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GDi is an innovative and award-winning provider of competitive technology solutions that has been growing successfully for over 30 years and serves around 1200 customers. Our industry-centric workflow management software and solutions are proven.

They operate on the world's leading technology platforms and are complemented by a full range of related professional services, training and ongoing, long-term support. This includes maintenance, operations and change management. We are at the forefront of the development of Operations Support Systems (OSS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Cloud Computing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for both the commercial and public sectors. Our solutions focus on the intelligent management of assets, operations and resources.

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GDi Ensemble FutureGIS geospatial simulation modelling environment.

The aim of the project is to complement the technology provided by the traditional geospatial environment with new capabilities that will provide the industry with a completely new approach, introducing the benefits of process simulation models.

With the combination of two innovative information technology areas, geospatial and predictive process simulation, we obtain a single integrated system, exploiting the synergies between their different strengths and capabilities.

By combining spatial informatics and process simulation, our goal is to create a spatial information and simulation modelling environment in which both space and time parameters are explanatory components of the processes under study. The process model applied to spatial computing takes a known state at a given point in time, based on the static state attributes stored in the spatial databases, and generates and exactly analyses the arbitrary future state of the system by a sequence of events on the timeline starting from this point. In other words, we gain insight into the future of the system, which we can then influence by taking action in the present.

The method has a huge range of practical applications and can provide accurate and measurable answers in advance to many questions that cannot be answered by traditional analytical analysis because of the lack of temporal dynamics. There is a market demand for its application at the decision making and decision preparation levels of various geospatially connected organisations, as well as in pre-implementation planning and post-implementation analysis, controlling and fine-tuning activities.

About FutureGIS

The Tools

ArcGIS

ArcGIS provides geographical information and tools that are the base of our project. This software creates the map that is the foundation for the simulation process. We created a program that transfers the created base to the other software element. After the simulation is done, the data is transferred back to ArcGIS to visually display the changes.

WITNESS

WITNESS is responsible for the simulation. Here we are able to factor in time and the human components so that the program can run various simulations with various parameters. Based on these simulations any industry player can decide where, when, how many, and what kind of services can they open, close or relocate.

The Simulation

The FutureGIS research project will result in a software technology environment that will be integrated into the GIS framework. The system integration phase will ensure that the process simulation tools are not only available as stand-alone external tools, but are integrated into an application environment built on the basis of a geographic information system for a specific analysis and modelling process.

The most important element of the research development project is to map the data generated in the ArcGIS environment to the WITNESS environment, accurately identifying and structuring the data. All elements defined in an ArcGIS environment (point, line, polygon, data table) must be able to be mapped to building blocks within the WITNESS environment. Only then will it be possible to produce the equivalent of the geoinformatics data structure in a WITNESS process model environment.Since WITNESS has a very extensive data linkage system and a well-designed, precisely parameterizable set of building blocks in advance, element identification is easy to implement.

The simulation model should be based on the scale base map of the practitioners. The simulation model will be built based on this base map geometry in the WITNESS software environment. The geometry used as the basis can be a CAD plan file, a well-structured block boundary base map based on a GIS database, or even a simple ORTOFOTO showing the area.

In the WITNESS environment, there are several options for importing a base map. The polygon elements created in the ArcGIS are actually constructed using points and line segments connecting the points. These polygons can be exported from the geoinformation system to a vector graphics file. If this file can be converted into the internationally accepted drawing exchange format (DXF), it can be imported into the WITNESS environment under certain basic conditions.

Computer process simulation offers the possibility to create an environment and its logical model by computer mapping of entities involved in real processes. On the model created, situations corresponding to reality or even to imaginary situations can be tested.

Industries

Behold the geospatial simulation model, FutureGIS, an indispensable asset for decision-makers across all industries.

With its sophisticated analytical capabilities, this powerful tool effortlessly navigates complex data, unravelling the mysteries of geography and illuminating actionable insights. Whether in boardrooms or strategic planning sessions, this model proves to be the catalyst for informed choices and successful outcomes.

From market analysis to operational optimisation, it becomes the compass guiding businesses through the labyrinth of uncertainty, leaving no challenge insurmountable.