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Technology Analysis

Determining the appropriate GIS/AM/FM (Geographic Information System/Automated Mapping/Facilities Management) technology to meet your business needs can be a daunting task due to the number of commercial packages available and their range of functionality, data issues and integration issues with your existing systems. Often a GIS/AM/FM solution is selected with little consideration given to the capability of the solution meeting the business requirements. This inevitably results in some requirements not being met or expensive reworking of the original solution.

Orbis Directions has the experience and knowledge to take your business and data requirements and determine the best GIS/AM/FM solution. Stewart Nimmo will leverage his knowledge of the available packages and their strengths and limitations to provide an unbiased solution to meet your specific business requirements. His experience in the design and implementation of a variety of GIS/AM/FM configurations has included; the integration of legacy systems, applyed both centralized and distributed databases and both 2 tier and 3 tier architectures. Orbis Directions maintains close relationships with many of the commercial vendors and stays abreast of the software enhancements.

Technology Analysis Services

Based on available information outlining your business, data and system integration requirements, Orbis Directions will initially identify the optimal, generic spatial functionality required. Following that, by working closely with your staff, a rational review of "out of the box" commercial functionality and associated data models relevant to your business will be provided to assist in your final selection of a GIS solution. A report outlining the decision process, relationships between requirements and functionality, systems integration relationships and a description of the resulting overall design will be provided.

If further investigation of the business or data requirements is necessary, Orbis Directions offers Business Analysis and Data Analysis Services .

For more information and to discuss this service contact Stewart Nimmo by phone or e-mail .

Technology Analysis Experience

The Technology Analysis Service at Orbis Directions is based on Stewart Nimmo's years of experience with the commercial packages and in applying spatial technology. The following is a sample of technology evaluations performed across a number of industries.

Municipal

Evaluated and identified the most appropriate spatial technology to be integrated with existing Asset Management technology.

Telecommunication

Evaluated and identified the most appropriate spatial technology to be applied to a data translation process for outside plant data.

Mineral Exploration

Evaluated desktop GIS solutions to complement existing surface mapping tools.
Evaluated a GIS to be used as the engine in an expert system designed to identify optimum locations for drill holes.

Fisheries Habitat Management

Evaluated field staff needs for distribution of fisheries data on the desktop.
Evaluated corporate GIS configurations to support core fisheries datastores and business applications.

Watershed Management

Evaluated watershed analysis techniques to determine the appropriate GIS solution.

Technology Analysis Client Benefits

Technology Analysis clients of Orbis Directions receive a number of benefits including:

Years of experience in applying the technology in different industries and utilizing different commercial packages.
An up to date knowledge of the commercial package capabilities and their data models.
Extensive experience with a wide variety of spatial data types.
Years of experience in integrating spatial solutions with existing corporate systems.
An objective review of your business processes to identify GIS/AM/FM technology requirements.

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