{"id":15764,"date":"2019-04-17T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intellias.com\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:37:30","slug":"steps-to-consider-before-moving-your-gis-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/steps-to-consider-before-moving-your-gis-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Consider Before Moving Your GIS to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you felt the focus shift to cloud computing? Users might not have felt it, but for businesses and developers, cloud computing is a game changer. Powerful architecture that\u2019s secure and affordable is now available to organizations anytime and anywhere regardless of their size and industry. No wonder the geospatial field is <\/span>speeding up its adoption of<\/span> cloud solutions. If you haven\u2019t moved your geographic information systems (GIS) to cloud computing yet, here\u2019s some information that will help you make a decision to run GIS in the cloud. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Geographic information systems (GIS) can and should be combined with the shared pool of networks, servers, apps, storage, and services that are available thanks to the cloud. You can run GIS in the cloud but access it in a web browser. <\/span>Working together, the cloud and GIS software provide an advanced solution with broad capabilities for collecting, analyzing, and publishing geospatial data.<\/b> Desktop-level mapping solutions<\/a> on a web-based platform become more powerful, scalable, and closer to the audience who will use the geospatial information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This may not sound too impressive, but let\u2019s put it in perspective: all GIS tools, databases, images, etc. are stored and organized on the web. When you need more capacity, the cloud platform automatically increases it, making GIS in the cloud a more flexible option. You can access this storage anytime \u2014 from your work laptop, at home, while traveling \u2014 and share your work with customers and colleagues instantly. That\u2019s the idea behind the GIS migration to cloud<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Springer Link \u2013 Spatial Information Research<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Web-based GIS platforms and databases are built on HTML5 standards, and they work everywhere. Legacy systems, either physical or online, are less reliable \u2014 and any server downtime costs a fortune. With a cloud-based development platform<\/a> and GIS migration to cloud, you don\u2019t use your own computing systems; all the GIS services reside on the cloud infrastructure. There\u2019s no server to maintain because a third-party vendor (usually) takes care of it. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Migrating<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GIS\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cloud: Things to consider<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Here are some <\/span>reasons to\u00a0consider moving\u00a0GIS to the cloud<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/p>\n