Sharing the results and trends of our Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) operations survey for 2015.

1. OPERATIONAL GIS SURVEY
2015 RESULTS
Sridara Gutti, President
Brad Mintun, Vice President

2. SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS
Our survey
encompassed a wide
range of Enterprise
GIS Consumers
Others represented by:
• Transportation / Logistics
• Biosecurity
• Multiple Utility Providers 20.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
33.3%
16.7%
6.7%
20.0%
Power / Energy / Electrical
Natural Gas
Water
Telecommunications
Federal / State / County
Governement
City / Municipality
Federal / State Agency
(Defense, Transportation,…
Other (please specify)

3. ORGANIZATION SIZE
Organization size was reflective of the Enterprise
GIS Consumers with most of the respondents in
the mid-size and above category
13.3%
50.0%
23.3%
13.3%
Small
Mid-Size
Large
Very Large

4. LOCATION
30%
33%
20%
4%
Non-USA: 13%

5. GIS SYSTEM USAGE
1
7%
2
20%
3-5
53%
5+
20%
How many different GIS products / vendors are
utilized by your organization?
56.7%
26.7%
3.3%
3.3%
10.0%
ESRI ArcGIS
Hexagon (Intergraph)
GeoMedia &
G/Technology
MapInfo
Microstation
Other (please specify)

6. GIS OPERATIONS
Most organizations use multiple sources to
perform GIS projects and daily operations.
74.1%
44.4%
33.3% 37.0%
7.4%
Internal
Resources
GIS Vendor
Consulting
Resources
Certified
Partners with
GIS
Providers
Third Party
Technology
Consultants
Other
(please
specify)

7. GIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Enabling GIS Operations often includes the
integration of ERP and DMS platforms.
37.5%
16.7%
4.2%
12.5%
29.2%
SAP
Oracle / Peoplesoft
IBM (Maximo)
Microsoft Dynamics
Other (please specify)
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
64.0%
0.0%
4.0%
8.0%
24.0%
Microsoft SharePoint
FileNet
EMC Documentum
OnBase
Other (please specify)
Document Management System
(DMS)

8. GIS SPENDING
51.9%
3.7%
33.3%
11.1%
Increase
Decrease
Stay the same
Unknown
Projected GIS Spending in the next 12-18 Months

9. GIS FUTURE TRENDS
Looking at the major trends for the future:
• Cloud-based GIS
• Direct integration business systems
• Mobilization (Access and Capture)
• Intra-facility GIS and Building Information
Management (BIM)