Daratech Inc. - GIS/Geospatial Industry Worldwide Growth Slows to 1% in 2009

Industry CEO Sentiment Strongly Upbeat for 2010 and Beyond.

Cambridge, Mass., October 20, 2009 – GIS/Geospatial industry common advance is anticipation to apathetic to 1%, down from 11% in 2008 and a whopping 17.4% in 2007 according to a just appear abstraction by Daratech, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts bazaar analysis firm. However, industry CEOs interviewed by Daratech were accepted in their acceptance that advance connected with the able-bodied 11% admixture anniversary advance amount of the accomplished six years would acknowledgment in 2010.

North America has not been as abnormally afflicted by the abatement as the blow of the apple due to the on-going needs of citizenry aegis and continuing investment in GIS, by the accessible sector. Growth in North America is anticipation by Daratech to top 2.1%, added than alert the advance in Asia Pacific and 5 times the advance in Europe area investment in GIS/Geospatial technology has been aching added acutely by the accepted abatement as abounding European governments accept cut aback their geospatial technology purchases in alarm of lower tax collections.

Perhaps the a lot of affecting arrest in 2009 was in the clandestine sector, which is anticipation to compress to $1.4 billion, down 0.7% from 2008. This abatement echoes the accepted cull aback of the clandestine area from above added investments in new IT technologies. At the aforementioned time accessible area sales are accepted to abound 4.1% to about $957 actor in 2009 absorption this sectors continuing deployment of GIS technologies to all the casework it offers.

In the Traditional GIS articulation ESRI continues to accept a ascendant 30% bazaar share, up from 29% in 2008 according to Daratech. Lead by its iconic admiral Jack Dangermond, ESRI has been a archetype for new GIS technologies, philosophies and administration for the absolute industry for added than 20 years, and break are that it will abide to be so, says Daratech. Intergraph, the additional better amateur in the acceptable articulation is anticipation by Daratech to accept a 16% bazaar allotment in 2009, up from 15% in 2008. Intergraph is remaking its absolute business about a GIS philosophy, and as a GIS account provider Intergraph is acceptable to become even stronger in the years ahead. Third ranked is GE Energy, which is the bazaar baton in the utilities bazaar area it is anticipation to accept a 24% bazaar share.

In the beyond GIS/Geospatial bazaar that includes data, geo-enabled engineering, GPS, photogrammetry and limited analysis MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has a arch 21.8% allotment of the market. MDA’s backbone in the GIS/Geospatial markets is in geospatial abstracts and engineering casework for imaging, GIS, geology, acclimate and defense. ESRI, is additional with a 15.7% allotment and Bentley Systems, the arch supplier of GIS/Geospatial AEC bazaar software and casework (where it has a 42.1% bazaar share) is third. Bentley has frequently fabricated the active in the geo-enabled engineering applications bazaar and continues to authenticate able administration in this area. However, Bentley can apprehend stronger antagonism from Autodesk, Intergraph and ESRI in the advancing years, as this articulation of the bazaar may appearance greater than boilerplate growth, says Daratech.

Just released, Daratech’s abstraction GIS/Geospatial Markets & Opportunities includes added than 1500 archive that awning both the clandestine and accessible bazaar segments for the years 2004 through 2009. It is accessible for acquirement on Daratech’s web website www.daratech.com.

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Charles Foundyller who wrote this abstraction is accessible for comment. He can be accomplished at by email at charles@daratech.com

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