Geo-spatial visualizations will be designed and delivered in the context of a business process.

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After all, SAP has supported use of the data in its applications by firms like ESRI that offer advanced geo-spatial mapping capabilities.

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Last October Esri acquired SpotOn, a geo-spatial business intelligence software developer which worked with IBM Cognos to provide customers with embedded maps in their reports.

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Instead of poring over pages of reports if I can see the data in bar charts, line graphs, pie charts or integrated with geo-spatial tools, I can make a lot more sense of it.

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For example, a third party may provide a Snap in the SnapStore that allows you to connect to SalesForce, SAP, Oracle, Twitter, Facebook, or common data feeds from other sources, such as stock prices or geo-spatial data.

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