Geographic Information Services in India

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The Geographic Information System use computer aided mapping and analyses existing events happening on the earth. GIS is a technology that desegregates database operations like interrogation and statistical analysis with unparalleled visual imaging and geographical analysis extended by maps.

The GIS in India works on bulk data transitions and digital computation, creation of digital ground survey maps to site mapping, analysis and providing custom made presentations based on survey data of an area. The dimensions of maps differ for each sector, resource, element and function. With the gathering and transformation of the collected data, it is translated that into knowledge. This in turn helps the information seekers to, proper planning of the future, manage their resources efficiently, and make critical business decisions to expand the territories of business.

Lot of the businesses are using the Geographic Information Services in India for analysis of demography, competitiveness, expansion, risk management, target oriented marketing, planning of route.

Sectors using Geographic Information Services in India:-
  • Health Care use GIS for marketing, promotion, research and development
  • Central and State Governments use GIS for development in economy, reforms for the legislation, administration registration for the voters, emergency management
  • Logistics use GIS for scheduling, routing, dispatch, tracking, and operations in the warehouse
  • Agriculture use GIS for the analysis of production, pollution control, targeted agrarian production
  • Telecommunications department use GIS wireless engineering, routing of communication network, customer support, target oriented marketing, construction management
  • Gas and Electric companies use GIS for engineering planning and designing, customer service, distribution system management, marketing, power generation and management of load, meter reading, billing and collection
  • Petroleum Industry uses GIS for exploration, distribution, and retail
  • Environmental management use GIS natural resource management, water quality, waste management, groundwater modeling,
  • Public Safety units use GIS as a constitutional part of emergency response systems formulated for man-made and future disasters
  • Forest Department use GIS for the mapping of flora and fauna