Blue Toque Consulting

What Blue Toque Consulting does

Blue Toque Consulting is a privately held, single-person software consulting, architecture, design, and development firm operated by founder Michael Coyle and based in the Vancouver, BC area of Canada. The company specializes in highly interactive desktop applications and scalable server solutions built on the Microsoft Windows/.NET platform (C#, WCF, Entity Framework), with domain expertise in geospatial software, justice and public safety, emergency management, facial recognition systems, and data integration. Its product portfolio includes TrueNorth Geospatial (a light GIS designed with a 'word processor' style interface built on Inversion of Control architecture), TrueNorth Borealis (a tablet variant of TrueNorth), YourLo.ca/tion (an HTML5-based location tracking service for search and rescue), and Missing Poster (a free GNU GPL desktop tool for creating standardized missing person posters). The firm also publishes several open-source C# libraries — XsdToClasses, SharpGpx, QuadTree, TrueNorth.Geographic, and MagVar.cs — distributed via CodePlex, GitHub, BitBucket, and Google Code.

The company's go-to-market combines sales-led consulting engagements (delivered directly by Michael Coyle) with community-led distribution through the search and rescue volunteer network, the Canadian Avalanche Association, and the SARScene conference. Revenue derives from professional services consulting (software architecture, design, development, and justice/public safety expertise) supplemented by freemium/open-source product licensing — Missing Poster, XsdToClasses, QuadTree, and other libraries are free and open source, while TrueNorth Geospatial offers a 90-day trial download. The company has no disclosed funding, no institutional investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries; it operates as a bootstrapped sole proprietorship. Customers are concentrated in search and rescue teams and government/public safety agencies across Canada and the United States, including Coquitlam SAR, Wolfe County SAR (Kentucky), Comox Valley Ground SAR, and Emergency Operations Centres worldwide (via prior Fusionpoint deployments at EmerGeo). Michael Coyle brings 20+ years of software engineering experience combined with 10 years as a SAR volunteer and SAR Manager at Coquitlam Search and Rescue, plus prior senior architect roles at EmerGeo Solutions and Visiphor Corporation (now I2 Group, an IBM company).

Name

Blue Toque Consulting

Legal name

Blue Toque Consulting

Website

https://bluetoque.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blue Toque Consulting is a Vancouver, BC-based, founder-operated software consulting firm specializing in Microsoft .NET geospatial, search and rescue, and public safety software, offering TrueNorth Geospatial, Missing Poster, YourLo.ca/tion, and related open-source C# developer libraries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial and Public Safety Software Consulting

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL)

Keywords

• Geospatial software development
• Search and rescue technology
• Public safety software
• .NET consulting services
• Emergency management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Squamish

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software Consulting Services: Consulting engagements for software architecture, design and development including GIS software, emergency management systems, systems integration, desktop and server software, and user interface design.
2. Software Product Licensing: TrueNorth Geospatial offers 90-day trial downloads; Missing Poster is free and open source under GNU GPL; XsdToClasses is open source under GNU GPL.
3. Justice and Public Safety Consulting: Expertise consulting in search and rescue, facial recognition, arrest and booking, and emergency management/ICS for government agencies and law enforcement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blue Toque Consulting provides software consulting, architecture, design, and development services with specialization in highly interactive desktop applications and scalable server solutions on the Microsoft Windows/.NET platform. The firm develops and distributes proprietary products (TrueNorth Geospatial, YourLo.ca/tion, Missing Poster) targeting Search and Rescue, public safety, and geospatial use cases, while also offering expert consulting in Justice/Public Safety, emergency management, data standards, and facial recognition systems.

Product overview

Blue Toque Consulting is a software consulting, architecture, design and development company operated by founder Michael Coyle. Its product portfolio centers on geospatial software (TrueNorth Geospatial and its tablet variant Borealis), public safety tools (Missing Poster and YourLo.ca/tion for SAR), and a suite of open-source C# developer libraries (XsdToClasses, SharpGpx, QuadTree, TrueNorth.Geographic, MagVar.cs). The company also publishes a static web framework (Initializr and Pagedown). All products are built on the Microsoft Windows/.NET platform with C# as the primary language. Missing Poster is free and open source under GNU GPL; the core TrueNorth Geospatial is a commercial product with a 90-day trial available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TrueNorth Geospatial: A light geographic information system designed to give users a simple 'word processor' style interface to GIS. Built on standards-based APIs, supporting hundreds of file formats and devices.
• Missing Poster
• YourLo.ca/tion
• XsdToClasses
• QuadTree

Products and services

• TrueNorth Geospatial A light geographic information system (GIS) providing a 'word processor' style interface to geospatial data, built on standards-based APIs and supporting hundreds of file formats and GPS devices. Targets backcountry professionals, SAR teams, hikers, skiers, and field workers.
• TrueNorth Borealis A tablet-based Windows 8/10 application derived from TrueNorth Geospatial's IoC architecture, displaying GPS position, recording waypoints/tracks, and loading GeoPDF documents for field use.
• YourLo.ca/tion A web-based location tracking and sharing service for Search and Rescue and emergency response agencies, allowing authorized users to request a missing person's GPS location via HTML5/JavaScript mobile devices. Integrates with GIS via GPX or KML.
• Missing Poster A free desktop tool for Search and Rescue, police and other agencies to create and distribute missing person posters in standardized formats. Supports image import, free-text fields, custom reports, and export to JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PDF, Word, and Excel. Open source under GNU GPL.
• XsdToClasses A Visual Studio add-in (open source, GPL) that automates C# code generation from XML Schema Definition (XSD) files, with support for Visual Studio 2005–2010 and Express editions.
• Software Architecture, Design and Development Consulting Professional consulting services for GIS software development, emergency management, systems integration, desktop software, server software, N-tier software architecture, and user interface design on the Microsoft Windows platform.
• Business Consulting Consulting engagements covering data integration, data standards (JusticeXML, NIEM), software process and workflow integration, mobile applications, and software security.
• Justice and Public Safety Expertise Consulting Expert consulting in Search and Rescue, Avalanche data exchange, Facial Recognition, Arrest and Booking, and Emergency Management/ICS for government agencies and law enforcement.

Quantifiable outcome

• YourLo.ca/tion used by SAR teams throughout Canada and United States
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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