Convergence of GIS, EDS, and BIM Drive Smart Cities, Grids, and Infrastructure

ARC research on Geospatial Information Software (GIS) for smart cities and grids covers key solutions enabling smart infrastructure. The strategic value of this ARC market analysis stems from the key roles played by visualization and design tools within smart cities, utility, and telecommunications service providers, and transportation and transit, and other public works use cases, which help ensure success in new construction projects, successful optimization of ongoing operations and maintenance activities, and successful cross-industry and multi-stakeholder cross- industry successes. Smart infrastructure is an essential enabler of the full industrial data fabric that will be required by all asset-intensive industries and all B2B supply chains if society is to be successful in meeting the energy transition and industrial sustainability challenges that lie ahead.

"Smart infrastructure end users and solution provider product managers and strategists all understand the noteworthy value GIS, BIM, and EDS solutions play for critical infrastructure workflows which are at the forefront of AI-driven improvements. They know their use cases differ from those of manufacturing industries, and that the success of critical infrastructure workflows is critical to all industries in their efforts to be successful during energy transition and in their drive for industrial sustainability. This research addresses the unique needs and importance of smart infrastructure GIS-related end users and the solutions and partner ecosystems upon which all industries rely. Leaders in these smart infrastructure GIS domains are enabling important contributions to digital transformation for their customers, in ways that include, but go far beyond, many of the mapping and visualization use cases of GIS in manufacturing and other industries. Leading vendors, including Esri, Hexagon, and Bentley Systems, bring different strengths which this research sheds light upon, and which can help end users make better upgrade(s) and/or new greenfield solution selection decisions as a function of their most important value drivers," according to Peter Manos, Director of Research and key author of ARC's GIS Software for Smart Cities and Grids Market Research.

GIS Software for Smart Cities and Grids Market Trends

In addition to providing detailed competitive market share data, the research also addresses key market trends as follows:

  • Enabling cost-effective sustainability
  • Addressing greater complexity 
  • Creating new insights

Leading Suppliers to the GIS Software for Smart Cities and Grids Market Identified

In addition to providing specific market data and industry trends, this ARC market research also identifies and positions the leading suppliers to this market and provides and summarizes their relevant offerings. An alphabetical list of key suppliers covered in this analysis includes: Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Esri, Inc., Hexagon, Trimble.

About the GIS Software for Smart Cities and Grids Research

GIS Software Market TrendsThe GIS Software for Smart Cities and Grids research explores the current and future market performance and related technology and business trends and identifies leading technology suppliers. This new research is based on ARC’s industry-leading market research database, extensive primary and secondary research, and proprietary economic modelling techniques. The research includes competitive analysis, five-year market forecasts, and one year of historical analysis. The research segmentation includes Industry, Customer Type, World Region, Sales Channel, Service Revenues by Type, Project Type, Revenue Category, Software Revenues by Type, Project Size, , Software Revenues by Deployment, Applications. 

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