Enterprise GIS evolved over the period of time and specially during 2005-2010. Most of the leading GIS vendors have had components that constitute an Enterprise GIS for long time but, the efforts to have them all packaged together and provide an end-to-end solution picked up fast pace in the recent times. To put it in simpler terms, an Enterprise GIS should be capable of:
- supporting huge number of simultaneous transactions
- integrating with other Enterprise Systems (such as SAP, Billing Systems etc.,)
- comply with OGC Standards to enable easier integration with other systems
- displaying data in the same way (styles/ symbols) for Desktop, Web and Mobile users
- (preferred) reusable functionality across Desktop, Web and Mobile platforms
Enterprise GIS exhibits includes:
- Map Rendering
- Spatial Calculations
- Routing
- Geocoding
- Spatial Data Management
Enterprise GIS - an Architect's point of view Architects consider the following when designing Enterprise GIS systems:
- Data Architecture
- Data Governance
- Integration with other systems (Enterprise Service Bus, API's)
- High availability or seamless failover
- Redundancy / disaster recovery
- Privacy of data
- Compliance to laws and regulations
- Realtime monitoring with rich trace information for troubleshooting
- Reporting (typically allowing for intelligent management)
Business Process - with location intelligence
Offerings from leading GIS vendors
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