Geographic Information System : Research on Gis Software From Business Perspective

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A Research on GIS Software from Business Perspective
Organization Description
In this aspect, the selected organization is the Hazim Consulting which is a Saudi
based consulting firm. The main business of Hazim consulting is providing sustainable
solution for the clients within the engineering sector. The Hazim consulting has the aim of
achieving highest level of international standards for their projects. Hazim consulting has
completed near about 600 projects of high quality and with having over 2000 employees they
are currently an engineering power house (Hazim Consulting, 2020). This organization is
private organization has a good reputation in the civil engineering sector.
Technology used by the Organization
Currently for their organizational operations, Hazim consulting uses the Geographic
Information System software or the GIS solutions. The GIS solutions includes a broad range
of applications. These applications use a combination of georeferenced data and digital maps.
For the GIS software there are different type of categories. The GIS software is mainly
designed for retrieving, storing, displaying, managing and analyzing all types of spatial and
the geographical data (Greer et al., 2018). Through the GIS software mainly maps are
produced. The GIS software applications are also capable of producing other types of graphic
displays of the geographic information and these are mainly produced for the presentation
and the analysis purposes.
Business Unit utilizes the Technology
In this aspect, the construction unit of the Hazim consulting uses this technology. The
construction unit of the organization mainly uses this technology for the designing purposes.
It has been assessed that the GIS solution is very much useful for the Hazim consulting for

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the road construction projects (Hazim Consulting, 2020) as this system effectively produces
the graphic displays of the available geographic information.
Contribution of the Technology to the Organization
The current geographic information system technology is very much useful for the
Hazim consulting. The GIS solution helps the Hazim consulting for studying the geological
features. In this aspect the GIS is important for successful analysis of the strata and soil
(Chang, 2016). It also perfect assess the any type of information regarding seismic and finally
creates a three-dimensional display of the geographic features. Additionally, the geographic
information system can be also used for the analysis of rock information characteristics
which is very much useful for the road construction projects.
While the Hazim consulting is using the GIS solutions, there are several of benefits
provided by the organization. The first benefit of using the GIS software system is the
improved decision making. By the use of GIS solutions, the Hazim consulting is capable of
taking more better decisions as more detailed and specific information is gathered about one
or multiple locations. The second benefit of using the GIS solution is cost reduction and
improved efficiency (Pinheiro & Davis, 2018). Utilization of this solution, helps the
organization regarding fleet movements and maintenance schedules. Also, communication is
also improved while this GIS solution improvised between any of involved departments or
organizations as the others can understand the visual format easily, represented by the GIS
software. One very crucial benefit that is achieved by using the GIS solution is the
geographic management. While geographic analysis is done using this software, it become
well known that what is going to occur within a geographic space regarding a specific project
or a course of action. Lastly, another important benefit provided by the GIS solution for the
Hazim consulting is the easy recordkeeping. Any type of geographical changes can be