Importance of GIS in Construction Sector

Long focused on the construction of buildings and infrastructure in specific places, as well as the development of infrastructure to link those sites, the world's construction sectors have both generated and become significant users of GIS-captured data. Usually, accurately laying out a new project required identifying a permanent point of reference (a temporary benchmark), a baseline, and then a network of horizontal and vertical control points, which was achieved using measuring chains, telescopic lenses, and other surveying equipment. Total stations, on the other hand, are rapidly replacing measuring devices.

They integrate geodetic capabilities with electronic distance meters, allowing them to gather and analyze data for use by computer-aided design (CAD), building information modeling (BIM), or geographic information system (GIS) software. As BIM use grows, construction workers will increasingly exchange digital data between their BIM tools and GIS — and vice versa. As previously stated, BIM may reuse GIS data from original site surveys for design and construction reasons. Collaboration with the geospatial sector to handle this "location intelligence" will be critical, especially whether we are to create a rather more interconnected world. According to the UK's Association for Geographic Information's Foresight 2020 study, a genuinely linked 'Digital Earth' can only be realized by addressing the challenges of BIM and GIS data quality and data management to allow improved decision making.

Integrating big data management with GIS will assist the construction and real estate sectors to make more educated decisions about our built environment and the people who live and work in it.