908 - Describe the U.S. geospatial industry including vendors, software, hardware and data

Describe the U.S. geospatial industry including vendors, software, hardware and data

Concepts

  • [OI5-5] The geospatial industry
    The geospatial industry consists of companies working with location specific information or services. Within the geospatial sector, several areas of activities can be identified: 1) measuring, collecting and storing of data about geo-objects; 2) processing, editing, modelling, analyzing and managing that data; 3) presenting, producing and distributing the data; and 4) advising, educating, researching and communicating about processes and use of geo-information products and services. The sector consists of both small-and-medium-sized enterprises but also big companies, including surveyors, census hard-copy map providers, aerial photos providers, base map data providers, satellite and remote sensing imagery providers, software developers (GIS-related products and services providers as well as satellite image programming platform providers) and several others.