Esri India, the country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) Software & Solutions provider, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ideaForge, a market leader in Indian Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
This partnership aims to boost the adoption of drones in India.
According to the media release, the partnership between Esri India and ideaForge will allow users to deploy drone solutions with GIS to solve complex problems in AEC, forestry, agriculture, mining, transportation, utilities and defence.
Drone users in India primarily face difficulty working with different firms to meet their hardware, software, training and services requirements.
Shortage of skilled workforce is another area of concern and this partnership will resolve these challenges to a great extent. The statement said that users will also be able to seamlessly integrate drone videos and photos for advanced GIS applications, establish SOPs and standard workflows, and develop solutions for motion imagery and live streaming.
The partnership will also help enterprises and government agencies to meet their essential drone-based requirements, both in terms of drone flying and GIS and will reduce the complexity of engaging multiple vendors and foster higher adoption of drones in India, bringing multiple solution components under one umbrella.
Agendra Kumar, Managing Director, Esri India said, “India is placing great importance on using drone data for effective governance and growth. Esri India’s partnership with ideaForge will help drone users benefit from such integrated solutions, including Drones & GIS, curated by the leaders in their respective fields. The bundled solution will help the users to achieve time and cost-effectiveness in their drone data collection, processing, and analysis efforts. We aim to also provide extensive support in training.”
Ankit Mehta, CEO of ideaForge stated, “This collaboration will assist ideaForge and Esri India in designing an integrated Drone and GIS software solution for the Indian market. Through this collaboration, ideaForge and Esri India can offer GIS software with ideaForge products to various customers in India via integrated solutions.”
