A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing things that exist and events that happen on Earth. GIS technology integrates common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the unique visualization and geographic analysis benefits offered by maps. These abilities distinguish GIS from other information systems and make it valuable to a wide range of public and private enterprises for explaining events, predicting outcomes, and planning strategies.

GIS is a technology that can transform the way you do business. GIS technology allows you to see your business information in a whole new way, through maps, and discover relationships you didn't know existed.

GIS Puts It All Together
With a GIS, you can do more than just display your data. A GIS combines all the capabilities of display-only, thematic, and street-based mapping systems along with the ability to analyze geographic locations and the information linked to those locations.

It is this analytical capability that allows a medical practice, for example, to decide where it should open its next branch location based on the latest population figures. Furthermore, you can either access information from the map or access the map from the information.

And a GIS is dynamic. The maps you create aren't limited to a single moment in time. Simply update the information linked to a map and the map automatically reflects those changes. You can do this quickly, without special training.

GIS lets you create map displays and maps for presentation simply by pointing and clicking. GIS lets you visualize and analyze information in new ways, revealing previously hidden relationships, patterns, and trends.

Business people in marketing, advertising, real estate, and retail are already using GIS to analyze markets, optimize media campaigns, analyze parcels of land, and model spending patterns. A GIS can change the way you work, whatever your business task.

What You Can Do with a GIS
You don’t have to be a sales manager or a route planner. If what you do involves managing information, and that information can be linked to geographic locations, then GIS can help you organize that information in new ways so that you can make new discoveries and get more out of the information you have. The possibilities are endless.

SCOMPTEC GIS/Mapping Division can help you to;

Improve Organizational Integration
Many organizations that have implemented a GIS have found that one of its main benefits is improved management of their own organization and resources. Because GISs have the ability to link data sets together by geography, they facilitate interdepartmental information sharing and communication. By creating a shared database one department can benefit from the work of another--data can be collected once and used many times.

Make Better Decisions
A GIS, is not an automated decision making system but a tool to query, analyze, and map data in support of the decision making process. GIS technology has been used to assist in tasks such as presenting information at planning inquiries, helping resolve territorial disputes, and sitting pylons in such a way as to minimize visual intrusion.

GIS can be used to help reach a decision about the location of a new housing addition that has minimal environmental impact, is located in a low risk area, and is close to a population center. The information can be presented succinctly and clearly in the form of a map and accompanying report, allowing decision makers to focus on the real issues rather than trying to understand the data. Because GIS products can be produced quickly, multiple scenarios can be evaluated efficiently and effectively.

Making Maps
Maps have a special place in GIS. The process of making maps with GIS is much more flexible than are traditional manual or automated cartography approaches. It begins with database creation. Existing paper maps can be digitized and computer-compatible information can be translated into the GIS. The GIS-based cartographic database can be both continuous and scale free. Map products can then be created centered on any location, at any scale, and showing selected information symbolized effectively to highlight specific characteristics.

The characteristics of atlases and map series can be encoded in computer programs and compared with the database at final production time. Digital products for use in other GISs can also be derived by simply copying data from the database. In a large organization, topographic databases can be used as reference frameworks by other departments.

Why GIS? If you need to know the answers to these questions, you need GIS:

• Where are my best markets?
  
• Is the competition growing?
  
• Which sales territories are under-performing?
  
• Where should we allocate advertising dollars?
  
• What are the best sites for expansion?
  
• How can I better serve my customer?
  

Why Scomptec? Scomptec GIS and mapping solution is used by many businesses to help them understand dynamic situations and make more savvy strategic decisions. Companies like Sampoerna, Jasa Marga, etc using GIS/Mapping software that Scomptec integrate to help them improve operational excellence and profitability. Scomptec GIS/Mapping solutions can tailor the needs of the one-person company or the most advanced multinational Company .

The Many Applications of GIS for Business;
marketing, site selection, asset management, risk analysis, regulatory compliance, delivery routing, customer service, and demographic analysis and Map.

And Specific GIS Industry Solution for ;

• Oil/Gas and Water/Electricity - Pipeline
  Examples of oil/gas/pipeline GIS applications
  include
  • Oil and Gas
    • Automated basemapping
      Exploration
      Lease management
      Drilling
      Production
      Reservoir management
      Refinery management
      Product distribution
      Tanker fleet management
      
  • Pipeline
    • Planning and route selection
      Regulatory reporting
      Construction
      Emergency response
      maps
      Pipeline alignment sheet generation
      Location maps
      Risk assessment
      Corrosion analysis
      Asset profitability analysis
      Supply and market analysis
      Integration with
      - CAD
      - SCADA
      - Document management
      - Work order management
      
      
• Telecommunications
  GIS solutions for wireless and wireline telecommunications companies. Services provided include
  
  • Facilities and land base mapping
  • Cable routing
  • Electronic yellow pages development
  • Customer care applications
  • Spatial data warehouse development
  • Facilities sitting
  • Trouble call systems
    
    
• Transportation
  
  • Transportation Infrastructure Management
    GIS is used to manage and analyze information with a geographic component. More than 80 percent of the information used to manage road, rail, and port facilities have a spatial component. GIS can be used to determine the location of an event or asset and its relationship or proximity to another event or asset, which may be the critical factor leading to a decision about design, construction, or maintenance.
    
  • Fleet and Logistics Management
    Efficient operations require accurate, timely decision making. Knowing where a vehicle, pickup, or delivery is at any given time leverages assets for optimum deployment and cost savings. Customer satisfaction, competitive position, timely response, effective deployment, and profitability all stand to gain.
    
  • Transit Management
    Route planners, dispatch technicians, service analysts, marketing and community relations managers, and transit patrons can all benefit from a better understanding of transit vehicle, route, and facility locations. Routes can be maintained directly in street network databases and be tied to neighborhood and employment center demographics, as well as schedule databases.
    
    
• Environment, geology
  
  • to help protect the environment. As an environmental professional, you can use GIS to produce maps, inventory species, measure environmental impact, or trace pollutants. The environmental applications for GIS are almost endless.
    
    
• Agriculture, Forestry
  
  • Manage Crop Production
    A GIS can be used to help manage farm resources such as the number of acres in crops, timber, or water. You can use the GIS to determine crop yields, establish crop rotation plans, and calculate yearly soil loss using different planting, cultivation, or harvesting techniques
    
  • Manage Irrigation Systems
    You can use a GIS to help monitor and manage irrigation of agricultural lands. A GIS can help monitor a system's capacity, its valves, its efficiency, and the overall distribution of water within the system.
  • Forest resource planning and history
    Land management planning and history
    Integration with rules-based systems
    Integration with relational database management
    systems
    
    
• Government
  The following are examples of the kinds of GIS design and development services;
  • Land Records
    - Parcel mapping
    - Property assessment
    - Multimedia integration
    - Public counter inquiry
  • Property and Facility Management
    - Land acquisition and disposition
    - Building and property inventory
  • Land Use Planning and Zoning
    - General plan mapping and analysis
    - Zoning mapping and case tracking
    - Demographic analysis and mapping
    - Economic development
    - Linkage to permitting systems
  • Engineering
    - drain mapping and analysis
    - Subdivision review/lot mapping
    - Routing of street sweeping, sanitation, tree
    trimming
  • Public Safety
    - Emergency preparedness planning
    - Emergency response and recovery
    - Crime analysis
    - Patrol beat planning
    - Emergency response routing
    - Facility sitting analysis
    
    

The services performed by Scomptec team include

• Implementation strategy design
• Custom application development
• Custom training and documentation
• System/Network configuration and integration
• Database evaluation, design, and construction
• Drafting & Programming Staffing