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The Impact of the Open Source Movement on
the Direction of Geospatial Technology
Geoff Zeiss
Director of Technology
Autodesk




                         1         © 2005 Autodesk
Overview
What is geospatial ?

Geospatial inflection point

Open geospatial standards,
commoditization, and open source

Web 2.0, open source geospatial and the
utility industry

Open source geospatial is creating business
opportunities
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What is
    geospatial ?




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What is geospatial ?




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What is geospatial?




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What is geospatial ?




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What is geospatial ?




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What is geospatial ?

                                                                                 UNDER
           INSIDE                                OUTSIDE




  Full interior, 3D visualization    3D exterior urban visualization    3D subterranean visualization

Including:                          Including:                         Including:
 - Utility / HVAC systems            - Utility structures               - Sewer systems
 - Furniture                         - Full city blocks of 3D detail    - Utility / Phone systems
 - Mechanized lifts / elevators      - Precise spatial orientation      - Electrical systems
 - Walls, doors, windows             - Line of Sight calculations       - Access routes / portals
 - Precision architectural detail   - Space – to – Sidewalk view        - Precision CAD detail


                                                     8                              © 2005 Autodesk
Examples of Geospatial
                              Applications

•   Desktop GIS
•   Geospatially-enabled CAD
•   Web Mapping
•   Geospatial relational database management systems
•   Spatial analysis (suitability, market areas, …)
•   Topological analysis
•   Digital terrain modeling
•   Network infrastructure management for utilities, telcos, and
    local governnment
•   Routing
•   Georeferencing
•   Pavement management
•   Road/highway/railroad information systems
•   3D visualization of cityscapes
•   Etc.                              9                      © 2005 Autodesk
Geospatial
     Inflection Point:
       Everything is
         Changing




10               © 2005 Autodesk
Trend:
             Geospatially-enabled IT

              GIS
                                General IT


General IT
                                Geospatial
                                 enabled




                    2005/2006

                         11              © 2005 Autodesk
Trend: Web 2.0


     Google Earth
     200 000 000 downloads
     10 000 mashups




     12                      © 2005 Autodesk
Trend:
                Open Geospatial Standards

Open Geospatial Consortium
  Simple Feature Specification (SFS)

 Geographic Markup Language (GML)
 OGC Web Services
   Web Mapping Service (WMS)
   Web Feature Service (WFS)


ISO
    SQL/MM SQL with geospatial extensions



                             13             © 2005 Autodesk
Trend:
             Open Source Geospatial
Open source geospatial has matured




MapServer, PostGIS, GeoServer, MapGuide, …

Estimate that half of world’s web mapping servers
use MapServer.

                         14                 © 2005 Autodesk
Trend:
Open Source Geospatial




        15           © 2005 Autodesk
BIM/CAD/GIS
                                               Convergence




                                                      16                    © 2005 Autodesk
Infrastructure Solutions Division
                                    Source: Tim Case, Parsons Brinkerhoff
Open Spatial
     Standards,
     Commoditization,
     and Open Source




17             © 2005 Autodesk
Standards create fertile
         ground for open source

C, C++         ->    Gnu C, C++ compiler

POSIX          ->    GNU/Linux

HTTP           ->    Apache Web Server

SQL, ODBC      ->    MySQL, PostGreSQL

SMTP, POP ->   Sendmail, etc.

.Net           ->    Mono
                    18                © 2005 Autodesk
Commoditization Example:
                   Apache Foundation

NCSA HTTP Server and the Apache
Group
    Mid 90’s: Apache Group formed by eight NCSA HTTP Server
  
    programmers
   Objective to coordinate quot;patchesquot;


Challenge: commercializing the web
      IBM and others
  
      Trying to decide how to monetize web
  


Creation of the Apache Foundation
      1999 IBM decided to support the Apache Web Server
  
      Members of the Apache Group formed the Apache Foundation,
  
      Legal entity, to provide organizational, legal, and financial support for
  
      the Apache web server.

Result: Apache Web Server
      Running on over 70% of the world’s web servers.
  

                                          19                               © 2005 Autodesk
IT standards and
                       geospatial
    Geospatial was a latecomer to IT and many of

    the standards associated with modern IT
      GIS used to be highly proprietary.
      Geospatial has joined the mainstream.


    Generic IT standards are being applied to

    geospatial
      SQL -> SQL/MM
      XML -> GML
      Web services -> OGC OWS (WMS, WFS, …)


                          20              © 2005 Autodesk
Open Geospatial Standards


Open Geospatial Consortium
  Simple Feature Specification (SFS)

 Geographic Markup Language (GML)
 OGC Web Services
   Web Mapping Service (WMS)
   Web Feature Service (WFS)


ISO
    SQL/MM SQL with geospatial extensions



                             21             © 2005 Autodesk
Commoditization
              of Web Mapping
Open spatial standards create
fertile ground for open source
geospatial
 SFS   -> PostGIS, MySQL
 OWS   -> MapServer, GeoServer

                 22         © 2005 Autodesk
Commoditization
                               of Web Mapping

    Web mapping should be open source

        Less complex than desktop applications
    
        Becoming commoditized
    
        Successful open source community around MapServer
    
        Analogy with Apache Web Server
    


    User benefits

        More frequent software releases
    
        Faster innovation, support for standards
    
        Lower cost of ownership
    


    Creates commercial opportunities

        Market creation, broadens use of web mapping
    
        Increase demand for supporting products
    
        Low barrier to entry for developers (ISV’s)
    
                                        23                  © 2005 Autodesk
Formation of the OSGEO

Autodesk joined forces with the leading
members of the open source web mapping
community
    DM Solutions Group, U-Minnesota MapServer, GDAL,

    GRASS, GeoTools, MapBender, OSSIM, …

Supported establishment of a foundation
    To support the ongoing development of open web

    mapping technologies

Contributed MapGuide Open Source and FDO
    Next generation Web 2.0 web mapping

    Many person years of development effort


                             24                 © 2005 Autodesk
Open Source
Geospatial
Foundation
                             Desktop Applications
Web Mapping
                             GRASS
MapServer
                             OSSIM
MapGuide Open Source
                             Quantum GIS
OpenLayers
MapBender                    Metadata Catalog
MapBuilder                   GeoNetwork opensource
Geospatial Libraries
GDAL/OGR
GeoTools
Feature Data Object (FDO)

                            25                © 2005 Autodesk
OSGEO Statistics

                   Web Mapping
                Lines of    Person Contributors Contributors
                 Code       Years   Last Year Project Life Start Date

Mapbender        208,193      53          9         18        2001
Community
MapBuilder       253,552      65          14        23        2001
MapGuide Open
Source           301,788      79          21        28        2005

MapServer        107,624      27          14        31        2000*

OpenLayers         30,165     7           5         6         2006



                                     26                        © 2005 Autodesk
OSGEO Statistics


           Geospatial Libraries

            Lines of    Person Contributors Contributors
             Code       Years   Last Year Project Life Start Date

FDO          648,510     177          14        14       12 mos*

GDAL/OGR     558,020     152          17        17        1998

GeoTools    1,237,689    341          31        64        2002*



                                 27                        © 2005 Autodesk
OSGEO Statistics


                    Desktop
                   Applications
              Lines of   Person Contributors Contributors
               Code      Years   Last Year Project Life Start Date

GRASS          536,307    145          24        33        2000*

OSSIM          557,149    151          7         20        1997

Quantum GIS    104,583     26          12        20        2002



                                  28                        © 2005 Autodesk
OSGEO Statistics


         OSGEO Total

         Lines of    Person    Contributors   Contributors
          Code       Years      Last Year     Project Life

Total   4,728,068    1,269        174            280




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GDAL/OGR

• GDAL is a translator library for raster
  geospatial data formats.

• OGR library (which lives within the GDAL
  source tree) provides a similar capability
  for simple features vector data.

• GDAL and OGR were developed and
  supported by Frank Warmerdam.


                          30                © 2005 Autodesk
GDAL/OGR Statistics
• 1500 source downloads of GDAL per month.

• Selected Software Using GDAL
    Google Earth: A 3D world viewer.

    ESRI ArcGIS 9.2+: A popular GIS platform.

    Feature Data Objects (FDO): Open source access libraries.

    FME: A GIS translator package includes a GDAL plugin.

    GeoFusion: 3D visualization.

    GRASS: A raster/vector open source GIS.

    MapGuide: Open source web mapping server.

    MapServer: A popular web mapping application.

    OSSIM: A geospatial viewing and analysis environment.

    Quantum GIS (QGIS): A cross platform desktop GIS.

    Etc.



                                     31                         © 2005 Autodesk
Geotools
• Java GIS
  Geotools is an open source, Java GIS toolkit


• Extensible
  Modular architecture allows extra functionality
   to be easily incorporated.

• Standards
  Geotools supports OpenGIS and other
   relevant standards.

                            32                © 2005 Autodesk
Geotools Statistics
•   4,599 downloads per month - June 2007
      3-5 times that if you include projects that include it


•   Project lifetime - 10 years

•   Active contributors (in last year) – 31
         64 contributors over lifetime of project
     


•   Projects incorporating GeoTools
       GeoServer
     
      uDig.
      OrbisGIS (new project)
      gvSig


•   Corporate contributors - IBM, Nokia, Google (Summer of
    Code), NOAA...
                                               33               © 2005 Autodesk
MapGuide OS and FDO
                    Statistics
          March 2006 to June 2007

MapGuide     OS
  Community includes over 600 members
     34,000 source code downloads
 


FDO
  9,000 source code downloads
  Data providers developed by open source
 
 contributors
                        34             © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0,
     Open Source
     Geospatial
     and the Utility
     Industry

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CAD is a primary data
                               source
     Architects,
Engineers, Planners,            CAD,
    Designers,
                                BIM
      Drafters




    EO Satellites,           Photogrammetry
  Aerial overflights              Radar
 Terrestrial scanning    `
                             Laser Scanning
                                 LIDAR


                                              Data
       Paper,
                              Scanning,
  Data conversion,
                                CAD
    Digitization         `




 Field data capture,
                              Theodolite
     Surveyors,
        GPS                     GPS

                                     36          © 2005 Autodesk
Utility Information Flow

Engineering
                 Construction
  Design                        Construction
                  Drawings
  (CAD)

                 Paper




                                    As-builts
                                                Paper


                  Paper

                 Markups
 Field Force
 (Linesmen,
                                  Records
Troublemen,
                                   (GIS)
                 Records
  Install and
    Repair)

                          37                        © 2005 Autodesk
Challenge:
               Aging Workforce

US Utility industry Survey 2004

• 50% of the utility workforce is
  aged 45 or more.

• The potential loss of knowledge
   base is a critical issue.
  Security
  Safety
  Productivity
                  38                © 2005 Autodesk
Infrastructure Management
                 Challenges

XInformation   silos
 XRedundant   data and processes
 XField force disenfranchisement
 XPoor data quality


XExpensive

XExacerbates    challenge of aging
 workforce
                   39           © 2005 Autodesk
What is Web 2.0 ?
    Web 1.0                                 Web 2.0
DoubleClick               -->        Google AdSense
Ofoto                     -->        Flickr
Akamai                    -->        BitTorrent
mp3.com                   -->        Napster
Britannica Online         -->        Wikipedia
personal websites         -->        blogging
Evite                     -->        upcoming.org and EVDB
Domain name speculation   -->        search engine optimization
Page views                -->        cost per click
Screen scraping           -->        web services
Publishing                -->        Participation
Content management systems --> wikis
Directories (taxonomy)  -->    tagging (quot;folksonomyquot;)
Stickiness              -->    syndication

           Source: Tim O’Reilly “What is Web 2.0?”

                                40                       © 2005 Autodesk
What does Web 2.0 mean
                   for a utility ?

• Web 1.0 is about publishing

• Web 2.0 is about participation.

• For a utility or telco, Web 2.0 enables
  harnessing the collective intelligence
      Data is accessible to everyone who can use a browser
  


• Web 2.0 enfranchises the field force
      Enables field force to participate in data maintenance
  

                                41                    © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0 Streamlines
                            Information Flow
                                   Paper
Engineering
  Design                                                        Construction
                           Construction Drawings
  (CAD)
                W
                 or k
                        pri
                           n   t
                                   Spatial                                       Paper




                                                                     As-builts
                                   RDBMS
                                                   Up
                             s
                          rd                         da
                        o
                      ec                                t   e
                  R
 Field Force
                         Field Force
 (Linesmen,
                                                                  Records
                         Participation
Troublemen,
                                                                   (GIS)
  Install and
    Repair)

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Web 2.0 Enables Field
                Force Participation
               Users            Appln          Relative
                                              number of
                                                users
Create   Drafters                CAD            100’s


 Edit                          Web 2.0
                               Mapping

View     Field staff        Paper or viewer    1000’s



                       43                      © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0 Democratizes,
    Reduces TCO




                               44
 Geospatial Inflection Point
                     44             © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0 Enables Knowledge
                       Sharing


Experienced                        Inexperienced
  Workers                             Workers

   Web                                     Web
  Browser         Infrastructure          Browser
                    Database




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Web 2.0 Web Mapping
                        Solutions

• Web 2.0 enables support for web-based
  spatial edit

      Supports editing and manipulating both
  
      attributes and geometry on the Web

      Open Source enables bringing this innovation
  
      to market rapidly



                           46                  © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0 Open Source Web
               Mapping Platform
                                  Web
       Desktop
                               Applications
      Applications
       Spatially-
                               Fusion
       enabled
         CAD
                                MapGuide
       Desktop
                               Open Source


      Feature Data Object API

                                         Oracle
SDF       Shape      ArcSDE     MySQL
                                         Spatial

                          47                       © 2005 Autodesk
Web 2.0 Open Source Web
                    Mapping Platform
• Fusion
   Open  source Web 2.0 application development
    environment
   Technology preview http://mapguide.osgeo.org/


• Feature Data Object (FDO) API
   Open   source library supporting full spatial edit

• MapGuide Open Source (MGOS)
   Open   Source web mapping server
                             48                 © 2005 Autodesk
MapGuide Open Source

                            Develop with…
Deploy on…




 Microsoft    Linux
 Windows


Serve with…                 Browse with…


              Apache
                                            Mozilla
                              Internet
 Microsoft     Web
                                            Firefox
                              Explorer
    IIS       Server
                       49                     © 2005 Autodesk
FDO Data Access Technology
 Autodesk, Third-Party and Open Source FDO Providers
Databases
                                                         – ESRI Personal GeoDatabase
      – Oracle®          –   MySQL®
                                                         – GRASS
      – Oracle Spatial   –   Microsoft® SQL Server™
                                                         – PostGIS/PostgreSQL
      – ArcSDE®
                         –   ODBC Compliant DB

Vector Data Formats
                             – MapInfo .TAB           – GML                 – SDTS
      SDF
  
                                                      – U.K. .NTF
      ESRI SHP               – U.S. Census
  
                                                                            – KML
                               TIGER/Line
      WFS
                                                     – INTERLIS
                             – Arc/Info
      DXF
                                                     – S-57 (ENC)
                               Coverage
Raster Data Formats
       – JPG2K                                        – HDF4/HDF5
                              –   DTED
                              –   NITF
       – MrSID®                                       – HFA
                              –   WMS
       – TIFF/GeoTIFF                                 – PCRaster
                              –   NLAPS Data
       – ECW                                          – RMF
                                  Format
       – DEM                                          – SGI
                              –   GRASS
                              –   GMT
       – ESRI Grid                                    – WCS
                                               50                     © 2005 Autodesk
FUSION
                    Flexibility for design and control
• Customizable library of web mapping tools and controls
• Created through open source

 MapGuide Open Source layout…             … and with Fusion




                                51                  © 2005 Autodesk
Web2.0
                           Open Source Web Mapping
No. of sites




                              ArcIMS            MapServer


                             Web1.0
                         MapGuide
                                            GeoMedia Web

                                       MapExtreme

               Utility and Telecom               Government
                                       52                     © 2005 Autodesk
Open Source
     Creates
     Opportunities
     for Software
     Developers



53             © 2005 Autodesk
OSS Creates
            Business Opportunities
Opportunities for entrepreneurs
 Gain  recognition
 Participate in a community
 Create a market
 Low cost of entry
Alternative business models
 Services
 Support
Accelerators
 Highspeed internet acces
 Low cost geospatial data
                     54           © 2005 Autodesk
Dave McIlhagga,
                          DMSolutions Group, Canada

Formed in 1998 as sole contractor
In 2007 18 employees
Skills
    Skillset very unique

    Web development, software design, GIS and core C++ programming




All revenue from services
  Took on core programming for Mapserver.

  90% of core development of Mapserver was funded by MapServer users who

  needed additional functionality.
 Currently provides support and services for Mapserver and MapGuide



Key Success Challenge
    Avoid the technology trap, identify areas for repeatable solutions where you can

    pick up recurring revenue streams.      55                              © 2005 Autodesk
Haris Kurtagic,
                              SL-KIng, Slovenia

Unique offering
    Experienced Oracle developer

    Developed Open Source FDO Oracle Spatial Data Provider

        Received 100 emails of interest the day he announced the availability
    
        of his provider on the OSGEO web site.
    Developed Open Source FDO SQL Server Data Provider

    Developed FDO2FDO



Currently on the steering committee of the
MapGuide/FDO project.

International reputation as “Mr. Oracle Spatial”


                                        56                         © 2005 Autodesk
Frank Warmerdam,
                                Sole Contractor, Canada
Started in 1998
    Sole contractor

    Started with enough money in the bank to live for a few months but no real capital.




Unique offering
    At first offered own expertise

    Wrote file format translators for various clients

    The quot;growthquot; proposition was always to define an architecture GDAL and to buildup a large

    pool of geospatial data translation code in GDAL
    GDAL gained international reputation. GDAL is what attracts customers.




Biggest challenge
    Finding a balance between unpaid work (software maintenance, community building), and paid

    work for clients.


Advice
    Expect to contribute pro-bono initially

    Serve your customers

    Enjoy what you are doing




                                                      57                                  © 2005 Autodesk
OpenGeo
                                         Cooperative, Brazil
Started in Jun 2004
    Initial capital R$ 12.000,00 (~ US$ 6.000,00)





OSS Opportunity in Brazil
    OpenGeo is unique in Brazil in offering a low cost solution for managing spatial information.

    Local government (more than 5 000 cities) require a low cost way of managing spatial

    information.



Challenge
    Educating about GIS and the advantages of open standards and open source.

    Educating teachers in universities about the philosophy of free and open software.

    Creating open source solutions with little support from government and research institutions.





Advice
    Creativity is the key to creating new opportunities

    Open source does not limit your creativity.




                                                          58                                © 2005 Autodesk
Mori Toru,
                                Orkney, Japan
Launched in Feb 2002 as sole contractor
    Initial capital 3,000,000JPY (25,000USD)


OSS Opportunity
  No competitors. No businesses providing OSS support and services in

  Japanese
 Extremely competitive in cost
 Opportunity to offer unique technical skills as services.

Unique Challenge
    Open source tools did not support not double byte character set.

    Invested in double byte enabling GRASS and Mapserver.

    Supported by government grant and Osaka City University.


Advice
    Do not follow others

    Love your customers

    Never give up


                                      59                          © 2005 Autodesk
Summary

Open source is good at commodity software
    Open standards create a fertile ground for commoditization

      http, html -> Apache Web Server



Web mapping is being commoditized
    Open source web mapping widely used

    Successful businesses based on open source web mapping




Web 2.0 solves critical business problems

Open source web mapping creates business
opportunities
                                  60                       © 2005 Autodesk
Harness The Collective
     Intelligence




      61           © 2005 Autodesk
www.osgeo.org

geoff.zeiss@autodesk.com

www.geospatial.blogs.com
           62              © 2005 Autodesk

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  • 23. Commoditization of Web Mapping Web mapping should be open source  Less complex than desktop applications  Becoming commoditized  Successful open source community around MapServer  Analogy with Apache Web Server  User benefits  More frequent software releases  Faster innovation, support for standards  Lower cost of ownership  Creates commercial opportunities  Market creation, broadens use of web mapping  Increase demand for supporting products  Low barrier to entry for developers (ISV’s)  23 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 24. Formation of the OSGEO Autodesk joined forces with the leading members of the open source web mapping community DM Solutions Group, U-Minnesota MapServer, GDAL,  GRASS, GeoTools, MapBender, OSSIM, … Supported establishment of a foundation To support the ongoing development of open web  mapping technologies Contributed MapGuide Open Source and FDO Next generation Web 2.0 web mapping  Many person years of development effort  24 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 25. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Desktop Applications Web Mapping GRASS MapServer OSSIM MapGuide Open Source Quantum GIS OpenLayers MapBender Metadata Catalog MapBuilder GeoNetwork opensource Geospatial Libraries GDAL/OGR GeoTools Feature Data Object (FDO) 25 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 26. OSGEO Statistics Web Mapping Lines of Person Contributors Contributors Code Years Last Year Project Life Start Date Mapbender 208,193 53 9 18 2001 Community MapBuilder 253,552 65 14 23 2001 MapGuide Open Source 301,788 79 21 28 2005 MapServer 107,624 27 14 31 2000* OpenLayers 30,165 7 5 6 2006 26 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 27. OSGEO Statistics Geospatial Libraries Lines of Person Contributors Contributors Code Years Last Year Project Life Start Date FDO 648,510 177 14 14 12 mos* GDAL/OGR 558,020 152 17 17 1998 GeoTools 1,237,689 341 31 64 2002* 27 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 28. OSGEO Statistics Desktop Applications Lines of Person Contributors Contributors Code Years Last Year Project Life Start Date GRASS 536,307 145 24 33 2000* OSSIM 557,149 151 7 20 1997 Quantum GIS 104,583 26 12 20 2002 28 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 29. OSGEO Statistics OSGEO Total Lines of Person Contributors Contributors Code Years Last Year Project Life Total 4,728,068 1,269 174 280 29 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 30. GDAL/OGR • GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. • OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides a similar capability for simple features vector data. • GDAL and OGR were developed and supported by Frank Warmerdam. 30 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 31. GDAL/OGR Statistics • 1500 source downloads of GDAL per month. • Selected Software Using GDAL Google Earth: A 3D world viewer.  ESRI ArcGIS 9.2+: A popular GIS platform.  Feature Data Objects (FDO): Open source access libraries.  FME: A GIS translator package includes a GDAL plugin.  GeoFusion: 3D visualization.  GRASS: A raster/vector open source GIS.  MapGuide: Open source web mapping server.  MapServer: A popular web mapping application.  OSSIM: A geospatial viewing and analysis environment.  Quantum GIS (QGIS): A cross platform desktop GIS.  Etc.  31 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 32. Geotools • Java GIS  Geotools is an open source, Java GIS toolkit • Extensible  Modular architecture allows extra functionality to be easily incorporated. • Standards  Geotools supports OpenGIS and other relevant standards. 32 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 33. Geotools Statistics • 4,599 downloads per month - June 2007  3-5 times that if you include projects that include it • Project lifetime - 10 years • Active contributors (in last year) – 31 64 contributors over lifetime of project  • Projects incorporating GeoTools GeoServer   uDig.  OrbisGIS (new project)  gvSig • Corporate contributors - IBM, Nokia, Google (Summer of Code), NOAA... 33 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 34. MapGuide OS and FDO Statistics March 2006 to June 2007 MapGuide OS  Community includes over 600 members 34,000 source code downloads  FDO  9,000 source code downloads Data providers developed by open source  contributors 34 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 35. Web 2.0, Open Source Geospatial and the Utility Industry 35 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 36. CAD is a primary data source Architects, Engineers, Planners, CAD, Designers, BIM Drafters EO Satellites, Photogrammetry Aerial overflights Radar Terrestrial scanning ` Laser Scanning LIDAR Data Paper, Scanning, Data conversion, CAD Digitization ` Field data capture, Theodolite Surveyors, GPS GPS 36 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 37. Utility Information Flow Engineering Construction Design Construction Drawings (CAD) Paper As-builts Paper Paper Markups Field Force (Linesmen, Records Troublemen, (GIS) Records Install and Repair) 37 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 38. Challenge: Aging Workforce US Utility industry Survey 2004 • 50% of the utility workforce is aged 45 or more. • The potential loss of knowledge base is a critical issue.  Security  Safety  Productivity 38 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 39. Infrastructure Management Challenges XInformation silos XRedundant data and processes XField force disenfranchisement XPoor data quality XExpensive XExacerbates challenge of aging workforce 39 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 40. What is Web 2.0 ? Web 1.0 Web 2.0 DoubleClick --> Google AdSense Ofoto --> Flickr Akamai --> BitTorrent mp3.com --> Napster Britannica Online --> Wikipedia personal websites --> blogging Evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB Domain name speculation --> search engine optimization Page views --> cost per click Screen scraping --> web services Publishing --> Participation Content management systems --> wikis Directories (taxonomy) --> tagging (quot;folksonomyquot;) Stickiness --> syndication Source: Tim O’Reilly “What is Web 2.0?” 40 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 41. What does Web 2.0 mean for a utility ? • Web 1.0 is about publishing • Web 2.0 is about participation. • For a utility or telco, Web 2.0 enables harnessing the collective intelligence Data is accessible to everyone who can use a browser  • Web 2.0 enfranchises the field force Enables field force to participate in data maintenance  41 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 42. Web 2.0 Streamlines Information Flow Paper Engineering Design Construction Construction Drawings (CAD) W or k pri n t Spatial Paper As-builts RDBMS Up s rd da o ec t e R Field Force Field Force (Linesmen, Records Participation Troublemen, (GIS) Install and Repair) 42 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 43. Web 2.0 Enables Field Force Participation Users Appln Relative number of users Create Drafters CAD 100’s Edit Web 2.0 Mapping View Field staff Paper or viewer 1000’s 43 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 44. Web 2.0 Democratizes, Reduces TCO 44 Geospatial Inflection Point 44 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 45. Web 2.0 Enables Knowledge Sharing Experienced Inexperienced Workers Workers Web Web Browser Infrastructure Browser Database 45 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 46. Web 2.0 Web Mapping Solutions • Web 2.0 enables support for web-based spatial edit Supports editing and manipulating both  attributes and geometry on the Web Open Source enables bringing this innovation  to market rapidly 46 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 47. Web 2.0 Open Source Web Mapping Platform Web Desktop Applications Applications Spatially- Fusion enabled CAD MapGuide Desktop Open Source Feature Data Object API Oracle SDF Shape ArcSDE MySQL Spatial 47 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 48. Web 2.0 Open Source Web Mapping Platform • Fusion  Open source Web 2.0 application development environment  Technology preview http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ • Feature Data Object (FDO) API  Open source library supporting full spatial edit • MapGuide Open Source (MGOS)  Open Source web mapping server 48 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 49. MapGuide Open Source Develop with… Deploy on… Microsoft Linux Windows Serve with… Browse with… Apache Mozilla Internet Microsoft Web Firefox Explorer IIS Server 49 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 50. FDO Data Access Technology Autodesk, Third-Party and Open Source FDO Providers Databases – ESRI Personal GeoDatabase – Oracle® – MySQL® – GRASS – Oracle Spatial – Microsoft® SQL Server™ – PostGIS/PostgreSQL – ArcSDE® – ODBC Compliant DB Vector Data Formats – MapInfo .TAB – GML – SDTS SDF  – U.K. .NTF ESRI SHP – U.S. Census  – KML TIGER/Line WFS  – INTERLIS – Arc/Info DXF  – S-57 (ENC) Coverage Raster Data Formats – JPG2K – HDF4/HDF5 – DTED – NITF – MrSID® – HFA – WMS – TIFF/GeoTIFF – PCRaster – NLAPS Data – ECW – RMF Format – DEM – SGI – GRASS – GMT – ESRI Grid – WCS 50 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 51. FUSION Flexibility for design and control • Customizable library of web mapping tools and controls • Created through open source MapGuide Open Source layout… … and with Fusion 51 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 52. Web2.0 Open Source Web Mapping No. of sites ArcIMS MapServer Web1.0 MapGuide GeoMedia Web MapExtreme Utility and Telecom Government 52 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 53. Open Source Creates Opportunities for Software Developers 53 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 54. OSS Creates Business Opportunities Opportunities for entrepreneurs Gain recognition Participate in a community Create a market Low cost of entry Alternative business models Services Support Accelerators Highspeed internet acces Low cost geospatial data 54 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 55. Dave McIlhagga, DMSolutions Group, Canada Formed in 1998 as sole contractor In 2007 18 employees Skills Skillset very unique  Web development, software design, GIS and core C++ programming  All revenue from services Took on core programming for Mapserver.  90% of core development of Mapserver was funded by MapServer users who  needed additional functionality.  Currently provides support and services for Mapserver and MapGuide Key Success Challenge Avoid the technology trap, identify areas for repeatable solutions where you can  pick up recurring revenue streams. 55 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 56. Haris Kurtagic, SL-KIng, Slovenia Unique offering Experienced Oracle developer  Developed Open Source FDO Oracle Spatial Data Provider  Received 100 emails of interest the day he announced the availability  of his provider on the OSGEO web site. Developed Open Source FDO SQL Server Data Provider  Developed FDO2FDO  Currently on the steering committee of the MapGuide/FDO project. International reputation as “Mr. Oracle Spatial” 56 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 57. Frank Warmerdam, Sole Contractor, Canada Started in 1998 Sole contractor  Started with enough money in the bank to live for a few months but no real capital.  Unique offering At first offered own expertise  Wrote file format translators for various clients  The quot;growthquot; proposition was always to define an architecture GDAL and to buildup a large  pool of geospatial data translation code in GDAL GDAL gained international reputation. GDAL is what attracts customers.  Biggest challenge Finding a balance between unpaid work (software maintenance, community building), and paid  work for clients. Advice Expect to contribute pro-bono initially  Serve your customers  Enjoy what you are doing  57 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 58. OpenGeo Cooperative, Brazil Started in Jun 2004 Initial capital R$ 12.000,00 (~ US$ 6.000,00)  OSS Opportunity in Brazil OpenGeo is unique in Brazil in offering a low cost solution for managing spatial information.  Local government (more than 5 000 cities) require a low cost way of managing spatial  information. Challenge Educating about GIS and the advantages of open standards and open source.  Educating teachers in universities about the philosophy of free and open software.  Creating open source solutions with little support from government and research institutions.  Advice Creativity is the key to creating new opportunities  Open source does not limit your creativity.  58 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 59. Mori Toru, Orkney, Japan Launched in Feb 2002 as sole contractor Initial capital 3,000,000JPY (25,000USD)  OSS Opportunity No competitors. No businesses providing OSS support and services in  Japanese  Extremely competitive in cost  Opportunity to offer unique technical skills as services. Unique Challenge Open source tools did not support not double byte character set.  Invested in double byte enabling GRASS and Mapserver.  Supported by government grant and Osaka City University.  Advice Do not follow others  Love your customers  Never give up  59 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 60. Summary Open source is good at commodity software Open standards create a fertile ground for commoditization   http, html -> Apache Web Server Web mapping is being commoditized Open source web mapping widely used  Successful businesses based on open source web mapping  Web 2.0 solves critical business problems Open source web mapping creates business opportunities 60 © 2005 Autodesk
  • 61. Harness The Collective Intelligence 61 © 2005 Autodesk