"More than 80% of all data and information has an element that is related to location or space, and can therefore be mapped. For example, statistics on population, health, and the economy, and information about buildings, settlements, roadways and railways, all vary according to where you are in the world" - Oxford Centre for Cartography and Geographical Information Sciences.
"The application of GIS is limited only be the imagination of those that use it" - Jack Dangermond, ESRI.
Derived from the first natural resources GIS centre in Ireland - the Trinity College-based Natural Resources Development Centre - Compass Informatics has years of experience in the design, development and implementation of GIS and related IT systems.
Using a range of GIS software we have developed solutions across a number of applications areas including environmental management, asset management, regional planning, public consultation. Key clients include the Environmental Protection Agency - Ireland, Central and Regional Fisheries Boards, Department of the Environment and Local Government,
engineering consultancies, local authorities, among others.
We see GIS as the key component in the delivery of a digital workflow that includes data capture (linking with field surveys, aerial surveys, data conversion), data analysis (the role of the GIS), and information presentation (linking with GIS, CD/DVD and kiosk systems, Web GIS).