Though an unknown entity in most parts of the country, the global GIS market evaluation currently stands at $7612.9 million and is expected to double up by 2020 at an estimated growth rate of 11.4 percent. The increasing urbanization, in addition to the growth of enterprise GIS in developing countries, has boosted the demand of GIS during the forecast period. Owing to the development of initiatives such as Smart cities and Digital India, the use of GIS is witnessing rapid growth in building surveillance application India. According to Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc (ESRI), there is an upsurge in the adoption of GIS technology in the private as well as in the Government sector. The investment in homeland security, real estate and urban development has been immense in recent years and has resulted in substantiating opportunity for leveraging the technology. However, in India development is being steered by recognition of the value of geospatial information for decision support in the public sector and market development in the private sector. It is used in a variety of applications, in combination with demographic data, in areas such as resource management, town planning, urban and rural infrastructure development. Many industry verticals such as aerospace & defense, oil & gas exploration, transportation & logistics, engineering & business services, etc. have amped up their dependency on GIS, hence the scope for quality GIS firms to deliver accurate market forecast & analysis, proficient business intelligence, surveying  services, remote sensing, power utilities and engineering services is high.

Perceiving this, the current edition of Consultants Review brings you the “25 Most Promising GIS Consultants.” The list features some of the most unparalleled GIS Consultants in the industry who are capable of bringing in the optimal solutions for the GIS demands and have shown their worth by delivering customized solutions and products. The proposed list envisages aiding organizations to choose the felicitous solution partner, who suits their manifested requirements and helping them to thrive towards excellence.