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Geospatial Solutions That Matter
Bridging Geospatial Information Disconnects
WhatWe Are
GPC GIS is a GIS Consulting and Services company,strategically
based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to serve countries rom
North Arica to South East Asia.
GPC Global Inormation Solutions LLC (GPC GIS), was
launched in 2008 by the Geographic Planning
Collaborative, Inc. (GPC) to specialize in the delivery
o GIS services to the MENA Region. By harnessing more
than 25 years experience o GPC partners, we provide GIS
consulting and technology services or a wide variety o orga-
nizations and projects in the region.
In todays technological environment, inormation is a real and
tangible
commodity, and it comes in many shapes and orms. Modern
inormationmanagement can integrate, retrieve, analyze and
cross-reerence data in allits diverse orms including text, tables,
maps, drawings, images, videos, soundand others. The hardware and
sotware tools or capturing, managing andusing this inormation are
converging into many powerul, fexible and acces-sible orms.
Geographic Inormation Systems (GIS), remote sensing, Com-puter
Aided Design and Drating (CADD), Global Positioning Satellite
(GPS),document management systems, work fow process management,
Internet/Intranet - these are all core technologies which are
having a proound i mpacton how we live, work, play and learn.
The plummeting cost o technology acquisition, a growing network
o globalcommunications, and the widely increasing availability o
inormation indigital orm is making these tools available to a broad
range o organiza-tions. This revolution has opened up challenging
new opportunities orcarrying out many o our day-to-day tasks more
eciently. At another level,these new tools have ar reaching
potential or actually redening entireproessions and creating new
disciplines.
While we are best known or our technology ocus, our most
valuableresource is our people. We have assembled a complementary
team omulti-disciplinary proessionals who have the background to
turn emergingtechnologies into practical tools or carrying out real
lie tasks within a widerange o topics. Our sta includes seasoned
proessionals with expertise inurban and regional planning, resource
management, geography, earthsciences, remote sensing, computer
science, landscape architecture,environmental assessment,
multi-media, graphic communications, interna-tional nance and other
disciplines.
GPC sta create, congure and apply technology to meet the specic
needso each client. We stay abreast o the latest technological
innovations, and
we assemble and manage multi-disciplinary teams to solve our
clientsproblems. In addition to our core sta, we have also
developed strongalliances with a complementary and broadly based
network o aliatedcompanies and specialized consultants all over the
world. This method ooperation gives us the ability to congure
highly dynamic teams oproessionals with the right skills needed to
address any specic projectsrequirements, regardless o company
aliati on or geographic location.
WhatWe Can Do For You
The services oered by GPC represent a logical and comple-
mentary grouping o activities to address the ull lie cycle
o technology planning, design and implementation within
government and private organizations and institutions.
Implementation o Geographic Inormation Systems (GIS) and
related inormation technologies oten represents a signicant
undertaking which requires careul analysis and planning.
We have developed structured methodologies or carrying
out this process to ensure that each step results in
tangible
and visible results, within the ramework o a well considered
and fexible long-term strategy.
Strategic GIS Startup Planning
The GPC Group developed strategic GIS inception plans to provide
structuredocus rom the very start o the GIS implementation process
and ensurethat initial eorts are immediately eective, while
remaining fexible andextensible to meet uture needs.
Spatial Data Infrastructure
A Spatial Data Inrastructure (SDI) provides a ramework o
standards,policies, data, procedures and technology to support the
eective coordina-tion and dissemination o spatial inormation. The
GPC Group has developedpowerul methods or the planning, design and
implementation o SDI indierent cultural and disciplinary
contexts.
Enterprise System Design
The GPC Group develops eective enterprise system design and
implementa-tion strategies that ocus on supporting an organizations
unctions whileproviding databases that can yield the most benecial
results, or the leastcost, in the shortest period o time.
Applications Programming
Customized user interaces bring GIS capabilities to the ngertips
o non-GISsta in a orm that is easy to learn and use. GPC GIS sta
can work closelywith end users to design interaces, and congure and
manage programmerteams as needed to support any specic development
eort, large or small.
Project Planning
The GPC Group plans projects to support not only the individual
projectobjectives but also uture projects and holistic
organizational goals, all whilekeeping the ull product liecycles in
mind.
Facility Management
The GPC Group develops tools that can support all phases o
acilitymanagement, rom capital improvement planning, acility
engineering anddesign, ROW acquisition, disposition and management,
operations andmaintenance, nancial management, and public
inormation support.
Resource Management
The GPC Group applies GIS tools and structured methodologies
oridentiying, analyzing, prioritizing and resolving resource
utilization issues,data collection and monitoring, actor and trend
analysis, ecologicalmodeling, and adaptive management.
Risk Management
The GPC Group utilizes risk management GIS to combine hazard
inventorieswith analytical tools or assistance in hazard avoidance,
the developmentand documentation o emergency response plans,
disaster response, postdisaster recovery and site monitoring and
remediation.
Economic Development GIS
The GPC Group utilizes GIS to provide ecient access to real
estate andacility inventories that can, in turn, support local,
regional and statewideeconomic development initiatives.
Planning GIS
GPC Group sta have developed methods or the eective development
ostrategic databases or planning, including compiling and
reconciling existingmanual and digital data sources.
Project Financing
The GPC Group works closely with international development
nanceproessionals to match project and organizational needs to
particularmultilateral and bilateral lenders or granting
agencies.
Web Based Mapping
GPC Group sta develop unique web-based systems or geographic
dataaccess and exploration on the internet that include visual
communications,instructional technology, data exploration and
inormation exchange notionsusing the latest web-based tools and
technologies.
Database Development
GPC Group sta have extensive experience in the design and
managemento the database conversion process, including map
compilation and dataintegration, data capture methods, data
processing and quality controlprogram denition.
How Do We Do It?
People: We have a dedicated team with decades o GISand business
solution experience and are committed to ourclients success.
Experience: We draw on our extensive international expe-rience
in the industry, and make that available to our clients.
Partners: We access a wide network o key partners andindustry
leading experts.
What Have We Done?
Our projects in the region have included:
Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative Phase II
Abu Dhabi SDI Stages 1 and 2
Afghanistan SDI Initiation Program
Kuwait PACI GIS Rapid Assessment
See all o our projects at projects.thegpcgroup.com
