GC can develop GIS applications for the planning and management of public utilities. Organizations dealing with infrastructure and public utilities find GIS a powerful tool in handling aspects such as planning, decision support, customer service, regulatory requests, standardization of methods, and graphics display.

Typical uses include management of the following services: electric, gas, water, roads, telecommunication, storm sewers, TV/FM transmitting facilities, hazards analysis, and dispatch and emergency services. Typical data input includes street network, topographic data, demographic data and local government administration boundary.

Global Coordinates can assist Municipal governments in using GIS Technology for the management of zoning, urban growth planning, infrastructure maintenance and replacement schedules, property ownership records, traffic projections, "what if" flow analysis (such as traffic or water/sewage), new building permit management and control, etc. Solutions can be developed to incorporate periodically updated aerial photos to reflect incremental changes. Many government bodies use GIS for the management of property ownership and property tax records, sometimes publishing the information, in combination with the relevant aerial photos, on the Internet for public access.

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Port complexes, industrial and military infrastructure sites, real estate properties, cemeteries, forest resources, etc., in which a spatial/map orientated user interface is most useful to the management and planning effort. This allows multiple users, from the comfort of office workstations located anywhere, to spatially track and optimize the deployment of infrastructure assets, plan and track maintenance/replacement schedules. Often the GIS map would the joined to a database so that querying by name, class, type, location, etc. can be done through the map interface.

Retail store networks, gas station chains, distribution hubs, etc., in which the decision on where to locate new facilities should be optimized relative to the physical locations of clients, markets, future growth, transportation infrastructure, already existing point of sale locations, store locations of competitors. Spatial considerations can have a material influence on the effectiveness of the marketing strategy and on long-term product distribution costs.