GIS and its integration with Cloud
By: The Geospatial
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial, GIS

Two powerful technologies integrated to create a system that helps create, analyse, map, and share mapping and GIS data from anywhere in the world? Yes, we’re as fascinated by Cloud GIS as you are. This beautiful piece of technology enables the functions of GIS while providing the flexibility of the Cloud.

Data capture, analysis, study, and the organisation has been made easy with the facilitation of Cloud GIS. It has resulted in seamless sharing, and creation of mapping data from anywhere in the world.

Cloud GIS has changed the way GIS is perceived and studied. It has revolutionised the way GIS data is shared and stored. GIS has been late to the whole Cloud uprise and growth. It still does not lag as such. Cloud GIS has been growing in leaps and bounds in terms of usage and supplementary services provided by technology companies.

There are so many reasons to shift whole systems of GIS onto Cloud. Its accessibility, feasibility, and seamless sharing and editing being only the tip of the iceberg. It helps in continuous updating of information remotely from anywhere. The public domain that can be shared for viewing and access can help grow resources by a large volume.

The integration of databases and the amalgamation of systems has enabled the exchange of information to become a simple process and simplify workflow.

Data revival and retrieval have become easier and more efficient with cloud computing services assisting in data management and safety. The functionality of Cloud combined with the data and information that GIS provides creates easy movement between vendors and cloud services, which otherwise would have resulted in loss or tampering of data.

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On-demand and online maps have picked up the pace, and large volumes of data can be easily processed through cloud services. It is currently being used in earth observation, infrastructure development, archaeology its study, web mapping, crime analysis, and public safety amongst others.

While we know GIS is an integrated system of spatial data combined with the right software and hardware, Cloud GIS helps upgrade from conventional GIS to help manipulate and analyse data to provide better and more services to its users across the globe.

The accessibility and location-independent resource pooling features of Cloud GIS have made it stand out of the competition. GIS has been used for decades now, but with more sophisticated uses and technology, it is only sensible that this technology moves on with times.

The interactive, dynamic, and user-friendly cloud computing service providers help in tailor-making their services suitable for GIS storage, study, analysis. This, in turn, helps create efficient reports and disseminate information without the need for certain hardware- creating a GIS environment for all.

GIS and cloud technology working together is no longer a far-sighted dream, but a reality. As much as this reality shall integrate the world to become more seamless in sharing information, it is important to understand a nascent industry like this might come with its drawbacks, and we should be prepared.