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Business Opportunities in Open Source GIS Development

This overview explores the growing market trends and business models surrounding Open Source GIS development. It discusses the interoperability facilitated by organizations like the Open Geospatial Consortium and highlights the shift towards Open Source solutions driven by governments and businesses. Key projects and examples, including PostGIS and Mapserver, showcase the benefits of open technologies. Recommendations emphasize bidding on GIS projects, joining the Open Geospatial Consortium, and leveraging the Open Source community for development and support.

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Business Opportunities in Open Source GIS Development

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  1. Business opportunities based on Open Source GIS Development Cameron Shorter, Senior Software Engineer, ADI Limited. 20 February 2006

  2. Overview • Market trends • Business model • Example projects • Recommendations Electronics & Aerospace

  3. Trends: Web 2.0 • http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html?page=1 Electronics & Aerospace

  4. Trends: Interoperability • Open Geospatial Consortium promotes GIS standards. • http://opengeospatial.org • Governments are pushing for standard interfaces to their GIS data. • eContentplus programme is a € 149million, 4 year European project to “promote take up of leading-edge technical solutions to improve accessibility and usability of digital material.” • http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/econtentplus/index_en.htm Electronics & Aerospace

  5. Trends: Interoperability - JP2064 Electronics & Aerospace

  6. Trends: Mobile Computing • Carrier service requires 5 nine’s (99.999%) uptime. • Hundreds of mobile platforms to program for. • Telcos provide “walled garden” to content for their products. • GPS users are building their own non-proprietary maps. • http://openstreetmaps.org • Example: “track your kid” and “track your pet”. http://findme.mapquest.com/ Electronics & Aerospace

  7. Trends: Free basemaps • Google, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps. • http://maps.google.comhttp://mappoint.msn.comhttp://maps.yahoo.com • Mash-up applications. • Enables niche applications. • Governments opening up map their map data. • Free in the US • Expensive in the UK • Moving toward free in Australia Electronics & Aerospace

  8. Open Source: Dispelling Open Source Myths • Main attraction is the price. • The savings are not real. • Where is the support? • What about legal issues? • Isn’t for mission critical applications. • Not ready for the desktop. • Bug fixes and security. Electronics & Aerospace

  9. Open Source: Security Electronics & Aerospace

  10. Trends: Move to Open Source • Governments are moving toward Open Source. • “Software products are a liability, not an asset”. • “Spend 10% on effort, get 100% solution”, Jody Garnet, Refractions. Electronics & Aerospace

  11. Products: GIS Players Electronics & Aerospace

  12. Products: Open Source GIS • PostGIS reported to be 20x faster than Oracle Spatial but doesn’t have certified engineering support and doesn’t support replication. • Mapserver is reported to be faster than ArcIMS. • uDig comparable with ArcView. Electronics & Aerospace

  13. Business: ADI strengths • Solution design. • Systems test, integration (equals quality). • Support. • Local presence throughout Australia. Electronics & Aerospace

  14. Business: Proposed Business Model • Sell services not software. • Solution architects using Open Source components. • Extend existing software. • Qualify Open Source products. • Support. • Be “Hacker Deodorant”. Electronics & Aerospace

  15. Business: Development Methodology • Work with Open Source community adding functionality to code base. • Integrate on a controlled branch of software with or without OS developers. • Feed fixes back to the Open Source community. • OS GIS Software developers are usually very experienced with commercial Software Development Lifecycles. • Observe “hacker etiquette”. Electronics & Aerospace

  16. Business: Spike Source • Integration • Configuration • Testing • Maintenance • Support • http://www.spikesource.com Electronics & Aerospace

  17. Business: Refractions / Vivid Solutions • Extend and deploy Open Source GIS products. • Funded by Canadian government and private contracts. • http://refractions.net/http://vividsolutions.com Electronics & Aerospace

  18. Application: Tacsat-1 . • TacSat-1 is Experimenting with Net-Centric Principles • Providing Direct Access to Spacecraft Payload Tasking and to the Data • Thoughts on Net-Centric Operations • Many Users are Needed to Realize Exponential Network Effects: Implies Importance of Tier 2 & 3 Users • Self Organizing Requires Knowledge and Changes to Current Tactics, Techniques and Procedures. • Truly Thin Client (“No Client”) Greatly Expands the User Base Electronics & Aerospace

  19. Application: Socialchange Online • http://webmap.socialchange.net.au Electronics & Aerospace

  20. Application: Bicycle Mapbuilder • http://bikemap.openearth.com.au Electronics & Aerospace

  21. Conferences • Geoinformatics, 12-15 Sept, Lausanne, Switzerland http://www.foss4g2006.org/ • Where 2.0, 13-14 June, San Jose. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where2006/ • GeoWeb, 24-28 July, Vancouver. http://geoweb.org/ Electronics & Aerospace

  22. Recommendations • Bid for GIS projects using Open Source GIS as part of the solution. • Join the Open Geospatial Consortium and commit to Standards based solutions. • Network with existing players. • Attend key conferences. • Join key Open Source projects as required. Electronics & Aerospace

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