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James Fee
October 06, 2009
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Where Next - The Future of GIS
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Transcript
Where Next? The Future of GIS James Fee WeoGeo
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Neogeography: Geographical techniques and tools used for personal activities or
for utilization by a non-expert group of users; not formal or analytical. Andrew Turner
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Crowdsourcing
Michael Goodchild
Michael Goodchild VG I
Volunteered Michael Goodchild Geographic Information
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Citizen Participation San Diego Fires
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Stacks
Microsoft IIS Microsoft .NE T Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Server
2008 Microsoft Windows Apache Perl, PHP or Python MySQL or PostgreSQL Linux Server Linux
Microsoft IIS Microsoft .NE T Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Server
2008 Microsoft Windows Apache Perl, PHP or Python MySQL or PostgreSQL Linux Server Linux WINS
Microsoft IIS Microsoft .NE T Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Server
2008 Microsoft Windows Apache Perl, PHP or Python MySQL or PostgreSQL Linux Server Linux WINS LAMP/LAPP
Microsoft Windows Linux
Microsoft Windows Linux Solution Stacks
Microsoft Windows Linux Solution Stacks
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI ESRI Stack
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI ESRI Stack
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI ESRI Stack
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI ESRI Stack
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS GDAL/OGR, GEOS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS MapServer or GeoServer
OSGeo ArcGIS Server APIs ArcObjects ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcGIS Server ESRI ESRI Stack OSGeo Stack
OpenLayers/ WMS/WFS PostgreSQL w/ PostGIS ArcGIS Server ArcSDE (Geodatabase) ArcObjects
Mixed Stack
Where Next?
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Where Next?
Where Next? RESTful
Where Next? RESTful
Where Next? RESTful
Where Next? RESTful
Where Next? RESTful
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Where Next?
The Future
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Just give me a shapefile
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phoenix.shp phoenix.shx phoenix.dbf
phoenix.shp phoenix.shx phoenix.dbf phoenix.prj phoenix.shp.xml
phoenix.shp phoenix.shx phoenix.dbf phoenix.prj phoenix.shp.xml phoenix.sbn phoenix.sbx phoenix.ain phoenix.aih phoenix.ixs
phoenix.mxs phoenix.atx phoenix.cpg
phoenix.shp phoenix.shx phoenix.dbf phoenix.prj phoenix.shp.xml phoenix.sbn phoenix.sbx phoenix.ain phoenix.aih phoenix.ixs
phoenix.mxs phoenix.atx phoenix.cpg
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Can We Come Up With a Standard?
What would work?
What would work? open database
What would work? open database open symbology
What would work? open database open symbology OGC support
What would work? open database open symbology OGC support platform
support
ESRI’s File Geodatabase
ESRI’s File Geodatabase
So just give me a File Geodatabase
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So we need an open spatial database format
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I really want to get me some of that!
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‣ All the benefits of Shapefiles ‣ Open ‣ Easy
to use
‣ All the benefits of Shapefiles ‣ Open ‣ Easy
to use ‣ None of the limitations ‣ Multiple files ‣ Limited field widths
Problems with SQLite?
•No support from ESRI Problems with SQLite?
•No support from ESRI •Still not well known in the
community Problems with SQLite?
SpatiaLite
SpatiaLite •Built on SQLite RDBMS
SpatiaLite •Built on SQLite RDBMS •Just a file
SpatiaLite •Built on SQLite RDBMS •Just a file •Portable -
Works on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X
SpatiaLite •Built on SQLite RDBMS •Just a file •Portable -
Works on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X •Implements OGC Simple Features for SQL
Community Driven Standards
Community Driven Standards Users drive formats
How do we share?
Layer Package to the Rescue
Layer Package to the Rescue
What Works for the Layer Package
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology •Metadata and preview thumbnails
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology •Metadata and preview thumbnails •Easy to create with ArcMap
Problems with the Layer Package
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology •Some files converted to closed File Geodatabase format
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology •Some files converted to closed File Geodatabase format •Undocumented
We need symbology with our datasets
Options:
Options: SLD/SE
CSS Options: SLD/SE
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Put my symbology in a sidecar!
phoenix.sqlite phoenix.css
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Sharing data need not be hard
Pay As You Go GIS
Pay As You Go GIS Enable ArcInfo for ArcView users
Pay As You Go GIS Enable ArcInfo for ArcView users
Pay As You Go GIS Enable ArcInfo for ArcView users
Pick and choose the best solutions
Cloud-based Services
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The future of GIS will give you freedom to collaborate
with the world.
Thank You James Fee email:
[email protected]
twitter: @cageyjames blog: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com
mobile: 480.225.2287