Geospatial Information Systems

The Geospatial Information Systems Market Research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast.  The research also takes a closer look at upcoming market and technology trends and automation systems related to GIS. It is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.

Geospatial Information Systems Market Growth Driven by Migration to the Cloud

ARC Advisory Group's research on the geospatial information systems (GIS) market indicates that the market continues to expand, with ARC forecasting a significant compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years. Geospatial information systems provide spatial data entry, management, retrieval, analysis, and visualization functions. GISs also integrate hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

Geospatial Information Systems Strategic Issues and Market Trends

In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the GIS Market Research Report provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Integrate Geospatial Information Systems with Sensor Networks

Geospatial information systems are being integrated with sensor networks that precisely measure real-time changes, such as temperature, soil moisture, water flows, microclimates, plant growth, and other conditions. These sensor networks are being connected directly into GIS, such as the hydrologic information system developed by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) and sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. This has a major impact on natural resource management, but its application is being tested across a number of other industry sectors, including water and wastewater.

GIS Has Gone Mainstream

GIS is a technology that was once considered too specialized to fall within the domain of the information science department. However, it has now become just another application in mainstream IT. A sure indicator of this trend is that most of the GIS software providers have web-enabling tools already available. Also, users no longer need to be specialists to work with or use GIS. A few small companies have already started to offer the ability to conduct complex spatial queries with enterprise data through a web interface. These companies host data and even combine it with other third-party data resources. As GIS becomes mainstream, the number of business users is likely to grow in the coming years.

Need for Interoperability

There is a strong need for standards like open geospatial consortium (WEB map service) and web feature services. For GIS to support a digitized automated workflow, real-time data needs to be transferred between field sensors and office solutions without any information loss, and this has increased the need for interoperability.

Adoption of Geoengineering

GIS products are no longer restricted to spatial management or location data management. To maximize opportunities in regions that are ramping up infrastructure development, some major vendors are enhancing their offerings to support engineering projects, involving themselves in even the design and construction phases.