Big Data and GIS

What is Big Data?

Big Data is defined by volume, velocity and variety — large amounts of data coming in quickly in a number of formats.

Geospatial data is a crucial component of big data, adding context that allows for better, multidimensional insights that facilitate smarter decisions, improved business operations and innovation to deliver a strong competitive advantage.

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How can GIS and Big Data solve problems?

Every organisation grapples with the challenge of how to best refine raw data into a meaningful asset — one with measurable business value.

Location being a fundamental aspect of data, makes spatial analysis a valuable tool.

Using location intelligence, organisations can derive insights, uncover hidden patterns and support an informed decision-making process.

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Tap into your Big Data

ArcGIS allows you to bring together layers of data from various sources — including existing business intelligence (BI) tools — analyse it to deliver insights.

Deployed as a whole-of-business solution or as a location analytics component integrated into your unstructured database or existing business intelligence (BI) tools, ArcGIS will deliver insights that can be easily shared with others across an organisation.

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Find hotspots

Sift through massive data sets to identify clusters of recurring incidences

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Analyse patterns

Reduce and summarise your data in ways that let you explore patterns

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Aggregate Data

Aggregate millions of data records into a digestible form for easy understanding

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Visualise results

Visualise your data and use spatio-temporal analysis to see change over time

ArcGIS Big Data tools

ArcGIS GeoEvent Server

Map assets in real-time for better decision-making and maintain real-time situational awareness for better-coordinated field activities.

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Server

Using the power of distributed computing, analyse large volumes of detailed vector datasets and run analysis in a single transaction for faster and enhanced productivity.

ArcGIS Image Server

Raster analytics and dynamic image services available in ArcGIS Image Server provide scalable raster analysis models, distributed computing and storage, on-demand products with on-the-fly processing and dynamic mosaicking capabilities.

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Big Data in action

GIS and IoT: A real-world example

Atlanta Airport IoT deployment collects massive data records that are put into a solution builder that connects to GIS technology to create end solutions.

Precision farming using Big Data

Modelling 12 million soil polygons with 365 days of weather data for 87 hybrid seeds resulted in 300 billion spatial and temporal calculations carried out in 10 minutes to show when and where each seed should be planted.

Predictive analysis for food security

To minimise the distances women and children had to travel to receive food aid, a food security project uses predictive analysis tools to select food distribution sites.