by SBL GEOMATICS
Importance of India as an outsourcing destinationThe main positive characteristics that make India an appropriate destination for outsourcing of technology are cost and quality benefits.
India is quickly emerging as a premier IT outsourcing and remote development business with its rich experience, well-educated people with knowledge in English language, corporate-friendly atmosphere, and last but not the least, the quality consciousness of the dedicated personnel.
India offers significant strength in the areas of cost efficiency, quality, language skills, telecom connectivity and reliability, and these obviously become some of the reasons why India gets much of its outsourcing projects in the vast realm of GIS also.
GIS and its Importance
The term GIS is not a strange one now in India. Many of us are familiar with the term. From dawn to dusk, GIS becomes helpful in our everyday life. From switching on the electric lights in our kitchen to the navigating through the correct network of roads - GIS applications are almost omnipresent.
'A geographic information system (GIS) allows the display of database information on a visual map.'
Digitization and goereferencing are two major services which many of the companies in India undertake. For all the geographical operations, an image or map has to be converted to digital or vector form to facilitate better comprehension. This process is digitization.
GIS digitization specialists create maps from the information contained in the databases. GIS is not a mapping program, it is a complex mix of database management, display technology, and analysis tools that can be used to create maps.
About georeferencing, we can say that, all the information in a GIS can be referenced to a location. Images of aerial photography, photographs of houses, large amounts of text and attribute information and floor plans of buildings, and etc. can be tied to the databases by their location on the earth's surface. By georeferencing the data in a GIS to a location on the earth's surface, maps are generated and displayed, information visualized, and decisions made faster. This allows easier information analysis, which makes GIS invaluable to public safety.
GIS consultants and GIS specialists: a comparison
A GIS consultant usually provides advices in a wide variety of GIS design, development and implementation services ranging from initial needs assessment to implementation planning and assistance, GIS system and geodatabase design, application design and development, technical support and training.
In contrast, a GIS specialist provides support to GIS end users. He needs to collect, compile, analyze and digitize geospatial and tabular data to produce maps and related products, maintain the accuracy of the GIS databases, technical files and documentation, perform complex analysis on data from various sources and programs, should have skills in relational database structures and design, geodatabase concepts and development practices, should coordinate geometry and should assist in all areas of spatial analysis.
Availability and scope of skilled GIS specialists
As mentioned earlier, as India is developing as a strong destination for GIS outsourcing, we have witnessed the emergence of GIS professionals also. We have the most resourceful manpower compared to any other country in the world. When the scope of GIS services and service providers became high-soaring, people who specialize in studies related to GIS are also on the rise. India can take pride in the high intellect, quality consciousness and dedication of the GIS specialists working in the area of GIS associated jobs.
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SBL Geomatics
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ARTICLE BY :RARIMA N S
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