Domain
Research
Analytical findings on neighborhood dynamics, blight spread, flood exposure, and capital flows — the evidence base behind our commercial products.
Assessor Value Surface & Spatial Autocorrelation
Are assessed property values randomly distributed across the parcel fabric, or do they cluster spatially? We apply Moran's I and LISA analysis to identify where statistically significant high-value and low-value concentrations form — and what separates them.
Neighborhood Recovery Regime Analysis
After decades of disinvestment, why do some neighborhoods stabilize while others don't? This analysis examines the structural conditions — ownership patterns, adjudication rates, subsidy dependency — that separate recovering areas from those in prolonged contraction.
Blight Vector Analysis
Does urban decay diffuse uniformly from distress cores, or does it expand in a predictable direction? We examine the spatial distribution of pre-adjudication parcels near established Low-Low clusters to determine whether active expansion corridors can be mapped in advance.
Flood Zone Encroachment Projections
FEMA flood zone maps reflect conditions at the time of their last revision — not current ground elevation. Given measurable subsidence rates, which parcels currently outside Zone AE are on trajectory to enter it before a 15- or 30-year obligation matures?
Ground Subsidence Distribution
How is vertical ground movement distributed across the MSA — and does the pattern correlate with soil composition, development era, or proximity to infrastructure? We examine the spatial structure of satellite-measured subsidence rates across 203K+ parcels in Caddo and Bossier parishes.
Wealth Disparity at Neighborhood Borders
Census tract data averages incomes across areas too large to reveal the sharpest wealth gradients. We examine the income surface at two resolutions — census block level and H3 dasymetric interpolation — to identify where disparities are most pronounced and how abruptly they transition at neighborhood edges.
Neighborhood Micro-Zone Sub-Markets
Do neighborhoods contain distinct price segments that aggregate statistics obscure? KMeans clustering applied within neighborhood boundaries identifies sub-markets with materially different pricing dynamics — relevant to appraisers, lenders, and investors screening below the neighborhood level.
Permit Dormancy as Adjudication Predictor
Can the sequence of building permit activity — or its absence — predict tax adjudication years before it occurs? We examine whether specific patterns in the permit record, particularly combinations of cap-off permits followed by prolonged silence, correlate with eventual adjudication.
Blight Pipeline Model
Can permit silence, violation escalation, differential assessor value, and spatial clustering be combined into a model that scores parcels by adjudication risk before it happens? Using known adjudicated outcomes as the training set, we are building a classification model to score the full parcel fabric.
ACS Migration Flows
Where are residents moving within and out of the MSA — and do out-migration flows correlate with areas of active demolition, adjudication, or disinvestment? Census tract-to-tract migration data cross-referenced against the distress layer.
LIHTC Investment & Permit Trajectory
Do LIHTC developments stabilize surrounding permit and property activity, or is investment absorbed without measurable effect on the adjacent parcel fabric? Measuring the before/after permit ratio across the 111 LIHTC placements in the dataset.
Flood Frequency & Return Periods
How do historically measured flood frequencies at key gauges translate to parcel-level risk across the basin? LP3-fitted probability distributions at five gauge stations, mapped against parcel proximity and ground elevation.
Haynesville-Bossier Shale Intelligence — Platform Architecture
What does a unified operational data platform for the Haynesville-Bossier stacked play look like — and which data layers are most constrained in the current market? This research examines the data environment for E&P operations in NW Louisiana and NE Texas: what operators need, what is publicly available, and where the spatial integration gap is largest.
Water Resource Intelligence — Frac Demand & Aquifer Health
Three independent demand vectors are converging on the same water resources in NW Louisiana simultaneously: Haynesville-Bossier frac completions (10–25M gallons per well), proposed large-scale data centers (1–5M gallons/day cooling), and general MSA growth. This research examines whether existing surface and groundwater resources are measurable, what indicators exist for aquifer stress, and whether a forward-looking water availability product is buildable from public data.
Formation Target Probability Surface
Given the empirical drilling record and published formation structure maps, where are the remaining high-probability undrilled targets in the Haynesville-Bossier play? This research extends the 3D formation presence test (which parcels overlie the formation column) into a forward-looking probability surface — identifying cells with favorable geology and low drilling density relative to analogous areas elsewhere in the play. Designed for landmen evaluating lease acquisition targets ahead of the next drilling cycle.
Urban Metabolism — MSA Material & Energy Flows
How much does the Shreveport-Bossier MSA produce, consume, import, and export — and what does the answer reveal about its economic structure? We apply Urban Metabolism / Material Flow Analysis methodology, calibrated on island economies where complete flow accounting is achievable, to model the MSA as a physical system. The Haynesville play alone makes the region a net energy exporter by orders of magnitude — a signature with predictable capital flow implications.
Urban Soil Behavior — Empirical Recovery from Remote Sensing
SSURGO soil surveys return 'Urban Land' for roughly 30% of urban parcels — no usable hydraulic or mechanical properties. We cross-reference InSAR-measured subsidence rates, LiDAR surface geometry, and SoilGrids pre-development baselines to empirically recover how soils are actually behaving beneath the built environment — without knowing their taxonomy. Subsidence differentials between adjacent parcels of similar development age reveal soil behavior boundaries that SSURGO cannot map.
Crime Spatial Drift Analysis
Is incident density spatially stable, or is it shifting between neighborhoods over time? Using the 911 dispatch record, we examine whether crime concentrations are drifting across neighborhood boundaries, accelerating in specific corridors, or contracting around distress cores — and whether drift trajectories correlate with leading indicators already present in the permit and adjudication records.
Urban Heat & Convective Storm Formation
The Urban Heat Island effect is a documented intensifier of convective activity in other Gulf South metros. Cross-referencing ECOSTRESS land surface temperature against 75 years of NWS tornado and hail event records, we examine whether UHI extent and intensity correlate with storm event density, severity, or spatial distribution — and whether a long-run temperature trend at SHV correlates with changing storm frequency.
LiDAR Canopy Change Detection — Multi-Temporal Feasibility
A single LiDAR vintage classifies current canopy height and coverage. Detecting change requires two time-separated acquisitions. We examine whether a prior vintage exists for the tri-parish area and, if so, whether parcel-level height differentials can reliably identify trimming, removal, and regrowth events — with applications in utility ROW vegetation compliance, municipal tree ordinance enforcement, and fire risk screening.
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