Mobile GIS
Mobile GIS is the expansion of a geographic information system (GIS) from the office into the field. A mobile GIS enables field-based personnel to capture, store, and update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographic information. Mobile GIS integrates one or more of the following technologies
- Mobile devices
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Wireless communications for Internet GIS access
Traditionally, the processes of field data collection and editing have been time consuming and error prone. Geographic data has traveled into the field in the form of paper maps. Field edits were performed using sketches and notes on paper maps and forms. Once back in the office, these field edits were deciphered and manually entered into the GIS database. The result has been that GIS data has often not been as up-to-date or accurate as it could have been.
HCL has proven expertise in Mobile Geographic Information System (GIS), which integrates three essential technologies: GIS software, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, and handheld communication devices. Bringing these technologies together makes the enterprise database directly accessible to field-based personnel—anywhere and anytime.
