2009 FME UC Keynote - Removing Barriers to Data Sharing

Given at the 2009 Safe Software FME UC in Whistler, BC.

Video is here: https://youtu.be/i7f0-R7EMbQ

Transcript

1. REMOVING BARRIERS TO DATA SHARING James Fee RSP Architects
2. Abstract (Hidden Slide) §  Removing Barriers to Data Sharing With the convergence of geographic information and the Internet, organizations are attempting to find better ways to share and store data as well as collaborate with others. James Fee will be discussing how organizations can become more agile with their geospatial business processes to ensure that their data is discoverable as well as accessible to users who wish to interact with it. Listen to James describe how changes with workflows brought on by disruptive technologies such as web services and cloud computing can improve users' abilities to solve complex problems and expose those results to consumers who will then be able to use them. There are huge challenges to overcome, but with the right tools and services, success can be in hand. James will share concepts that have helped his clients improve their data sharing and collaborative efforts by using those same disruptive technologies to eliminate barriers between users and data.
3. The Early Years
4. Data Sharing Required Engineers
5. Computing Was A Team Effort
6. Tape Drive Storage
7. You Were Loved By Your Parents
8. The Floppy Disk The cause of and solution to all our problems!
9. Floppies Are Not My Friend
10. War Games Was Your Favorite Movie
11. Electronic Data Sharing
12. Call Waiting Strikes Again!
13. Usenet Newsgroups
14. The Information Superhighway
15. Safe Software 1996
16. Sharing Data On The Web
17. FTP Reigns Supreme
18. ESRI’s Attempt at Data Sharing
19. Current Data Sharing
20. The Future?
21. Keys to a Data Portal § Open Format Aggregation § Findability § Caching
22. Open Format Aggregation §  Support for open standards §  KML/KMZ, PDF, JPG2000, XML §  Shapefiles? Excel? §  Aggregate other data portals §  Data.gov shouldn’t replace specialized data sharing sites §  Offers up links to data and data services
23. Pick Your Format
24. Findability How easy data is to discover or locate How well the physical or digital environment supports navigation and retrieval OR
25. Searching DATA.gov
26. Searching
27. Text Search FAIL
28. Nothing?
29. Caching §  Temporary storage of frequently accessed information
31. No Caching
32. Data.gov is a Great Start
33. Spatial Data Access § Open Formats § Findability § Caching
34. Open Formats §  What is an open format? §  DWG/DWF §  Personal Geodatabase §  File Geodatabase §  MIF/TAB §  MrSID
35. Open Formats §  “Real” open formats §  Shapefiles §  KML/KMZ §  GML §  SDF (Spatial Data Format) §  SpatiaLite §  JPEG 2000 §  PDF §  XML
36. Picking Formats Target Audience Photo used under creative commons from dotbenjamin
37. Prepare for Users §  How might they use geospatial data? §  Professional applications (GIS/CAD) §  Neogeographers §  Excel §  PowerPoint §  Google Earth §  Photoshop §  But be careful of exposing too much
38. Data.gov
39. Findability
40. Findability
41. Findability
42. Findability
43. Findability
44. Findability
45. Findability
47. Findability
48. WeoGeo Define Spatial Search Area
49. WeoGeo Refine Search Criteria
50. WeoGeo Choose Data Set
51. WeoGeo Preview Data Set
53. WeoGeo Preview Data Set
54. We Want Happy Users
55. Caching §  “Google does it so it must be smart”
56. Caching §  Ensuring data is available
57. Caching §  Speeding data delivery Photo used under creative commons from NathenFromDeVryEET
58. Caching §  Reduces server loads
59. Which Leads Us to the Cloud
60. Data Sharing is Expensive §  You need: §  Bandwidth §  Disk storage §  Processing power §  Scalability
61. Optimal Data Storage and Sharing §  System of record §  Institutional Repository §  Web-based Access §  Geo-Enabled Search §  High Performance §  Customize Your Request (Spatial ETL) §  Flexible, Affordable Pricing (Pay as you go) §  IT-Friendly §  Easy Upload Methods §  Generate Revenue
62. Beyond the SDI §  Focus on sharing has been on large national government §  High value sharing and collaboration is with smaller organizations Your Own Personal GeoWeb!
63. Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
64. GNOCDC Web – August 2005
65. No “Geek Squad” Photo credit: the ‘bee log
66. GNOCDC Staff
67. GNOCDC Web – June 2009
68. Caching Maps
70. Sharing Data via Google Maps
71. Moving Spatial Data Into the Cloud
72. Technology
73. Results §  No lock in, supporting standards allows them the flexibility to change with technology. §  No longer fighting change, but embracing it
74. Bringing the World Together
75. Thank You! §  Questions? §  For more information §  James Fee: james.fee@rsparch.com §  RSP Architects: www.rsparch.com §  Other resources §  http://spatiallyadjusted.com §  http://twitter.com/cageyjames