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GITA PNW 2015Peter Batty, Ubisense
The Consumerization of Geospatial
Video footage from NASA
Editing by Michael König
vimeo.com/32001208
Geospatial
Everywhere
Peter Batty
Ubisense
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo andVideo
http://flic.kr/p/7KaLhV
Openness
The Cloud
Crowdsourcing
Data (Multimedia)
Open... source
data
standards
as in
accessible
OPEN AS IN ACCESSIBLE
Consumer led IT
Usability / simplicity
flic.kr/p/3guaAu
Simplicity
“spatial is
special”
“spatial is just
another data type”
THE GEOSPATIAL MARKET
Traditional
GIS
Total market
Google
Apple
Amazon
Facebook
Twitter
Microsoft
Oracle
Nokia
OSGeo
Mapbox
CartoDB
Boundless
Ubisense
Arc2Earth
Astun
Stamen
and many more
OPEN SOURCE
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its
source code made available and licensed with a license in which
the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and
distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
Open-source software is very often developed in a public,
collaborative manner.
A report by the Standish Group (from 2008) states that
adoption of open-source software models has resulted in
savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.
Created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial
software. Our goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development
of community-led projects
OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open
source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared
infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Web Mapping
deegree
geomajas
GeoMoose
GeoServer
Mapbender
MapBuilder
MapFish
MapGuide Open Source
MapServer
OpenLayers
Team Engine
ZOO-Project
Desktop Applications
GRASS GIS
gvSIG
Marble
Opticks
Quantum GIS
Geospatial Libraries
FDO
GDAL/OGR
GEOS
GeoTools
MetaCRS
OSSIM
PostGIS
rasdaman
Metadata Catalog
GeoNetwork
pycsw
Outreach Projects
Public Geospatial Data
Education and Curriculum
OSGeo Live
Italics signify projects in incubation
Software projects
27
Project Name Annual
Contributors
Total
Contributors
Lines of Code
Mapbender 20 54 1,360,815
Community MapBuilder 1 25 166,028
MapGuide Open Source 7 47 515,899
MapServer 35 68 230,299
OpenLayers 51 76 118,043
GRASS GIS 18 69 1,285,664
OSSIM 7 26 1,076,078
Quantum GIS 78 116 655,451
GDAL 23 46 901,142
GeoTools 60 132 3,205,814
GeoNetwork opensource 27 40 2,345,603
Feature Data Objects (FDO) 10 36 1,551,951
GEOS 3 17 143,088
gvSIG Desktop 7 19 1,376,314
deegree 8 25 982,165
PostGIS 10 23 282,844
Geomajas 10 19 417,228
GeoServer 64 86 700,006
MapFish 1 17 154,625
Total 440 941 17,469,057
OSGeo Project Details
March 2013
17.5 million
lines of code
440annual
contributors
all time
contributors
941
Developing open source software
is not a hobby
(for most people)
Functionality Cost Support
Terms PredictabilityFlexibility
PostGIS
GeoExt
OpenLayers
GeoServer GeoWebCache
leafletjs.com
cartodb.com
mapbox.com
Mapbox GL
Vector tiles
https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/examples/
https://www.mapbox.com/drone/video/
ID editor
D3 - d3js.org
Cesium.js http://analyticalgraphicsinc.github.io/cesium-
google-earth-examples/demos/milktruck/
There’s a parallel 

geo-world out there!
http://flic.kr/p/bqW9yE
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
MobileMobile
Wireless broadband becoming pervasive
2012
Wireless broadband becoming pervasive
2015
Revolution in simple but
powerful smartphones
and tablets
Touch screens, wireless communications,
GPS, compass, accelerometer, camera
Offline data strategies
34
Replication of larger fixed areas
Region, or whole database
Initial extract, nightly incrementals
Current approach
Pros: guarantee all data available offline
Cons: more data to move, potential for more
administrative complexity
Dynamic download of small focused areas
Suitable for various scenarios:
- Damage assessment on a single circuit
- Handling set of scheduled jobs, download at
beginning of day
- Downloading scheduled or unscheduled jobs as
needed via wireless network
No incremental, just download what is needed
Pros: generally simpler, less data to move, no large
initial download
Cons: only suitable for some scenarios – less suitable
for extended offline use
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
Pole #374109
Wood, 30ft
Switch #1307
Circuit #254,ABC
Inspected 2010/08/15
Augmented
reality
Video conferencing
The
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Cloud
Picture from microsoft.com
Ray Ozzie
Ex Chief Software Architect, Microsoft
Complexity kills.
Complexity sucks the life out of users,
developers and IT.  Complexity makes
products difficult to plan, build, test and use.
 Complexity introduces security challenges. 
Complexity causes administrator frustration.
Picture from microsoft.com
Ray Ozzie
Ex Chief Software Architect, Microsoft
We’re moving toward a world of:
cloud-based continuous services 

that connect us all and do our bidding, and
appliance-like connected devices enabling us
to interact with those cloud-based services.
See http://ozzie.net/docs/dawn-of-a-new-day/
or google “ray ozzie new day”
Amazon
Google
Your IT
department
HUGEeconomies of scale
but is it SECURE???
flic.kr/p/4iCux7
There is a strong case that
your data
more secure
is
in the cloud
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
Crowdsourcing
Web
publishing participation
2.0
Web
1.0
Wikipedia
OpenStreetMap
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
2007 data
Database
69 countries
11m miles (18m km) of roads
18m points of interest
People
Field force 700
Central production 270
Technology 500
Total 3349
Financial
Revenue $853m (~€604m)
Data creation & distribution costs $396m(~€280m)
“Creating, maintaining and delivering a
comprehensive, high quality map database is a
multi-step, labor-intensive process.We
currently employ over 270 employees in our
centralized production facility and a global
workforce of over 700 geographic analysts in
32 countries”
Crowdsourcing is a paradigm shift for data creation
flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
CROWDSOURCING INTHE
ENTERPRISE
• Use of OpenStreetMap data
• Use your field users for simple data updates
• Initial damage assessment via photos from the public
• Amazon MechanicalTurk is an interesting option
DATA
(MULTIMEDIA)
Looking from now to 5-10 years out
The Sensor Web
Need a spatial context to
make sense of all this
Location sensing
Cell towers
Wi-Fi
GPS
RFID
UWB
Real time traffic
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
Google StreetView
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
https://photosynth.net/preview/view/c5bf5a01-f41b-4543-985b-64ef0a969fe3
Video by Henri Astre, visual-experiments.com
Microsoft Street Slide
C3 Technologies - LasVegas
C3 was acquired by Apple in mid 2011
GoPro
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GPS Ski Goggles
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iPhone 4S cameras
Back
8MP stills
1080p HD video
Front
VGA stills and video
Source: CNET

http://cnet.co/iphone4sparts
Cost of camera parts
$17.60
iPhone 6 cameras Back
8MP stills
1080p HD 60 fps video
Front
1.2MP stills
720p HD video
Source: TechInsights

http://www.techinsights.com/
teardown.com/apple-iphone-6/
Cost of camera parts
$16.50
“4K” cameras available now
~4000x2000 pixels
This example $5000
2012
2015
3D
GoPro
Fujifilm
Lumix
https://www.panono.com/#/en/panorama/2595
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
http://langleywa.github.io/apps/test/
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
Video courtesy of Dave Cottrell, Cooperative Fusion
Nixie the selfie drone
Google glass
Google Project Glass g.co/projectglass
Aero Glass
Microsoft HoloLens
https://vimeo.com/117639983
In 5-10 years
Cameras Everywhere!
Glasses
Photo by theogeo - http://flic.kr/p/4Yigck
Helmets
Photo by Dunechaser - http://flic.kr/p/MrBW9
Vehicles
Photo by Ruin Raider - http://flic.kr/p/a5f6eD
Intersections
Super High Resolution, 3D
GPS, compass, accelerometer
Real time object matching
Super High Resolution video, 3D
GPS, compass, accelerometer
Real time object matching
New pole
identified
40ft, wood
Very high fidelity augmented reality
Identify and automatically locate new objects in view
Real time and historical “video street view” or 

“video photosynth” from multiple video streams
Photo by LHOON - http://flic.kr/p/k6nTs
Conclusion on
multimedia
• Dramatically changes …
• The nature of data managed and
displayed in geospatial systems
• The way that updates are done
• Potential for traditional GIS update / as
built to go away
SUMMARY
GITA PNW 2015 Peter Batty
peter.batty@ubisense.net
? @pmbatty
geothought.blogspot.com

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