Who uses GIS software?
Organisations from all sectors – and employees as diverse as GIS experts, risk assessors and marketing managers – use GIS software.
The examples below are only some of many possible uses. If you can’t find something that fits your organisation, please get in touch and we’ll help you to work out how GIS software can meet your specific needs.
Agriculture & land management industries
- Boost agricultural productivity with an enhanced understanding of your land environment and factors that affect it.
- Create and maintain an effective land management lifecycle by monitoring, tracking and analysing data in real time.
- More on GIS for agriculture and land management
Financial services
- Map branch location and income demographics.
- Track account values, branch locations and competitor locations.
- More on GIS for financial services
Government
- Improve processes for infrastructure management.
- Identify and schedule fault repairs in an efficient manner.
- More on GIS for government bodies
Healthcare providers & public health organisations
- Identifying provider locations and gaps in coverage.
- Planning to accommodate provider needs based on members’ policies.
- More on GIS for healthcare
Import-export businesses
- Understand the geography of your current business, and its impact.
- Optimise and streamline the logistics and supply chain.
- More on GIS for import-export
Insurance providers
- Map risk exposure.
- View different risk levels in an area to decide pricing for premiums.
- More on GIS for insurance
Real estate
- Boost sales and marketing campaigns with visual representations of key customer demographic knowledge.
- Optimise efficiency, from site selection through to planning and development stages, using clear maps to display multiple layers of data.
- More on location intelligence for real estate
Retailers
- Gain insight into past and current trading conditions, customer demographics and the area you trade in.
- Create accurate forecasts for the future, based on past trends, new locations and the changing demographics of the surrounding areas.
- More on location intelligence for retailers
Sales & marketing
- Manage sales territories: Identify & segment markets, set targets.
- Combine area demographics in customer penetration studies to determine geographies for sales potential and customer base growth based on customer profiling.
- More on location intelligence for sales and marketing
Supermarkets
- Maximise operational efficiencies.
- Leverage customer, demographic and location data.
- More on location intelligence for supermarkets
Telecommunications companies
- Optimise network management and enhance repair and maintenance operations.
- Accelerate sales and marketing efforts while future-proofing next generation delivery.
- More on GIS for telecommunications
Utility companies
- View spatial information about current projects.
- Manage routine and emergency maintenance.
- More on GIS for utilities
Waste management
- Condense large amounts of data into clear, concise maps and charts.
- Optimise operational efficiency and logistics.
- More on location intelligence for waste management