SATRA Group: Strengthening Infrastructure Networks with Advanced GIS Technologies

Thanks to the advancements in technology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have moved well beyond remote sensing applications and data dissemination centres to emerge as a critical tool for the realisation of optimised processes and enhanced productivity. Conquering every part of the world, GIS can today be found integrated into some of the most widely used technologies. Hyderabad based SATRA Group has embarked in this segment with the mission to enrich organisations around the world with advanced technologies that can strengthen their infrastructure network. Design and Development of Applications with Spatial Integration, Satellite Data Processing and Digitization, Spatial Database Services, Surveying and Photogrammetry are some of the group’s competitive services in the GIS landscape. SATRA boasts of a powerful infrastructure that integrates business processes and enables easy sharing of data. Providing further insight, Raj Mallela - Managing Director, SATRA Group shares, “Our integration platform enables IT personnel and developers to rapidly configure and integrate applications, systems, and devices. It makes the exchange of enterprise data easy and cost effective without hassles”.

Meeting the needs of all types of map server which generally demand heavy investments, SATRA delivers cost efficient and business-specific tailored solutions. However, a key challenge remains that spatial data in shapefile or raster format occupies significant disk space. SATRA addresses challenges such as these through innovative approaches, more specifically by storing spatial data directly in the database that reduces disk space consumption and processing time when survey data from database gets streamlined with the map. The group is also recognised for its ability to generate raw data useful in application development along with its competence in integrating spatial and non-spatial data for display and analysis.

When it comes to road asset management system, SATRA brings in unmatched capability for handling the projects in its entirety. Equipped with survey equipments for DGPS and LIDAR along with a host of proprietary software suites such as ROMDAS (Road Measurement and Data Acquisition), DATAMAN, and other softwares like ArcGIS/ QGIS, SATRA manages critical data by bringing advanced technologies that facilitate automated data collection, GPS/DGPS along with traditional instruments.
" Our integration platform enables IT personnel and developers to rapidly configure and integrate applications, systems, and devices. It makes the exchange of enterprise data easy and cost effective without hassles"

Strengthened with professional processing infrastructure, SATRA has been delivering geo-information data into usable data for over eight years now. Managing infrastructure assets such as roads, bridges, sewerage and water management and more have always been the group’s focus. Along with several international projects, the group successfully implemented GIS based Asset Management systems for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), where it delivered consulting services for capacity building and collected 3000 kms of data across the country and established an Institutional Framework to collect and manage data for over 96,000 kms.


Raj Mallela, Managing Director

Established in 2008, SATRA today exerts a strong dominance over the segment and has emerged as a key player in Asset Management Consultancy with its partnership with HIMS, New Zealand and Data Collection, New Zealand. The group’s GIS division has been experiencing rapid growth. Raj Mallela commends its well-defined processes and software delivery methodologies as the factors responsible. Moving ahead, SATRA plans to continue driving organisations across the globe by helping them manage their infrastructure assets and by catering to their all-round GIS requirements.