Hexagon 2012: Geosystems Opening at Hexagon 2012

Geosystems Opening at Hexagon 2012 by Jüergen Dold and Ken Mooyman

Growing population in a two speed world. The United Nations declared that in 2011 the earth's population exceeded 7 billion people and is expected to exceed 10 billion people in the next thirty to forty years. Over 80% of the population live in the emerging world which represents about 40% of the world's GDP. The GDP of the emerging world grows annually twice as fast as in the developed world, which indi-cates that in the next 10 years, the emerging market will account for half of the worlds' GDP.

The global challenge for humankind will be to manage the earth's scarce re-sources, to satisfy the demand for more infrastructures and at the same time protect-ing our environment. In addition, we have to provide enough food and water for the growing population, also to those that belong to today's 1 billion people that haven't got enough food and adequate access to clean water. On top of that, we have to be prepared to manage increasing numbers of manmade and natural disasters, in order to make the world a safer place.

Geospatially managed land information is essential for decision makers to master the global challenges of humankind around the world but it also creates social and economic benefits on country levels.

Think forward with Geosystems innovations that provide efficient ways to deliver more accurate geospatial information to more people with faster updates at a lower cost. Capturing and delivering highly accurate geospatial data from air to street levels from outside to inside buildings and helping to understand, plan and execute changes on our planet with the focus on a high degree of automation.

The Hexagon advantage. By maximizing collaborations across the Hexagon organizations, Geosystems is able to offer a smarter approach to the planning and execution of projects. By integrating and optimizing workflows from collecting real world data into visualization and/or design tools, professionals are enabled to make faster and more informed decisions.

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