The Dynamic GIS

We can sense the real world around us – from space, the air, and the ground. With advances in technology, we can also make sense of captured data with clever algorithms for data fusion, feature extraction, and integration with business intelligence. Storage, database, and server technologies now support the handling of large volumes of data, making it possible to natively use geospatial data in its raw form and leverage the depth of information available in all these sources. Advances in mobile computing and technology extend the use of geographic data and information, empowering billions of individuals to be publishers and users of location-specific data and information. Cloud-enabling geospatial applications and platforms further extend the reach of these tools to users beyond the traditional GIS, remote sensing, and photogrammetric arenas. With standards from organizations like the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO), we now have the means to achieve true interoperability across domains to provide a common language for understanding our earth.

Previously, no single geospatial company has been able to provide an integrated approach to truly handle the entire geospatial information life cycle – from data capture to delivery – where the final product is truly actionable, real-time 5D information (X, Y, Z, time, information) delivered to the desktop, Web, mobile clients, and millions of users through cloud-based offerings.

The growing desire for a new paradigm, coupled with rapid technological advances, has prepared Hexagon to overcome the walls and barriers that previously prevented fusion and synthesis. As part of a broader strategy to build world class geospatial products and solutions, Hexagon, already the parent company of Leica Geosystems, Hexagon Metrology and ERDAS, acquired Intergraph in 2010. The execution of this strategy involved the unification of Intergraph and ERDAS geospatial product offerings. Together, Intergraph and ERDAS provide a market-leading portfolio of GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry and data management technologies.

Together, Leica Geosystems, Intergraph and ERDAS provide hardware and software tools to form the Dynamic GIS, from capturing, managing, sharing, and delivering data to transforming vector, raster, and terrain information and securely delivering integrated information products.