea, you discuss it with them, and then they make it happen.”
Kevin Highland, GIS Analyst at the City of Encinitas
Esri Tools Used for This Project:
ArcGIS Pro
Arcade
Additional Esri Tools Used for This Project:
- Enterprise Geodatabase
- ArcGIS Javascript API
The Results: A Faster, Future-Ready GIS That Just Works
Now that Encinitas is fully transitioned to ArcGIS Parcel Fabric, “The system is a lot faster than the old ArcMap-based version,” said Highland.
The internal workflows for maintaining parcel data are streamlined, and the City is positioned for long-term compatibility with Esri’s product roadmap. More importantly, the upgraded environment now supports a future-ready GIS infrastructure, enabling improved app performance and smoother integration across departments and public-facing systems.
“When it comes to GIS, Quartic does everything… And they do it well. And it works.”
Kevin Highland, GIS Analyst
