Geographic Information System Intelligent business solutions where location matters

With a wide range of services and skills, NeST has extensive experience of delivering end-to-end solutions for different IT needs from ideas to system analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance and support. Our solutions are based on industry standard Agile and Waterfall models. Our GIS Application Development team has skill sets ranging from Net, JavaScript (React, Angular), Java, and Python. They have been part of implementing many custom tools within the GIS environment utilizing these domains.

• GIS Web Application Development
• GIS Mobile Application Development

GIS Web Application Development

• Solution architecture, design, development & deployment of GIS applications on desktop, web/cloud and mobile platforms
• Full life cycle application support for custom and enterprise wide GIS applications (Esri, Intergraph and Open Source technologies)
• Geospatial Portal Development with functionalities viz:
  • Role-based user access and profile based services
  • Online editing tools
  • Navigation/Tracking/Measurement/Search & Query/Print options
  • Base map / Open layers / Imagery services
• Stream/live data processing, data visualization tools, reporting tools etc.
• Development of machine learning (ML) algorithms for automated feature extraction from image/point clouds
• Design & development of interactive map-based analytics/dashboards
• Map publishing services
• Custom and 3rd Third party application integration services
• Application Migration/Reengineering and Maintenance
• Development of custom GIS data development applications from 3D point cloud data

Since the utility of GIS is critically dependent on the availability of accurate spatial data, NeST has invested in creating a large, highly trained professional team of analysts, engineers and technical specialists who are specialized in data development and analysis in leading software platforms like Esri, ArcFM, Autodesk, Bentley, MapInfo, Erdas Imagine (Hexagon), FME, IBM Maximo, TerraSolid suite etc. More than 17+ years of expertise in mapping and GIS analytics services focused on various industrial verticals viz. cadastral & land administration, utilities (electric, water, telecom, gas & sewage), asset management, transportation etc.

• Data Management
• GIS Mapping Services

Data Management

• Data Conversion / Migration (ETL) / Maintenance
• Geographic database & spatial data infrastructure creation
• Data content enrichment and map conflation
• Metadata reporting based on industry standards (FGDC/ISO/OGC)
• Remotely Sensed Data Processing & Accuracy Assessment – Image orthorectification workflows, digital image processing & enhancement, orthomosaic creation, advanced image classification and segmentation workflows, change detection etc.
• Spatial data Accuracy Assessment and reporting based on standards like NMAS, ASPRS, NSSDA etc.
• 2D/3D planimetric feature extraction, MRE design data development, 3D building / City modeling, BIM etc.
• UAV/ Drone data processing – Advanced 3D solutions for drone/UAV based image and LiDAR processing for development of VR meshes, 3D point clouds, map scenes and other GIS products

Large pool of professionals and analysts with expertise in 3D & LiDAR data processing (static/ mobile/ aerial) with focus in areas of Terrain Modeling, Flood Mapping, 3D City Modeling, Airport Obstruction Surveys, Corridor & Right of Way Mapping, Utility Network Design/MRE, Transportation Clearance Analysis, Asset Inventory & Signage, Forest Mapping etc.

• High fidelity classification of mobile and aerial LiDAR by developing advanced filtering algorithms/macros
• LiDAR data calibration and control correction workflows
• Accuracy assessment and reporting of LiDAR data (FVA, CVA, SVA) using ASPRS standards
• Terrain modeling, breakline creation and hydro-flattening workflows
• Satellite image orthorectification workflows using LiDAR derived DTMs through sensor model + RPC based geometric correction.
• 2D & 3D Planimetric feature extraction
• 3D building models/ BIM modeling
• Asset Inventory/ Signage/ Finished Floor elevations (FFE)
• 3D Utility pole network modeling for MRE design and FTTH network planning, etc.

NeST GIS team of Domain and Functional Consultants has expertise in conceptualizing and architecting GIS solutions to meet and exceed our customer requirements. Our consultancy services include:

• Business process modeling and Reengineering
• Bid support & technical documentation services
• System architecture & application design support
• Data modeling and schema design
• Process modeling using BPMN/ ITIL/ TOGAF frameworks
• SME & GIS Cloud Implementation Support

Success stories in streamlining various aspects of utility operations viz. planning, production, distribution, operations, maintenance, field services etc.

• GIS Integration experience
• ERP and Asset Management software
• Operational Technologies like SCADA, DMS etc.
• Development of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• RFMS – GIS based Remote Fiber Management System for identification and mitigation of fiber network events/faults
• Application development capabilities in ArcFM and Facility Management solutions from IBM
• Utility Pole Modeling and Clearance Analysis for FTTH rollout and planning operations

• Consultancy & Application Development experience for County/City Administrations, Urban Planning bodies, Survey Departments etc.
• Data Migration and application development services on Local Government Information Model, Survey Analyst etc.
• Data Development and Survey Back Office Processing services related to landbase administration and maintenance.

• Complete automation of Flight Path Generation practice, utilized by multiple flight operators across the world
• Experience in Esri and other navigation mapping technologies for creating maritime and aeronautical charts

• Expertise in configuring Facilities Management applications from IBM
• Integration of Asset Management applications with GIS
• BIM / Revit Modeling

• Floodplain Mapping applications
• Finished Floor Elevation (FFE) Survey tools
• Esri based editing & plotting applications for the creation of flood insurance rate maps

• Application and data development experience in multiple DoTs for ROW mapping, asset inventory, traffic signage etc.
• Application development of Roadway Geometry calculation tools for Department of Transportation
• Multimodal transit network modeling for metropolitan agency
• Consultancy & Application development of logistics for ports, oil rigs and docks

• ArcGIS Server and Location Analyst based applications for risk management and underwriting policy formulation
• Insurance planning based on natural hazard zonation mapping

FliGIS is an aviation solution for analyzing and extracting the flight enroute parameters like maximum terrain height between way points, oxygen level profiles at a particular terrain heights etc., which in turn facilitates the complete automation of flight path generation for airliners. This product is highly popular among multiple airliners operating in India and Middle East. The product had also secured an award in the ESRI India user conference a few years ago.

NCloud is a customized Make-Ready Engineering (MRE) design solution for 3D modeling of utility pole networks for FTTH rollout operations. The solution provides high performance 3D point cloud visualization of LiDAR data and multi-user editing capabilities for feature extraction and pole modeling based on each project specific schema. The scalable design architecture based on custom schema, rigorous mathematical algorithms for 3D modeling & validation, centralized database architecture, integration with industry leading pole loading/analysis software etc. make the product ideal for fiber network planning, clearance analysis, asset inventory, signage and many other utility surveys.

A web GIS application for remote fiber monitoring and tracking of exact physical locations of various fiber events in a network. Built using industry standard geo-spatial data models and telecom network protocols, it also provides tools for finding best/alternate routes, tracing OTDR, dynamic display of network assets among others.