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HAMMER GIS
עברית Talk to us
HAMMER GIS
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+972-52-881-8131 lior@hammer-gis.com

About Geography first. Technology second.

HAMMER GIS is an Israeli GIS company specialising in local authorities and public bodies. We collect data in the field, turn it into layers you can trust, and build the tools people use to work with them every day.

Get in touch What we do
The same neighbourhood with digitised GIS layers: buildings, trees and road markings

Our story

We started in the field, and we stayed there

The same neighbourhood reduced to its street network as vector lines

HAMMER GIS was founded by Lior Hamer, who has worked in mapping and geographic information for nearly two decades. Before his military service he studied architecture in the IDF academic reserve programme, and he then served in the IDF mapping unit. From there he moved into aerial photography and photogrammetry, statutory planning in Judea and Samaria, and international projects at a global transport and urban planning firm.

The same picture kept coming back: authorities hold a great deal of data, but it is scattered, out of date and hard to work with. HAMMER was set up to close that gap, with methods that fit a municipality's budget and pace, and with software written from what we saw in the field.

Today we work with municipalities, councils and public bodies across Israel: surveying, mapping, converting, building and supporting. All under one roof.

Our mission

Give every authority an accurate, current picture of its territory, and the tools to act on it.

No jargon, and no systems nobody opens. Behind the scenes the work is complex; in front of you it should be simple. That is what Data Is Everything means to us: good data is only worth something when someone uses it to decide.

Approach

How we work: station by station

Like a survey traverse, each station is closed and checked before we move on to the next.

  1. Listen

    We start from the problem, not the product: who works with the data, what they are missing, and what success looks like.

  2. Go to the field

    We check what really exists: on the street, in the aerial photo and in the layers you already have.

  3. Build layers

    We collect, convert and clean, and every layer gets a source, a date and a quality check.

  4. Connect to the system

    The layers go into the tools your team already uses, or into one we build for them.

  5. Stay with you

    Training, support and improvements, for as long as the system works for you.

Values

What guides us

  • Professional integrity

    We say what works today and what is still in development. Illustrations are labelled, and an unchecked number never leaves our hands.

  • Listening

    Every project starts with questions. The right solution comes from the authority's process, not from our catalogue.

  • Simplicity

    Complex work, simple interface. If a clerk needs long training to find an address, we're not done yet.

  • Full accountability

    The people who survey are the people who pick up the phone after delivery. There is no one to pass the buck to.

  • Curiosity

    We test new methods, such as AI on aerial photos, and adopt them only once they pass the test.

What makes us different

We survey, map and build software. Under one roof.

The market has survey firms and it has software houses. We are both, so data collected on the street reaches the system without passing between vendors.

  • One partner, field to system

    Survey, conversion, software, training and support from the same team. When something isn't right, you know whom to call.

  • Our own software

    HAMMER CITY and CADabra are live, alongside SIGNYX, SEE.GMMA and CLIMYX at different stages of development and pilot. Each was built from a need we met in the field.

  • Built for Israeli authorities

    The Israeli grid (ITM), the MABAT planning standard, the Survey of Israel mapping spec and Ministry of Transport sign codes. Hebrew right to left, not as a translation.

  • We build on what you have

    HAMMER CITY runs on your own ArcGIS Online. We don't replace your infrastructure; we make it work.

  • AI with human review

    AI finds, professionals check and approve. That keeps both the speed and the accuracy.

  • Honest about maturity

    Live, pilot or concept: it says so next to every product, so you can plan budgets and schedules around it.

Capabilities

What we do well

  • GeoSoftware

    GIS software development

    Our own products, plus dedicated tools on ArcGIS Experience Builder and ArcGIS Online.

  • GeoServices

    Surveys and mapping

    Field surveys, vehicle-based capture, aerial and drone imagery, digitising and ortho-graphy.

  • GeoAI

    AI on aerial imagery

    Feature detection in photos and aerial imagery, always reviewed by a professional.

  • GeoSystems

    Systems and implementation

    GIS systems, dashboards, field forms and apps, plus training and support.

  • CAD · MABAT

    CAD and planning

    AutoCAD and AS-MADE to GIS, layers to the MABAT standard, and statutory planning support.

  • MAPS

    Cartography

    Maps for print, wall maps and publication maps, designed to be easy to read.

Want to get to know us?

Tell us what you want to move forward and we'll set up a short call. No long slide deck, just good questions.

Send us a message +972-52-881-8131

+972-52-881-8131 lior@hammer-gis.com