How can one utilize Mapping Technology?
- Arpit Shah
- Jul 9, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Dec 4
Some of our earliest memories of Mapping likely come from our school Geography classes—using plain maps to outline physical features such as rivers, mountains, and deserts, or political features such as administrative boundaries of cities, states, and countries. We could plot any feature with location attributes onto a map. This remains the foundational principle of all Mapping technologies.
Today, not only is it possible to acquire precise location datasets from a multitude of sources—satellites, drones, total stations—but we can also process vast and varied datasets in ingenious ways using advanced geospatial platforms. These platforms help derive deep insights, streamline operations, and support better decision-making. As a result, Mapping has evolved into GIS (Geographic Information System), similar to MIS (Management Information System) but with embedded location intelligence at its core.
GIS can be deployed to manage day-to-day operations as well as to execute complex projects. A few ways organizations can leverage Mapping Technology to gain competitive advantage include:
a) Resource and Asset Monitoring - Want to track and improve the performance of your Sales Team? Wish to map out your organization's Supply Chain? GIS allows you to chart where everything and everyone is, detect patterns, optimize flows, visualize development and foster operational harmony.
b) Project and Facility Siting - Planning a new business unit—store, factory, office, hospital, or warehouse? Mapping applications can help you study location features such as road connectivity, air quality, and elevation, and combine them with census or authoritative datasets to identify the most suitable areas for setting up your facility.
c) Agri Research - Does your organization procure agri-produce as raw material for manufacturing? Using Mapping technology, you can analyze datasets such as soil quality, crop health, and meteorological conditions—individually or in combination—to determine the best regions for sourcing your desired quality of produce.
d) Transportation Planning and Scheduling - GIS supports route planning and optimization, fleet management, workforce travel scheduling and other logistics workflows. It even helps answer unique questions—like where a truck can safely make a U-turn on the highway.
e) Risk Management - Organizations can plan for risks and emergencies—whether man-made or natural—and develop mitigation strategies using mapping technology. For instance, insurers use GIS to price their products more accurately by assessing exposure and vulnerability.
f) Layout Design & Management - GIS enables the creation of digital twins of real estate assets and supports spatial planning and volumetric analysis. Even large and complex workflows—laying out oil pipelines, planning telecom towers or setting up renewables infrastructure—can be designed, monitored, and managed using Mapping technology.
g) Unique, Single-purpose Applications - Need safe and seamless visitor management for a large event or exhibition? Want to create a true-to-reality animation of an urban landscape for a movie? With Mapping technology, the possibilities are endless. New applications emerge every day, and dedicated conferences exist to discuss, refine, and disseminate these workflows. In fact, developers themselves are sometimes surprised by the innovative ways their geospatial platforms are used!
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