Labels:text | paper OCR: GIS PROGRESS CHARTED Revenue from GIS software topped $563 million in 1995, according to Daratech, a Cambridge, Mass ,, research firm that tracks the market. This represents a 13.7% increase over 1994 figures. Daratech attributes much of this activity to PC-based GIS sales, which climbed 25%. Growth in this market, says Daratech will be fueled by more sophisticated links between GIS systems and commercial databases, as well as component-based technology, such as OLE, that embeds mapping capabilities into business software. Geographix 2.19% 1995 Worldwide GIS Core Business Enghouse .. 2.29% PC Segment Total Revenue - $563M Total Revenue = $176M Enghouse 2.3% (Software only) Erdas $2.29% 'Software only) Erdas 2.3% PG 2.5% Genasy's 2.495 Etak 12.79% IBM 3.29% Intergraph 3.7% GDS 5.0% Tacticians Strategic Geographix 6.3% Mapping .5.1% Strategic Mapinfo 7.00% Mapping 16.25% Intergraph. 23.0% ESRI 18.89% 28,9% Mapinfo 21.4% Other 18.79% Other 19.69% Who's playing in the GIS arena today? Overall, ESRI and Intergraph are first and second, while Mapinfo has the biggest share of the market in PC- based GIS software. Mapinfo was expected to grow its revenue 42% in 1995, an indication of the "increasing adoption of GIS software as a core component in IT environments," says Daratech.
