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Open Source GIS – A Viable Option for
         NGIS R&D in Korea


                   8th, Nov 2012
                   FOSS4G 2012 Osaka Keynote Presentation


                   Representative of OSGeo Korean Chapter
                   Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
0. Notes



                       §    Many parts of this presentation contains the results of resea
                             rch titled “Strategies on Building the Platform for GeoSp
                             atial Information Technology Development: Based on O
                             pen Source Thinking”



                       §    This presentation does not necessarily reflect Korean gover
                             nment’s views or policies toward NGIS R&D in Korea



                       §    In this presentation, National R&D will be regarded as a part
                              of NIS(National Innovation System)




OSGeo Korean Chapter                   2                             Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
1. What is National R&D?



        “	
  	
  
              Increasing	
  the	
  fluidity	
  of	
  technology	
  and	
  infor

              ins7tu7ons.                   	
  
              ma7on	
  flows	
  among	
  people,	
  enterprises	
  and        	
  


        	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  ”	
  
         è To enhance the innovative performance and overall com
            petitiveness in a country.


      •  Source : “National Innovation Systems”, 1997, OECD.


OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                   3                                    Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  Traditional Approach




                       Inputs                     Outputs
                -  R&D Funds    R&D Process      -  Patents
                -  Human
                                                 -  Publications
                   Resources




       è ‘Linear Model of Innovation’ that more focus on Inputs
          & Outputs.


OSGeo Korean Chapter                      4                Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  Traditional Linear Approach



       Linear           Basic      Explore            Idea
                                                                    Design,
                                                                    Develop,       Producing       Marketing
       Model           Research   New Ideas        Evaluation
                                                                      Test




                                              High Cost                    Uncertainty
       R&D
       Characteristics
                                                           High Risk



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                            5                          Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  Low R&D Success Rate



                                             Total R&D Investment 100%




                               Failed R&D 60%                              Commercialized R&D 40%



         §  Only 40% of R&D Projects is commercialized in spite of high
             R&D investment
         §  In total only 24% of R&D Projects make a penny
                                                                           Non-Profitable    Profitable
         §  R&D success rate has continuously been lowered down due to        40%             60%
             shortened life cycle of products & technology



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                               6                        Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  R&D Cost Curve


                            R&D          Valley of Death   Sea of Darwin




  •  Source : Osawa and Miyazaki, 2006
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                7                      Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  Changes on R&D Model


                                     Universities




                                         R&D
                                       Process




                                                     National
                       Enterprises                     R&D
                                                      Center


      è Interactions among actors involved in technology devel
         opment are as important as investments in R&D
OSGeo Korean Chapter                             8              Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
2. Understanding R&D Circumstances

    §  Changes on R&D Model


                       Research             Development       Business

                 From traditional R&D model




                                                      To D&B Model

                              Research
                                                     Development         Business
                                  Connect


OSGeo Korean Chapter                                      9                   Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  Closed Innovation

                   Inside R&D Ecosystem


                         Technology
                         Innovation




                                         New
           Increased
                                      Technology
              R&D
                                         New
          Investment
                                        Product




                         Revenue &
                            Profit
                          Increase

                                                        •  Source : Henry Chesbrough, 2003


OSGeo Korean Chapter                               10                   Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  Closed Innovation

                             Closed                        § Designed and developed by nation
                                                              inside or firm inside
                                                           § Leverage inside knowledge,
                                                              intellectual property, experiences
                                                In-House
                                            Development    § Idling knowledge, limitations of
                                                              leveraging outside knowledge




                       Leverage own knowledge



         è What if outcomes of long R&D could not meet fast chan
            ging market needs?

OSGeo Korean Chapter                                         11                           Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  7 Challenges in 21st Century



                                    Economic         Technology
                                    Recession        Oversupply




                           Doing More                          Market
                            with Less                        Uncertainty




                             Technology                     Global
                              Paradox                     Competition


                                           Everybody
                                           Innovates


OSGeo Korean Chapter                            12                         Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  Open Innovation




                       1      End of Knowledge Monopoly Era

                       2      Mobility of Skilled Person & Technology

                       3      Increased R&D Cost and Shortened Life Cycle

•  Source : Henry Chesbrough, 2003
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                 13                     Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  Open Innovation



                               Internal
                              Resources

                                                         Quick &
                                                         Efficient
                                                       Development

                               External
                              Resources




         è  Leverage smart people inside & outside of the nation!

OSGeo Korean Chapter                      14               Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
3. Innovation Models

    §  Open Innovation


                           Open                                  § Designed and developed with
                                                                    other outside partners
                                                                 § Inside knowledge + outside
                                                                    knowledge
                                                 Collaborative
                                                 Development     § Cost reduction, increase
                                                                    innovation capabilities, shortened
                                                                    response time to market change



                 Leverage others knowledge too




       è So, how to apply open innovation to National R&D while
          keeping a National interest?
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                               15                          Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  National GIS R&D Investment by NGIS Plan
      In Million KRW

     45,000	
  

     40,000	
  

     35,000	
  

     30,000	
                                                                                                                                                         1st NGIS :    18.5M US$
     25,000	
  
                                                                                                                                                                      2nd NGIS :   20.0M US$
     20,000	
  

     15,000	
                                                                                                                                                         3rd NGIS : 144.7M US$
     10,000	
  
                                                                                                                                                                          Total    183.2M US$
      5,000	
  

            0	
  
                    1995	
   1996	
   1997	
   1998	
   1999	
   2000	
   2001	
   2002	
   2003	
   2004	
   2005	
   2006	
   2007	
   2008	
   2009	
   2010	
  




                è Vision : Development of world class GeoSpatial techno
                  logy and new growth engine
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                                                                            16                                            Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Goal of Technology Development at each NGIS Phase




           Phase I                Phase II              Phase III

           - Mapping Technology   - 3D GIS              - Intelligent Land
           - DBMS Technology      - High Resolution       Information SW
           - General GIS SW         Remote Sensing SW   - Ubiquitous GIS




OSGeo Korean Chapter                          17                 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase I

                                                                                                   Institution in
                                                     Title                             Period
                                                                                                      Charge
           1. DBMS Independent GIS Basic S/W
           - GIS API Development
           - GIS Analysis S/W Development
           - GIS Operation S/W Development
           - GIS User Interface Technology Development
           2. Mapping Technology Development
           - Data acquisition and modification S/W development
           - Data processing and three-dimensional topographic S/W development
           - Map printing and map design automation S/W development
                                                                                       1995          Ministry of
           3. DB Tool                                                                   ~           Science and
           - Spatial object management system development                              1999         Technology
           - Spatial object storage system development
           - RDBMS Interface development
           - OODBMS Interface development
           4. GIS System Integration
           - System integration development
           - GIS advanced technology monitoring and spread
           - Public facility management GIS application software development
           - GIS data editing and integrated management technology development
           - Internet environment three-dimensional spatial analysis S/W development



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                      18                    Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase II

                                                                                                    Institution in
                                               Title                                    Period
                                                                                                       Charge

                                                                                        1999~
         1. Open GIS component technology development                                    2001



                                                                                        2000~
         2. 3-dimensional GIS S/W technology development                                 2002

                                                                                                      Ministry of
                                                                                                     Information
                                                                                        2001~
         3. High-precision satellite image processing technology development             2003
                                                                                                         and
                                                                                                    Telecommunic
                                                                                                         ation

                                                                                        2001~
         4. Spatial information(4S)-connected technology support business                2003



                                                                                        2004~
         5. Multi-sensor spatial image information integration technology development    2006




OSGeo Korean Chapter                                             19                              Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase III

                                                                                             Institution in
                                               Title                              Period
                                                                                                Charge


         1. Spatial information infrastructure innovation



         2. Real-time territory monitoring

                                                                                                Ministry of
                                                                                  2006
                                                                                             Land, Transpo
                                                                                   ~
         3. Establishment of intelligent urban space information infrastructure   2010
                                                                                             rtation and Ma
                                                                                              ritime Affairs



         4. Realization of safe and convenient construction space



         5. Induction of u-GIS standard and technology



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                20                     Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Applied Strategies to Develop GeoSpatial Technology


                           1. Utilizing Foreign Technology   : ESRI, Intergraph, Etc.



              GeoSpatial
              Technology   2. Develop Own Technology         : Mapping, DBMS, Etc
             Development



                           3. Mid Entry Strategy             : Purchasing GOTHIC SW



        è Still around 70% of Korean GIS market is dominated by for
          eign technologies and little world class technologies!!
OSGeo Korean Chapter                               21                      Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
FOSS4G as a Viable Option for NGIS R&D in Korea
4. Korean Cases

    §  Ideal NGIS R&D Model



                                                     Government


                       RoyalEes                                                                 Research	
  Fund

                                                       Company	
  
                                                     Research	
  Inst.	
  
                                                      University



                            Revenue	
  &	
  Profits                           Products	
  &	
  Tech	
  Selling


                                               Market	
  &	
  Customers


OSGeo Korean Chapter                                               23                                           Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Realities

    NGIS                                         Products                    Market          Success
                             R&D
    R&D




                                       Lack of
                                       interactions       R&D



                                                                R&D
                         NGIS                     R&D
                                                        R&D
                                                          R&D                     Products              Market       Success
                         R&D

                                         Source & documents only


                                                                           Repeated development, test

•  Source : Prof. Kwangwoo Nam, 2012
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                  24                                   Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Under Performances


                                                    Government



                                         X
                                     Lack of flow
                                                                     X
                                                                  Lack of flow
                       Research                      University                  Company   Short-term based
                        Institute

                                    No update & further development after R&D

                                           Hard to find outcomes of R&D


                           GeoSpatial Market – What market should we target?



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                                25                        Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Questions Raised

     Q01               Haven’t we tried to develop all the technologies by ourselves so far?




     è  What if we applied Google’s Android model to NGIS R&D?
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                       26                         Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Questions Raised

     Q02               How to rejuvenate the stopped development for the people in need?




     è  Let’s pull out the source codes from the shelf!!
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                     27                        Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Questions Raised

     Q03               Can we hit multiple targets at the same time?




     è  Need to consider ‘Select & Focus’ strategy.
OSGeo Korean Chapter                                       28          Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
4. Korean Cases

    §  Implications from Korean Cases
                                                                                     Implications
           1
               Closed R&D System
               - Try to develop almost all the technologies by         Need to leverage outside technology and reso
                 itself.                                               urces to respond to fast changing market situ
                                                                       ations.
           2
               University & Research Inst. Centric
               - Heavily rely on traditional linear downstream         Need to engage more enterprises’ request an
               R&D model.                                              d enterprise itself in development system.

           3
               Ambiguous R&D Goal                                      Need to address R&D and D&B separately. R
               -  Not clear whether it is R&D or D&B. Need to          &D for basic research and D&B for commerci
               set clear goal.                                         alization.

           4
                                                                       Need to set up platform to increase the flow of
               Hard to Reuse R&D Outcomes
                                                                       knowledge and dissemination of technology
               -  After R&D project period, finding & reusing R
                                                                       during & after R&D.
               &D outcomes is difficult.



OSGeo Korean Chapter                                              29                                Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
5. Strategies

    §  Basic Concepts




                         Inside-Out Strategy



                         Select & Focus Strategy



                         Outside-In Strategy




OSGeo Korean Chapter                    30         Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
5. Strategies

    §  Inside-Out Strategy

                                            Inside-Out Strategy

           1     Change previous R&D outcomes to open source

           § Encourage to change previous R&D outcomes to ‘Dual License’ based open source
           § Let the technology flow to the people in need
           § ‘Technology in the Shelf’ doesn’t create any value



           2     Need to Start Open Source Based R&D

           § Approach open source as a disruptive innovation
           § Participate in international open source GIS activities and lead the communities
           § This will increase the quality and interactions among actors!


OSGeo Korean Chapter                                          31                           Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
5. Strategies

    §  Outside-In Strategy
                                            Outside-In Strategy

                       Korean Situations                     Open Source GIS Strategies
        • Limited human resources                     • Internalize the outside resources
        • Limited R&D funds                           • Active adoption of Open Source GIS
        • Small & medium size GIS companies           • Reduce GIS SW cost using Open Source GIS
        • Unable to target all the fields             • Targeting professional fields
        • High dependency on proprietary GIS          • Reduce the dependency on proprietary GIS




OSGeo Korean Chapter                                    32                              Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
5. Strategies

    §  Select & Focus Strategy

                                          Select & Focus Strategy
         1                                              3
             Targeting Cutting-Edge Technology                  Clear Discrimination between R&D, D&B
              - From Catch-up to Leap-frogging               - Need to increase the commercialization capa
                                                            bilities


         2                                                  4
             Niche Market Strategy                              More Business Centric Policy Needed
              - Not only technology create values                - Growth of business will create the virtuous cir
                                                                cle of NGIS R&D




                          Consider not only R&D itself but D&B as
                                            well!!

OSGeo Korean Chapter                                   33                                       Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
5. Strategies

    §  Proposed R&D System
                                              Firms




                                       NGIS R&D Activities

                        Outside-In                             Inside-Out

                World                                                          Govnt
                                          Select & Focus

                        Open Source Thinking(Open/Share/Participation)

                                     NGIS R&D Infrastructure




                                               R&D
                                               Inst.

OSGeo Korean Chapter                                   34                   Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
6. Conclusions


      Open Innovation   • Need to consider fast changing market & customers needs
         Strategy       • Not future prediction, but increasing adaptabilities


          Inside-Out    • Rejuvenate sleeping technology by changing it to open source
           Strategy     • Let the technology flow to the people in need


          Outside-In    • Need to actively embrace the open source GIS technology
           Strategy     • Internalize the outside high-performance resources


                        • Changing strategy from catch-up to leap-frogging

       Select & Focus   • Need to target cutting-edge technology that could leverage hidden assets
          Strategy      • Need to discriminate R&D and D&B
                        • Every country has its own unique invisible assets




OSGeo Korean Chapter                                   35                           Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
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  • 1. 한국어 지부 Open Source GIS – A Viable Option for NGIS R&D in Korea 8th, Nov 2012 FOSS4G 2012 Osaka Keynote Presentation Representative of OSGeo Korean Chapter Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 2. 0. Notes §  Many parts of this presentation contains the results of resea rch titled “Strategies on Building the Platform for GeoSp atial Information Technology Development: Based on O pen Source Thinking” §  This presentation does not necessarily reflect Korean gover nment’s views or policies toward NGIS R&D in Korea §  In this presentation, National R&D will be regarded as a part of NIS(National Innovation System) OSGeo Korean Chapter 2 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 3. 1. What is National R&D? “     Increasing  the  fluidity  of  technology  and  infor ins7tu7ons.   ma7on  flows  among  people,  enterprises  and                                                            ”   è To enhance the innovative performance and overall com petitiveness in a country. •  Source : “National Innovation Systems”, 1997, OECD. OSGeo Korean Chapter 3 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 4. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  Traditional Approach Inputs Outputs -  R&D Funds R&D Process -  Patents -  Human -  Publications Resources è ‘Linear Model of Innovation’ that more focus on Inputs & Outputs. OSGeo Korean Chapter 4 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 5. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  Traditional Linear Approach Linear Basic Explore Idea Design, Develop, Producing Marketing Model Research New Ideas Evaluation Test High Cost Uncertainty R&D Characteristics High Risk OSGeo Korean Chapter 5 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 6. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  Low R&D Success Rate Total R&D Investment 100% Failed R&D 60% Commercialized R&D 40% §  Only 40% of R&D Projects is commercialized in spite of high R&D investment §  In total only 24% of R&D Projects make a penny Non-Profitable Profitable §  R&D success rate has continuously been lowered down due to 40% 60% shortened life cycle of products & technology OSGeo Korean Chapter 6 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 7. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  R&D Cost Curve R&D Valley of Death Sea of Darwin •  Source : Osawa and Miyazaki, 2006 OSGeo Korean Chapter 7 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 8. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  Changes on R&D Model Universities R&D Process National Enterprises R&D Center è Interactions among actors involved in technology devel opment are as important as investments in R&D OSGeo Korean Chapter 8 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 9. 2. Understanding R&D Circumstances §  Changes on R&D Model Research Development Business From traditional R&D model To D&B Model Research Development Business Connect OSGeo Korean Chapter 9 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 10. 3. Innovation Models §  Closed Innovation Inside R&D Ecosystem Technology Innovation New Increased Technology R&D New Investment Product Revenue & Profit Increase •  Source : Henry Chesbrough, 2003 OSGeo Korean Chapter 10 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 11. 3. Innovation Models §  Closed Innovation Closed § Designed and developed by nation inside or firm inside § Leverage inside knowledge, intellectual property, experiences In-House Development § Idling knowledge, limitations of leveraging outside knowledge Leverage own knowledge è What if outcomes of long R&D could not meet fast chan ging market needs? OSGeo Korean Chapter 11 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 12. 3. Innovation Models §  7 Challenges in 21st Century Economic Technology Recession Oversupply Doing More Market with Less Uncertainty Technology Global Paradox Competition Everybody Innovates OSGeo Korean Chapter 12 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 13. 3. Innovation Models §  Open Innovation 1 End of Knowledge Monopoly Era 2 Mobility of Skilled Person & Technology 3 Increased R&D Cost and Shortened Life Cycle •  Source : Henry Chesbrough, 2003 OSGeo Korean Chapter 13 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 14. 3. Innovation Models §  Open Innovation Internal Resources Quick & Efficient Development External Resources è  Leverage smart people inside & outside of the nation! OSGeo Korean Chapter 14 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 15. 3. Innovation Models §  Open Innovation Open § Designed and developed with other outside partners § Inside knowledge + outside knowledge Collaborative Development § Cost reduction, increase innovation capabilities, shortened response time to market change Leverage others knowledge too è So, how to apply open innovation to National R&D while keeping a National interest? OSGeo Korean Chapter 15 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 16. 4. Korean Cases §  National GIS R&D Investment by NGIS Plan In Million KRW 45,000   40,000   35,000   30,000   1st NGIS : 18.5M US$ 25,000   2nd NGIS : 20.0M US$ 20,000   15,000   3rd NGIS : 144.7M US$ 10,000   Total 183.2M US$ 5,000   0   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   è Vision : Development of world class GeoSpatial techno logy and new growth engine OSGeo Korean Chapter 16 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 17. 4. Korean Cases §  Goal of Technology Development at each NGIS Phase Phase I Phase II Phase III - Mapping Technology - 3D GIS - Intelligent Land - DBMS Technology - High Resolution Information SW - General GIS SW Remote Sensing SW - Ubiquitous GIS OSGeo Korean Chapter 17 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 18. 4. Korean Cases §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase I Institution in Title Period Charge 1. DBMS Independent GIS Basic S/W - GIS API Development - GIS Analysis S/W Development - GIS Operation S/W Development - GIS User Interface Technology Development 2. Mapping Technology Development - Data acquisition and modification S/W development - Data processing and three-dimensional topographic S/W development - Map printing and map design automation S/W development 1995 Ministry of 3. DB Tool ~ Science and - Spatial object management system development 1999 Technology - Spatial object storage system development - RDBMS Interface development - OODBMS Interface development 4. GIS System Integration - System integration development - GIS advanced technology monitoring and spread - Public facility management GIS application software development - GIS data editing and integrated management technology development - Internet environment three-dimensional spatial analysis S/W development OSGeo Korean Chapter 18 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 19. 4. Korean Cases §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase II Institution in Title Period Charge 1999~ 1. Open GIS component technology development 2001 2000~ 2. 3-dimensional GIS S/W technology development 2002 Ministry of Information 2001~ 3. High-precision satellite image processing technology development 2003 and Telecommunic ation 2001~ 4. Spatial information(4S)-connected technology support business 2003 2004~ 5. Multi-sensor spatial image information integration technology development 2006 OSGeo Korean Chapter 19 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 20. 4. Korean Cases §  Projects & Outcomes of Technology Development at NGIS Phase III Institution in Title Period Charge 1. Spatial information infrastructure innovation 2. Real-time territory monitoring Ministry of 2006 Land, Transpo ~ 3. Establishment of intelligent urban space information infrastructure 2010 rtation and Ma ritime Affairs 4. Realization of safe and convenient construction space 5. Induction of u-GIS standard and technology OSGeo Korean Chapter 20 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 21. 4. Korean Cases §  Applied Strategies to Develop GeoSpatial Technology 1. Utilizing Foreign Technology : ESRI, Intergraph, Etc. GeoSpatial Technology 2. Develop Own Technology : Mapping, DBMS, Etc Development 3. Mid Entry Strategy : Purchasing GOTHIC SW è Still around 70% of Korean GIS market is dominated by for eign technologies and little world class technologies!! OSGeo Korean Chapter 21 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 23. 4. Korean Cases §  Ideal NGIS R&D Model Government RoyalEes Research  Fund Company   Research  Inst.   University Revenue  &  Profits Products  &  Tech  Selling Market  &  Customers OSGeo Korean Chapter 23 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 24. 4. Korean Cases §  Realities NGIS Products Market Success R&D R&D Lack of interactions R&D R&D NGIS R&D R&D R&D Products Market Success R&D Source & documents only Repeated development, test •  Source : Prof. Kwangwoo Nam, 2012 OSGeo Korean Chapter 24 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 25. 4. Korean Cases §  Under Performances Government X Lack of flow X Lack of flow Research University Company Short-term based Institute No update & further development after R&D Hard to find outcomes of R&D GeoSpatial Market – What market should we target? OSGeo Korean Chapter 25 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 26. 4. Korean Cases §  Questions Raised Q01 Haven’t we tried to develop all the technologies by ourselves so far? è  What if we applied Google’s Android model to NGIS R&D? OSGeo Korean Chapter 26 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 27. 4. Korean Cases §  Questions Raised Q02 How to rejuvenate the stopped development for the people in need? è  Let’s pull out the source codes from the shelf!! OSGeo Korean Chapter 27 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 28. 4. Korean Cases §  Questions Raised Q03 Can we hit multiple targets at the same time? è  Need to consider ‘Select & Focus’ strategy. OSGeo Korean Chapter 28 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 29. 4. Korean Cases §  Implications from Korean Cases Implications 1 Closed R&D System - Try to develop almost all the technologies by Need to leverage outside technology and reso itself. urces to respond to fast changing market situ ations. 2 University & Research Inst. Centric - Heavily rely on traditional linear downstream Need to engage more enterprises’ request an R&D model. d enterprise itself in development system. 3 Ambiguous R&D Goal Need to address R&D and D&B separately. R -  Not clear whether it is R&D or D&B. Need to &D for basic research and D&B for commerci set clear goal. alization. 4 Need to set up platform to increase the flow of Hard to Reuse R&D Outcomes knowledge and dissemination of technology -  After R&D project period, finding & reusing R during & after R&D. &D outcomes is difficult. OSGeo Korean Chapter 29 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 30. 5. Strategies §  Basic Concepts Inside-Out Strategy Select & Focus Strategy Outside-In Strategy OSGeo Korean Chapter 30 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 31. 5. Strategies §  Inside-Out Strategy Inside-Out Strategy 1 Change previous R&D outcomes to open source § Encourage to change previous R&D outcomes to ‘Dual License’ based open source § Let the technology flow to the people in need § ‘Technology in the Shelf’ doesn’t create any value 2 Need to Start Open Source Based R&D § Approach open source as a disruptive innovation § Participate in international open source GIS activities and lead the communities § This will increase the quality and interactions among actors! OSGeo Korean Chapter 31 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 32. 5. Strategies §  Outside-In Strategy Outside-In Strategy Korean Situations Open Source GIS Strategies • Limited human resources • Internalize the outside resources • Limited R&D funds • Active adoption of Open Source GIS • Small & medium size GIS companies • Reduce GIS SW cost using Open Source GIS • Unable to target all the fields • Targeting professional fields • High dependency on proprietary GIS • Reduce the dependency on proprietary GIS OSGeo Korean Chapter 32 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 33. 5. Strategies §  Select & Focus Strategy Select & Focus Strategy 1 3 Targeting Cutting-Edge Technology Clear Discrimination between R&D, D&B - From Catch-up to Leap-frogging - Need to increase the commercialization capa bilities 2 4 Niche Market Strategy More Business Centric Policy Needed - Not only technology create values - Growth of business will create the virtuous cir cle of NGIS R&D Consider not only R&D itself but D&B as well!! OSGeo Korean Chapter 33 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 34. 5. Strategies §  Proposed R&D System Firms NGIS R&D Activities Outside-In Inside-Out World Govnt Select & Focus Open Source Thinking(Open/Share/Participation) NGIS R&D Infrastructure R&D Inst. OSGeo Korean Chapter 34 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 35. 6. Conclusions Open Innovation • Need to consider fast changing market & customers needs Strategy • Not future prediction, but increasing adaptabilities Inside-Out • Rejuvenate sleeping technology by changing it to open source Strategy • Let the technology flow to the people in need Outside-In • Need to actively embrace the open source GIS technology Strategy • Internalize the outside high-performance resources • Changing strategy from catch-up to leap-frogging Select & Focus • Need to target cutting-edge technology that could leverage hidden assets Strategy • Need to discriminate R&D and D&B • Every country has its own unique invisible assets OSGeo Korean Chapter 35 Shin, Sanghee(shshin@gaia3d.com)
  • 36. Thank you!! Q&A