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Top 20 GIS Solution Companies - 2019

Top 20 GIS Solution Companies - 2019

To remain competitive in today’s evolving markets, organizations are leveraging geographic information system (GIS). Crowdsourced social media content and real-time data from the Internet of Things (IoT) are being integrated into GIS for effective data utilization and maximum outcomes. Companies across industries can benefit as data can be visualized, analyzed, and reintegrated into the online applications for use within an enterprise.

Geologists are leveraging GIS significantly to analyze soil, assess seismic information, and create 3D displays of various geographic features. With GIS, analyzing the characteristic of rock and identifying the most suitable locations for a diverse range of functions have become more manageable.

This unique technology has promoted cost savings and efficiency in various challenging processes. Automating the workflow has become easier with GIS. Also, implementing the technology in logistics operations enhances the productivity and efficiency of the individuals dramatically. The integration of GIS streamlines logistics operations, encompassing fleet/truck management, warehousing applications, and inventory management. In the customer services arena, GIS can increase profitability by reducing the number of return visits to the same site and scheduled appointments.

The visual interpretation of data in mapping has become crucial in today’s age of online. Google Maps has emerged as an excellent example of a mapping solution. When it comes to natural resources management, adequate maintaining of forests will become easy by dint of GIS information. GIS information is vital for the allocation and geographic distribution of water—one of the most critical constituents of the earth’s environment.

Since the availability of water has a direct effect on crop production in different regions, irrigation water management can achieve outstanding benefits from GIS. The geographic data can identify the crops and determine yield by adopting efficient techniques in the spatial and time domain.

The annual list of CIOReview’s most promising GIS solution providers features Maharashtra-based company Genesys, which has been a pioneer in providing Advanced Mapping, Survey, and Geospatial Services since 1995. Backed by more than 2,000 professionals, Genesys consists of a unique blend of consumer applications that are based on mapping technology. Its geospatial expertise ranges from aerial imagery and LiDAR to 2D/3D mapping across different industries that include mining, telecom, and agriculture.

Another company that finds its place in the list is Psomas, which serves the public and private sector companies in the water, transportation, site development, and energy markets. Based out of California, Psomas is at the forefront of technological advancements. It uses drones, 3D laser scanning, 360-degree cameras, and subsurface utility detection, among various other technologies to cater to its clients’ needs.

With several innovative services and success stories up their sleeves, these enlisted companies are continually proving their abilities in the GIS arena. We hope this issue of CIOReview helps you build the partnership you and your firm need to drive success.

We present to you CIOReview’s “20 Most Promising GIS Solution Providers 2019.”

    Top GIS Solution Companies

    Genesys International
    Genesys International is a pioneer in advanced mapping, survey, and geospatial services, with a strong knowhow of the emerging consumer applications around mapping technology. The company’s expertise in GIS requirements extends across aerial survey, panoramic imagery-based development of 3D maps, to feature extraction using LiDAR technology, and creating HD maps for smart autonomous driving. Genesys stands strong in the GIS arena with the largest capacity of mobile LiDAR equipment in South and Southeast Asia. The amount of investment that the company has made in equipment and sensors for data capture precedes any other company in that part of the world. Through their homegrown platform WoNoBo, Genesys owns India’s richest location intelligence supported by 360 degree panoramic street imagery of top Indian cities
    Orbital Insight
    Established in 2013, Orbital Insight is a Geospatial Big Data enterprise that leverage the fastly growing accessibility of satellite, UAV, and other geospatial data sources, to comprehend and characterize socio-economic trends at hyper-local, regional and global scales. The company allocates data at spatial resolutions from 30 meters down to 20 centimetres and at multi annum to hourly time scales. The company cultivates expertise in machine learning, image processing, and statistical analysis for matching its data’s exponential growth. The Geospatial Big Data analytics platform of the company is flexible and comprehensive. The company starts with historic imagery and well known economic trends, train models, and then foretell results for the current period utilizing satellite imagery
    Cesium
    Cesium is a fast, simple, end-to-end platform for tiling, visualizing, and analyzing 3D geospatial data. It enables ready availability of 3D geospatial data than ever, at higher resolutions, and captured over periods. As this data is often individually held or not widely available, Cesium is working to change that by allowing to bring data into Cesium and fuse it with a growing number of 3D data sets that they provide directly and through partnerships with 3D content providers. Cesium's robust and performant pipelines tile data and stream it in 3D in the cloud or on private networks - whether it may be point clouds, BIM, CAD, photogrammetry, CityGML, 3D buildings, design models, terrain, or imagery
    Coord
    Coord makes it easy to analyze, share, and collect curb data. Coord is passionate about making cities more livable. The company believes that understanding curb is the bedrock for creating more efficient, safe, and economically vibrant communities that everyone deserves. They are on a mission to improve mobility and expand access to opportunities through the use of technology. They help government agencies, engineers, architects, and construction firms get the valuable data they need to build and regulate transportation infrastructure in a way that suits best for everyone in the city. They also work with logistics and mobility companies to put that data to use to optimize their trip planning and better comply with regulations
    development SEED
    development SEED uses open source technology, open data, and open networks to drive social and economic development. The company works with every imaginable type of data, including modeling algorithms, disease tracking, and real-time polling data. Their tools are efficient to track timely information on populations and the planet through analysis of the latest satellite imagery and processing live data from mobile processing. development SEED harness data to help partners respond to disasters, protect rain forests, track conflict, and prepare for climate change. They help governments at all levels to deploy sustainable open-source infrastructure that genuinely empowers citizens with open data
    DroneDeploy
    DroneDeploy is a software provider to enable drone data accessible to anyone, anywhere. The company transforms the way businesses collect, manage, and interpret drone data. Users across a variety of industries trust it, and they are changing how businesses collect, maintain, and interpret drone data. Their user-friendly platform serves companies of any size to improve their workflows through scalable image processing, data storage, and real-time sharable drone maps and 3D models. Also, the company is unifying the commercial drone industry with its platform to connect hardware partners, developers, and pilots utilizing powerful tools to integrate aerial data into day-to-day operations
    GeoAdaptive
    GeoAdaptive is a global consulting and strategy company that specializes in solving complex economic, social, and environmental problems in a variety of territories, industries, and scales. The company helps to deploy and integrate advanced analytics, creativity, and locational data-insights to create robust strategies for the clients worldwide, reducing their risk and maximizing their opportunities for sustainable and inclusive growth. It devises strategic interventions and programs to improve the socioeconomic prospects of developing economies while combining urban and infrastructure analytics with policy and investment strategies to create more inclusive and sustainable cities. It serves agro-industries and forestry, health and education, tourism and hospitality, supports natural resources and climate adaptation, and assists in governance and policy
    Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B)
    Hexagon focuses on putting data to work to enable autonomous, connected ecosystems that boost efficiency, productivity, and quality for the customers. The company aims to fully leverage data allowing humanity and sustainability to thrive mutually. Hexagon’s unique and comprehensive portfolio of sensors, software, and autonomous solutions are deployed globally in both urban and production ecosystems. Their offerings exceed the expectations of the customers through a thorough understanding of their business. Understanding the importance of innovation, the company meets the ever-changing needs of the customers
    Hivemapper
    Established in 2015, Hivemapper is a modern mapping infrastructure. The company offers visualization, mapping, and analytic tools both for humans and machines alike that unveil the changes that are not visible to the human eye. The machine vision-powered mapping tools of the company empowers businesses and organizations to think forward and build as well as visualize smarter living maps. Intelligent maps are core to all of the applications that involve assessing damage after disasters, delivery aircraft, keeping cities running, building situational intelligence for military operations, or handling construction projects. Hivemapper power all these applications. The company specializes in geospatial, video, software, maps, machine-vision, big data, AI, 3D, lidar and computer vision
    L3 Harris Geospatial (NYSE: LHX)
    Founded in 1977, Harris Geospatial Solutions, a part of Harris Corporation develops software products that extract relevant information from all kinds of remotely sensed data. The company delivers game-changing, business-level solutions across industries with its in-depth knowledge of geospatial analytics, and a fine-tuned process for implementing machine learning technologies. The company’s latest offerings provide a new standard of visibility for allowing more-informed decision making. The offerings include maritime data and solutions that offer real-time global vessel tracking, high-resolution LIDAR data allocated by the company’s proprietary Geiger-mode sensor, and an online Geospatial Marketplace where data, imagery, and data-derived products can be procured