Geographic Information System Market to see 12% CAGR till 2024: Global Market Insights Inc. Geographic Information System (GIS) Market was estimated at over USD 4 billion in 2017, and is set to cross USD 9 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The penetration of remote sensing platforms and navigation and positioning technologies to capture the spatial data objects and associated attributes will lead to an increase in demand for GIS hardware components, including imaging sensors, cameras, and GNSS antennas. The data captured by these components need to be integrated and analyzed for predictive analysis which further help the organizations to make informed predictions about the future events. This will increase the demand for GIS solutions during the forecast timeline. Increasing investments in the smart cities have further accelerated the adoption of GIS software which acts a common platform to enable easy integration and coordination of different participants of the smart city ecosystem.
The hardware segment dominated the GIS market with a share of around 55% in 2017 due to the large-scale adoption of GIS collectors and handheld devices equipped with high-resolution cameras and sensors to capture the spatial data. The data collectors enable organizations to capture geospatial data from varied sources which is then integrated and analyzed using GIS. The mapping application segment held majority of the geographic information system market share amounting to over 40% in 2017 due to the widespread adoption of the GIS software to integrate, manipulate and present the geospatial data and let the users to produce graphic display of information for analysis. GIS mapping software helps in mapping the position and any changes occurring in the areas and allow GIS professionals and surveyors to gain insights about changes that occur in the specific area. The GIS adoption in the agriculture segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 15% between 2018 to 2024 due to the increasing applications of drone technology. Drones are rapidly being used by the farmers to assess crop condition. As these collect vegetation and topography related information, the demand for GIS will increase during the forecast timeline. The increasing penetration of the drone technology in sectors, such as defense, transportation agriculture, and urban planning is expected to drive the geographic 1|Page