Mobile GIS & LBS Posts Tagged ‘solutions’Desperate need for ArcGIS business solution expertsThursday, November 10th, 2016I am sometimes asked “In which area of ArcGIS do you see the biggest skill shortage?” My answer: ArcGIS business solution experts! A follow up question from this response is often “What is an ArcGIS business solution expert?” Looking into the future this role will be hugely important to any and all GIS and intelligent map implementations. Can GIS Help the Mad Hatter?Friday, May 20th, 2016
As the Mad Hatter says: “I’m late. I’m late. For a very important data. No time to say hello, goodbye. I’m late. I’m late. I’m late.” Ours is a Mad Hatters world. Fast paced. And getting faster. Decisions increasingly need to be made yesterday. In this blog post we will consider making business decisions fast and where GIS fits. Can GIS Help the Mad Hatter?I’m going to rephrase our question: Is GIS a 3 click solution? Is it a software solution which might help those who are moving quickly like the Mad Hatter…. My answer to this question is definitely YES. And definitely NO. “Curiouser and curiouser!” Why Yes – GIS IS a 3 click solutionToday GIS has become an in demand technology. Let me re-phrase that: more WHERE questions are being asked by more people. Traditional users of GIS have been swelled by the addition of non-GIS users. Business users in particular are looking for answers to questions traditional BI platforms cannot answer. People are realising GIS is far more than mapping technology. It can analyse and answers complex WHERE questions: Where should we open a new store? Where is our highest flood risk exposure? Where will be the greatest impacted areas of an oil spill? Now we are not called mapping guys or gals what is holding us back?Thursday, August 27th, 2015
I’ll admit it was a little tongue in cheek. But my blog post entitled “Please stop calling me the mapping guy” proved to be amazingly popular. Our blog is generally well read but this post pushed things off the chart. See Google analytics below:
But a well read blog post does not indicate approval or disapproval. Simply interest in the topic. From the responses I received it would seem many readers agree with the general thrust of my argument. Which leads me to this next post …. GIS in 2014 is Simpler and CheaperTuesday, January 7th, 2014True: GIS in 2014 is simpler and cheaper. Why? Cloud services and low cost (mobile) hardware. Simple? Let others host and maintain while you focus on the solution. Our conclusion from conversations over 2013 was that many still see GIS as this complex system. They have nightmares remembering GIS technology choices, licensing fees, tuning/maintaining/upgrading servers, publishing data. But their thinking had still to move forward. (more…) |
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