IIC Technologies: Leveraging Decades of Expertise to Offer the Best GIS Solutions Date:   Tuesday , November 24, 2015 The vast territory of earth never ceases to regale us every day. With the boon of technology, our endeavor to unwrap the earth has taken a step forward and has originated an incipient industry — GIS (Geographic Information System). With an ever increasing rate of CAGR 8.19 percent, India is additionally buckling up to challenge the ecumenical GIS market. But amidst the consistent strenuous developments, the terminus results don\'t suit the users as there is no API to develop in, arduous to utilize relational database, and little or no scope of creativity in developing backend software. Yet, in these astringent conditions of the market, IIC Technologies with its high-quality standards, domain expertise, adroit & experienced manpower, and total consumer commitment transformed the market into an incipient era of GIS solutions. Incorporated in 1994 in Hyderabad, IIC isthe brainchild of Rajesh Alla (Chairman & MD). Starting with Survey of India and Geological Survey of India as its very first clients, this company forayed further into Indian GIS market and went global with its consummate spectrum of GIS solutions. The Uncompromising GIS Offerings A trusted supplier to dozens of mapping and charting clients, IIC assuages the pressure on organization by augmenting and enhancing their capacity and competence. With over two decades of expertise in distributing value integrated and custom solutions, IIC offers solutions and services for the acquisition, management, integration, and dissemination of geospatial data — a gamut of end-to-end geospatial solutions to the Government, Heritage, Infrastructure, Marine, Defense, Transportation, Oil & Gas, and Utility sectors. Through IIC\'s solutions that include Marine Solutions & Mapping, Terrestrial Solutions & Mapping, Aerial Surveys, Geosurveys, Heritage, and Software (Innovation Centre), the Indian GIS market has received a boost. IIC\'s team of professionals with specialized expertise and proven technologies processes hydrographic and topographic survey data utilizing Ship/Boat borne hydrography method while the entire teamwork is covered by quality programs, ISO 9001 compliant quality systems and survey standards of International Hydrographic Organization. \"Our experience in conducting topographic surveys and in-chart production for a number of clients such as the NOAA, UKHO, NHS, LINZ, INHO in ocean and estuarine/riverine environments, has given us a construal of the issues and challenges that are encountered in conducting the survey to international standards,\" explicates Rajesh. For terrestrial mapping, IIC is a framework contractor with Ordnance Survey GB, the world\'s most sophisticated mapping agency. Being well versed with Smart City technologies, IIC carries out field surveys utilizing Total Stations, GPS supplementing with other traditional methods, along with successfully executing Resurvey projects under NLRMP Program — covering 10 districts in Gujarat by pristine ground method, 16 Districts in Bihar, and 5 districts in Odisha by utilizing Aerial photos. Pioneering heritage mapping services, IIC offers 3D survey capture methods, and measured survey database that comprises a consummate 3D point cloud of the site to offer comprehensive 3D information immediately after creation of the database and at a later date. To prosperously accomplish Aerial mapping projects without chartering helicopters, this company has acquired two aircrafts — Cessna Caravan 208 B and DMC II with 230 airborne cameras under its own Air operators permit. In one of the projects, IIC successfully consummated a giant project of mapping total Indian coast line with a corridor width of 8 Km into land from Gujarat to Bengal progressing from data acquisition to data processing. IIC has also executed several projects using airborne LiDAR and Terrestrial / Mobile Lidar technologies. A Coalescence of Innovation-Experience-Expertise Without restricting to just GIS services, IIC offerings extend into innovation, developing customized applications for Defense Labs, Hydrographic Offices, Scientific Institutions and Waterway Authorities with a professional team of rich experience. To meet the requisite of internal, as well as external trainings catering to the growing demand for geospatial specialists and analysts, this company has setup IIC Academy which aspires to be an \'International Center of Excellence\' in GIS bringing in two decades of IIC expertise in the application of geospatial sciences. Following philosophy of thinking big and out-of-the-box, IIC\'s salubrious work environment lets the team strive towards excellence. Rajesh explains, \"We firmly believe in inculcating total customer commitment as a way of life. We accentuate skills development & work-life balance as crucial elements of human capital\". On the other hand, IIC\'s executive team that comprises of deep expertise and decades of experience with a wide spectrum of investment and operational disciplines fixates on balancing the current needs and obligations of company with the mandate to enhance the endowment over time through portfolio diversification, innovative investment approaches, and risk management besides managing over 1500 investment and support professionals around the globe. Increasing Global Footprints Collaborating actively with academia and established research agencies, IIC endeavors to offer cutting-edge technology and complete system integrator end-to-end solutions. With year-on-year growth that exceeds industry averages, this GIS solution provider plans to increase investment in GIS, Marine and IT services to meet more expeditious adoption by clients. IIC\'s vision of growing the value chain expediting growth will further enhance its footprints across the globe. In the market that can only go big in an endeavor to prognosticate global catastrophic events and unearth the unknown territories, IIC Technologies is representing India that has always been at a nascent stage in Geospatial solutions. Panel Key Management: Rajesh Alla, Chairman & MD Rajesh, founder of IIC Technologies, is an engineer with 30+ years of rich experience in the geospatial industry and document conversion industry. Graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University- a premier institute for Artificial Intelligence research and worked in the Robotics Institute. He is one of the pioneers of Automated Digitizing and Recognition of hard copy documents in the Conversion industry. Rajesh has developed numerous Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for automated vectorization and feature attribution of contours, point symbol recognition and text identification. One of the founders of Audre, Inc., an American firm and a world leader in Automated Document Conversion Systems development, he was instrumental in developing the e-Learning module known as Merit Scholar a prototype for ENC Tutor. Nominated as one of the members on the IHO Data Protection Scheme Advisory Group (DPSAG) from the industry side, he is also an advisor to GEOMAP Society, India, which brings out the GIS India publication. Rajesh is also a Committee member of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S.A and Raster Image File Format (CALS) standards. Offices: Hyderabad (Headquarter), Visakhapatnam, U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia & UAE Achievements: Best Chart production award given by Norwegian Hydrographic Office Best ITES MNC award at ITsAP annual awards ceremony The only private company recognized by the IHO/FIG/ICA to conduct both S5 and S8 Category B courses in hydrography Best Offshore Processing Company for last two consecutive years by HYSEA Services: Marine Survey & Charting, Aerial Data Acquisition & Processing, Terrestrial Mapping and Survey, Heritage Conservation, Aero Charting, Strategic Solutions & Academy Clients: Indian Government Authorities, NOAA, Silver Springs, MD, USA, Canadian Hydrographic Services, UK Hydrographic Office, and Royal Netherlands Navy amongst various others