Gis Services In India
DSM Soft, founded in the year 1991 is currently a leading provider of GIS Solutions,Mapping,Photogrammetry,Lidar Services, epublishing,XML/SGML conversion,eBooks development,multi lingual desktop publishing,book & journal designing,tool & reverse engineering services,animation & technical documentaion services,finite element analysis, knowledge based engineering, coal & public transportation services,Waste Disposal Management.
DSM Soft, founded in the year 1991 is currently a leading provider of GIS Solutions,Mapping,Photogrammetry,Lidar Services, epublishing,XML/SGML conversion,eBooks development,multi lingual desktop publishing,book & journal designing,tool & reverse engineering services,animation & technical documentaion services,finite element analysis, knowledge based engineering, coal & public transportation services,Waste Disposal Management.
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DSM Soft<br />
Corporate Profile<br />
An ISO 9001:2008 certified Company
<strong>In</strong>troduct<br />
ion<br />
DSM Soft is a leading provider of products and services in the Geospatial and Engineering<br />
domains for private and public sector organizations globally. Started in 1991, DSM Soft has<br />
grown to be a global organization with over 400 employees. Over the years, the group has<br />
carved a niche for itself as a high quality and cost effective service provider.<br />
Since its inception, DSM Soft has been focusing on delivering high-quality services within<br />
budget and on time. This has helped the company earn a good reputation and forge long<br />
term relationships with its customers. The company has grown both organically and by<br />
acquisitions.<br />
DSM has production centres in Chennai & Tiruchirapalli (<strong>In</strong>dia), and a registered office in<br />
Edinburgh (UK). Backed by professional management, an efficient team of specialists, best<br />
business and employee-friendly HR practices, DSM Soft has a solid track record of delivering<br />
value added services to its clients. <strong>In</strong> addition to working directly with end customers, DSM<br />
also works through business partners in several regions of the world who have strong<br />
technical expertise and access to the local markets. DSM’s technical expertise and world<br />
class production capabilities complement the partner’s. With changing market needs and<br />
technologies, DSM is committed to policies of investments and innovation within the<br />
company, to refine and enhance the services we offer to our clients.<br />
DSM’s production facility is based on a process driven approach enhanced by technology<br />
enablers and high levels of automation. This has helped create a highly scalable yet lean<br />
production flow line.<br />
DSM also offers ‘Traccia’, a GPS based vehicle tracking service that provides real time<br />
monitoring of vehicle movements. This is also integrated with a fuel sensor that helps
Company<br />
History<br />
DSM has a two decade long history of providing technical services in Geomatics,<br />
Geoenabled, Engineering and Publishing domains. We have worked for a number of<br />
national mapping agencies, defense, utility and other public & private sector<br />
organizations.<br />
The Beginning<br />
DSM was founded in the year 1991 as a CAD service bureau by brothers Ramesh and<br />
Ganesh Ananthakrishnan with the vision of promoting, “Customer Satisfaction through<br />
value and excellence”.<br />
The Journey<br />
From its humble origins in the year 1991, the DSM group has progressed through its two<br />
decade long journey with many milestones in between, significant among them being:<br />
1991 Started as a CAD Service bureau.<br />
1993 Won contract with the <strong>In</strong>dian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for 3D Modeling.<br />
1994 Added Geospatial data capture services to its portfolio of service offerings.<br />
1996 Entered into a tie-up with for partnering on Mapping and Utility projects.<br />
1998 Entered into a tie-up with for partnering on utility based geospatial projects.<br />
1999 Added Digital Photogrammetry to its portfolio of service offerings.<br />
2001 Won the Berlin Electric NIS project from .
Company<br />
History<br />
2002 Won the 1:5000 scale mapping project from Ordnance, Survey of Ireland (OSI)<br />
Acquired the geospatial division of SDS to form DSM GeoData Ltd.<br />
2004<br />
Won the 1:5000 scale revision mapping project from OSI as sole supplier, on the strength of its<br />
excellent performance in the original mapping project in the year 2002.<br />
2006<br />
Became the sole non – Australian supplier of mapping services to .<br />
2007 Won the EDF Energy contract for the creation of a network information system through global<br />
competition.<br />
2008<br />
Empanelled as a vendor for mapping services to the Northern Territories Government,<br />
2009 Started the development of geo-enabled services such as Traccia and Whyly<br />
2010<br />
Launched Traccia, a GIS/GPRS based Vehicle Tracking Service<br />
Launched Whylybrands, a brand locator service<br />
Won 2 mapping contracts from KMS,<br />
Won a mapping contract from Kadastre, The Netherlands
The Future<br />
The DSM group with its dynamic leadership and aptitude for innovation and expertise is<br />
well on its way to fulfilling its stated mission of becoming a, “global market leader<br />
providing technical data services for private and public sector organizations, by adopting<br />
integrated business procedures across locations and the application of a process driven<br />
approach by inspired and motivated people, to deliver ‘first time right’ to our customers<br />
ensuring profitable growth of the business to the benefit of customers, employees and<br />
share holders”, through adhering to its founders vision of promoting, “Customer<br />
satisfaction through value and excellence”.<br />
Company<br />
History<br />
2011<br />
Won a contract with Land and Property <strong>Services</strong>, for providing improved mapping services<br />
Won a mapping contract from KMS, for mapping of the Zeeland region of .<br />
2012<br />
Framework agreement for Geoscience extended for a further 5 years upto the year 2017 under the<br />
new Optical, Geospatial, Radar and Elevation supplies and services panel (OGRE).<br />
2013<br />
Won a contract for providing vehicle tracking software solution to Royal Oman Police, , for their<br />
fleet of patrol cars.<br />
Empanelled with South Australian Government mapping agency (DEWNR) for mapping services<br />
Empanelled with mapping agency (LPI) for mapping services<br />
2014<br />
Won an urban mapping contract from the City of Ottawa, Canada
Service<br />
Descriptions<br />
DSM offers the following range of services in the domains of Geomatics, Geo-enabled<br />
services, Engineering :<br />
Mapping <strong>Services</strong><br />
Landbase mapping – large, medium and small scale<br />
Cadastral Mapping<br />
Rail / Road corridor mapping<br />
Forestry / Agriculture mapping<br />
Engineering photogrammetric Mapping<br />
Terrestrial Photogrametry Mapping<br />
Positional Accuracy Improvement of Map features<br />
GeoTerrain based services<br />
Aerial Triangulation<br />
Digital Terrain Modelling / Digital Surface Modelling<br />
Contour Mapping<br />
LiDAR Processing<br />
3D City Modelling (LOD1, LOD2 and LOD3)<br />
Image Processing <strong>Services</strong><br />
Ortho-rectification<br />
Image enhancement<br />
Geo-referencing / Geo-rectification<br />
Clutter data collation<br />
Utility Network <strong>In</strong>formation Systems<br />
Data conversion / capture<br />
Data Maintenance<br />
Positional accuracy improvement<br />
Traccia – Online Vehicle Tracking system<br />
Whyly – A real estate website<br />
Whyly Brands – Online store locator<br />
Application Development <strong>Services</strong><br />
GIS applications design and development<br />
Product customization<br />
Web based applications design and development<br />
Bespoke data translators<br />
<strong>In</strong>terface development<br />
ERP / MIS development<br />
GEOMATICS<br />
Geo-enabled <strong>Services</strong><br />
CAD<br />
Legacy data Migration<br />
MCAD <strong>Services</strong> (Mechanical CAD)<br />
Legacy data Migration<br />
Value Engineering<br />
Reverse engineering<br />
Product design automation<br />
3D / 2D animation and multimedia<br />
Finite element analysis<br />
ENGINEERING
Geomatic <strong>Services</strong><br />
DSM specializes in providing 2D GIS data services and 3D photogrammetric mapping<br />
services to a wide variety of clients from across the world. DSM Soft has a highly<br />
sophisticated ISO 9001:2008 certified geospatial data production facility at Trichy, South<br />
<strong>In</strong>dia. It employs over 250 staff capable of producing a wide range of services.<br />
DSM’s production facility is based on a process driven approach further enhanced by<br />
technology enablers and high levels of automation. This has helped create a highly scalable<br />
yet lean production flow line.<br />
DSM has completed successfully several high volume geospatial 2D/3D data conversion<br />
projects, geo-terrain based services, image processing services and utility network<br />
information system projects Some from of disparate the industries and wide served ranging by DSM sources in this domain (including orthophotos,<br />
satellite images, aerial are: photographs, and other legacy inputs) and has delivered<br />
them in multiple GIS formats.<br />
• National Mapping Agencies<br />
• Local Councils<br />
• Non-Government Mapping Organizations<br />
• Imagery Product Suppliers<br />
• Cartographic map producers<br />
• Navigation map producers<br />
• GIS solution providers<br />
• Forestry data providers<br />
• Land Administration and Revenue<br />
• Oil & Gas<br />
• Water<br />
• Sewer & Storm<br />
• Electrical & Telecom
Geo-enabled<br />
<strong>Services</strong><br />
DSM started the geo-enabled services vertical in the<br />
year 2009 for offering location based services. This<br />
initiative came about on account of the identification of<br />
significant opportunities that location based services<br />
offers in the growing <strong>In</strong>dian market.<br />
Since its inception in 2009, DSM has successfully<br />
launched three service offerings.<br />
Traccia – An online real time vehicle tracking and fleet<br />
management system (www.traccia.in)<br />
Traccia is a fully-functional Fleet Management System that merges GPS technology with<br />
affordable wireless technology. The result is easily accessible information on a vehicle’s<br />
location, stops, idling and mileage that can be quickly analyzed to yield benefits in<br />
efficiency and cost reductions. The operations side of a business can make of its fleet to<br />
run more efficiently by accessing GPS location information using our web application.<br />
Fleet managers are empowered to have the convenience of point and-click access to an<br />
entire fleet and get an insight into the activities of all the vehicles either individually or<br />
the fleet as a whole.
Engineering<br />
<strong>Services</strong><br />
DSM has 19 years of experience in engineering services. We have a team of highly skilled<br />
professionals experienced in various engineering domains and leading high-end CAD<br />
software. Our teams constantly aim to enhance the competitiveness of our customers by<br />
creating business impact in terms of speed to market, reducing cost and optimizing<br />
resources. DSM has served a number of engineering companies for their design needs.<br />
By choosing to work with DSM, our clients are able to achieve clear benefits. DSM has<br />
helped its customers achieve quick turn around time for their design requirements. This<br />
also helps our customers to concentrate on their core business activities. DSM is well<br />
equipped with a team of software professionals to support design automation projects.<br />
Our creative team is capable of undertaking industrial product design/animation projects<br />
using the latest techniques. DSM with its combined strength of human resources, mature<br />
process, methodologies and state-of-the-art infrastructure provides excellent value. Some<br />
of the industries served by DSM in this domain • Automotive<br />
are:<br />
• Aerospace<br />
• Flow Control<br />
• Shipbuilding and Marine<br />
• Gear box<br />
• Agricultural<br />
• Auto-electrical<br />
• Process<br />
• CNC & SPM<br />
• Medical Equipments<br />
• Material Handling Equipments
Clients<br />
• Geomatics
Clients<br />
• Geo-enabled services<br />
• Engineering <strong>Services</strong>
<strong>In</strong>novation<br />
Quality Management System<br />
DSM has adopted the Quality Management<br />
System stipulated by ISO 9001: 2008 as a<br />
strategic decision to improve the operations<br />
within the organization and deliver services to<br />
the best satisfaction of the customers.<br />
DSM adopted the process approach during the<br />
development, implementation and improvement<br />
of the effectiveness of the Quality Management<br />
System, to enhance the customer satisfaction.<br />
This Process Approach is used within the Quality<br />
Management System of DSM to emphasize the<br />
importance • understanding of: and meeting the requirements<br />
• the need to consider processes in terms of Value Addition<br />
• obtaining results of process performance and<br />
effectiveness, and<br />
• continual improvement of processes based on objective<br />
measurement<br />
A pictorial representation of a typical DSM model of process based Quality Management<br />
System is shown above. The figure shows the customer’s significant importance in<br />
defining the requirements as inputs. Monitoring of customer satisfaction through the<br />
evaluation of information relating to customer perception, as to whether DSM has met<br />
the customer requirements is also depicted.
MilkyWay – Project<br />
Enabler<br />
To aid in the continuous improvement and<br />
management of its Quality Management System,<br />
DSM has developed its own workflow management<br />
system called, “MilkyWay”, which is used for the<br />
management, reporting and tracking of the majority<br />
of its projects. This allows clients and partners real<br />
time access to the status of their project on an hour<br />
by hour basis. Milky Way is the company’s “digital<br />
nervous system” and functions as:<br />
• A project management tool for reporting, tracking and analysing project status<br />
• A tool for drawing up project schedules and allocating work to operators<br />
• An internal communication tool enabling messages to be sent internally.<br />
• A knowledge bank that allows staff to post suggestions for improvement of any<br />
process. These are<br />
assessed and if accepted adopted into our workflow<br />
allowing us to continuously improve<br />
• A time keeping system, by recording all time sheets information (TimSY)<br />
• An intra-office notice board.<br />
• A centralized database for the documentation of all quality control check, forms<br />
and feedback to operators<br />
• A quality assurance tool enabling feedback to the operators in the case of<br />
updates, modifications to methodologies<br />
• A Query Tracking System that enables communication and tracking of technical<br />
of production queries with the client.
Key Personnel<br />
DSM Group is staffed with extremely capable and gifted experts in their respective<br />
domains. Details of key personnel in the group are given below:<br />
Ramesh Ananthakrishnan, B.Eng. MSc, Managing Director – <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Ramesh is the founder and director of DSM Soft (P) Ltd in <strong>In</strong>dia. He has grown the<br />
company from a staff of 3 in 1991 to its present level. Educated in the USA he worked<br />
there for a time assisting companies to improve their production flow lines. His<br />
contribution to DSM is delivering in <strong>In</strong>dia, a world-class geospatial and engineering<br />
production resource.<br />
Ganesh Ananthakrishnan, B.Eng, Director – <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Ganesh is Co-founder and director of DSM Soft and jointly with Ramesh has been<br />
responsible for the development of the business to its current size. Ganesh is responsible<br />
for the financial management and administration of the business in <strong>In</strong>dia.<br />
Ravinder Prasad, B.Eng. Vice President - Support <strong>Services</strong> - <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Ravinder graduated in Civil Engineering from Birla <strong>In</strong>stitute of Technology and Science,<br />
Pilani, Rajasthan, <strong>In</strong>dia. He has been with DSM since 1994. At DSM he has been<br />
instrumental in successfully managing various GIS data conversion projects. He has<br />
broad experience on cartographic and topographic mapping projects and has significant<br />
experience of utilities mapping, cadastral mapping and mapping from satellite imageries.<br />
Avinash, B.Eng. Associate Vice President – Head Sales (Geospatial) - <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Avinash is a civil engineer and has been working with DSM Soft for more than a decade.<br />
He is a very dynamic and extremely capable manager, who believes in adopting latest<br />
techniques and technologies in every aspect of his domain which happens to be GIS.<br />
Avinash started his career in DSM as a project leader and over the course of his stint
Locations<br />
The DSM group has offices in <strong>In</strong>dia, and the UK, with authorized representatives and agents<br />
in Europe and Asia.
Locations<br />
DSM Soft (P) Ltd<br />
DSM Soft is the parent company of the Group. It owns and runs the Production<br />
Centres in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, <strong>In</strong>dia. The<br />
company’s administration and commercial management offices are in Chennai,<br />
<strong>In</strong>dia.<br />
DSM Soft Head Office – Chennai <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Ramesh Ananthakrishnan, Group Managing Director<br />
Tel: +91 44 3914 3516<br />
Fax: +91 44 2491 0847<br />
ramesh@dsmsoft.com<br />
www.dsmsoft.com<br />
Geospatial <strong>Services</strong> Division – Trichy, <strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Avinash, Head Sales (Geospatial)<br />
Tel: +91 (0) 431 304 8046<br />
Email: avinash@dsmsoft.com<br />
DSM GeoData Ltd<br />
DSM GeoData Ltd is responsible for the preparation of business proposals and<br />
the negotiation of contracts for the DSM Group.