{"id":3772,"date":"2023-10-20T11:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T09:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usemaps.net\/the-concept-of-using-usemaps-in-your-company\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:58:32","slug":"the-concept-of-using-usemaps-in-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/the-concept-of-using-usemaps-in-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept of using Usemaps in your company"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s the deal with Usemaps?<\/h3>\n

Many companies face problems with data access and circulation. The situation varies slightly depending on the industry, but there are always four horsemen of the apocalypse: <\/p>\n

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  1. Sending source files by e-mail (and losing parts of them, having multiple versions of the same data)<\/li>\n
  2. Generating reports\/maps to PDF (+ sending by e-mail)<\/li>\n
  3. GIS specialist. \u2018We have a GIS specialist and he makes maps for us\u2019 (and are there \u2018PowerPoint specialists\u2019 in the company who make presentations and \u2018Excel specialists\u2019 who make tables?) <\/li>\n
  4. Spatial data in spreadsheets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, this does not only apply to spatial data:<\/p>\n

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    1. Sales departments struggle with a lack of consistent information about customers (individual emails, notes stored in salespeople’s heads) and ongoing sales processes. That is why they implement CRM (Client Relation Management) systems. <\/li>\n
    2. Finance departments struggle with hundreds of Excel spreadsheets containing plans, budgets and expenses. That is why they implement ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or BI (Business Intelligence) systems. <\/li>\n
    3. Management boards generate the need to create reports because the mess is such that nothing can be seen. BI (Business Intelligence) systems also help here. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In companies where working with maps is essential (or, in other words, where company processes require knowledge derived from access to maps\/spatial data):<\/p>\n