GIS web hosting services are for those entrepreneurs or academicians who want to
have an access or GIS applications but do not wish to invest anything in the development and maintaining an in-house GIS system. It can help business in retrieving the global data which may not be possible in any other way. GIS or geographical information system or geospatial information system can facilitate the departments and business to gather information from all the available sources.
GIS system is used to collect, manage, store and analyze the data which is distributed worldwide. If we talk about small business then it is very difficult for them to afford building an in-house GIS system. It is not possible for the small business to purchase the GIS applications because of their financial restrictions. GIS operation does need a little training and such small business cannot afford this also. That's why the GIS web hosting services has been developed. In this, the clients can access information without any hassle and difficulty and they can access the geographical data using some standard web browsers.
The applications of GIS are highly configurable. It can be easily configured to those users who are authorized or it can also set open for the access by those who does not have authorized access or to the general public at mass level. It has also customized user interfaces which facilitate the users to make any changes in their desired information or data within a specified industry.
A GIS system comprises of many challenges which are unique in their own way. Some of them are: to define the strategic purpose of business, structuring the planning procedures, meeting technology requirements, end product categorization, conversion of data design into flow diagrams, selection of appropriate data models. Then establishing the requirements of the system, scrutinizes the costs and other benefits associated with it and lastly creating an implementation plan.
The deployment of all these stages is not at all an easy task. It requires hard work and support from GIS system and its applications which provide the efficiency to make the best utilization of the available resources.