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What is Geoanalytics and Why is it Important?

September 20, 2021 by Allie Reck Leave a Comment

Geoanalytics is just one of the many terms used to describe location-based data analysis. Other names for it include location intelligence, geolocation, geospatial analysis, geographic analysis, and many others.

In reality, all of these terms are describing the same basic idea: applying geography to your business processes in order to gain analytical insights. Geoanalytics is a form of data visualization that contextualizes your data and uncovers insights through geographic location.

Integrating geography with business analytics results in Geoanalytics. Put simply, Geoanalytics gives you a new perspective — a visual perspective — and AppExchange has apps that make the process simple.

After all, decision-makers don’t need more data, just a better way to interpret what they already have.

This is the problem Geoanalytics apps are made to solve.

How does Geoanalytics work?

Geoanalytics apps can location-enable Salesforce to help you geographically visualize your accounts, contacts, opportunities, and any other Salesforce data — but how?

It begins by layering sets of data on a map so you can compare and

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