Thought leadership

Creating an extensible GIS with web services

While many GIS programs were developed to solve specific business problems, the benefits and application of  location-aware technology extend to numerous operational areas. In spite of  this, GIS programs rarely plan to expand organizational adoption beyond the initiative’s original scope. Employing a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to GIS development, specifically exposing your GIS capabilities as web services, will allow you to create a flexible and extensible GIS that can quickly respond to changing organizational needs.