The GeoBI Initiative is an open source community with the mission of promoting the adoption of open source location intelligence. It was founded in 2010 to improve coordination in the location intelligence area and help break down barriers to adoption through integration and evangelization. Current members include companies and organizations working on standards, business intelligence suites, spatial databases, and other location intelligence technologies. The roadmap includes growing membership and hosting events and educational webinars to further the initiative's goals.

1. Open Source
Location Intelligence
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2. GeoBI Initiative
the open source
location intelligence
ecosystem
Andrea Gioia
(andrea.gioia@eng.it)
December 15, 2010
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3. Agenda
Location Intelligence
• Short intro
GeoBI Initiative
• What (mission & principles)
• Why (driver, barrier & goals)
• Who (members)
• When (Birthdate & roadmap)
DEMO
• SpagoBI/GeoReport
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4. Location Intelligence
Aldo Risolvo on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cataldo/100933415/
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5. …what is Location Intelligence?
Location Intelligence is the capacity to
combining spatial data with other business
data in order to gain critical
insights, make better
decisions and optimize
important processes
and applications
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_intelligence
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6. Example: thematic maps
Thematic maps are maps that tell a story
about a place more than merely describe
where something is located in space
Source: From Place to Space: The Psychological Achievement in Thematic Mapping, Barbara Petchenik. 1979 -
American Cartographer 1 Barbara Petchenik (1979).
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7. An old idea (1) …
1852
Cholera Map
Dr. John Snow, Physician
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8. … in a new context
Location Intelligence
GIS BI
visualization & distribution
visualization
spatial analysis data analysis
OLAP
workflow management
information dissemination metadata management
data integration
data management
Spatial Data Business Data
vector data DWH
raster data ODS
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9. Two worlds coming together
Location Intelligence
?
GIS BI
visualization & distribution
visualization
spatial analysis data analysis
OLAP
workflow management
information dissemination metadata management
data integration
data management
Spatial Data Business Data
vector data DWH
raster data ODS
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10. GeoBI Initiative
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11. #1 - WHAT
Reynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4519785041/
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12. GeoBI Inititative
GeoBI Initiative is an open community
(composed by companies, organizations,
and individuals) built upon a common aim:
make open source Location
Intelligence adoption pervasive
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13. Key Principles
All members shares the following key
principles:
• new value proposition
• separation of concerns
• incremental growth
• low TCO
Brenda Clarke on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/3509344402/
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14. #2 - WHY
Reynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/3940744688/
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15. Internal drivers (there’s the market)
Growing awareness of
location-enabled services
Spatial data are pervasive
“80% of all data stored in corporate
databases have a spatial component”
An introduction to GIS: linking maps to databases -
Franklin&Al.
Better business decisions
“Everything is related to everything
else, but near things are more related
than distant things”
First law of geography - Waldo Tobler
Valorize a dormient asset
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16. External drivers (there’s the technology)
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17. …but there are also barriers :(
JarkkoS on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarkkos/424291584/
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18. Lack of integration
Strategical barrier Cultural barrier
It’s not easy to balance Geo and BI
cooperation at the technology level two world coming
and together
competition at the market level (ignorance & misperceptions)
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19. Breaking adoption barriers
GeoBI Initiative has been set up to
• improve the coordination work in the LI area
• disseminate BI & GIS knowledge
• promote BI & GIS integration
• strengthen connections among members
• create a research network
• turn research results into applications.
Break LI adoption/integration barriers
through
integration & evangelization
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20. #3 - WHO
Reynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/3559571298/
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21. Geographical map
Source: http://www.sourcemap.org/object/geobi-initiative
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22. Technological map
Standards
SW Repository
Presentation Layer
BI Suite
Analytical Engines
Service Layer
Spatial DBMS
Spatial ETL
Spatial Data
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23. Technological map
Standards
SW Repository
Presentation Layer
BI Suite
Analytical Engines
Service Layer
Spatial DBMS
Spatial ETL
Spatial Data
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24. New members are welcome!
Tom Magliery on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/
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25. #4 - WHEN
takomabibelot on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2604494470
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26. 7/7/2010
We’re just born… …but we’re growing
fast
Masashi Mochida: macinate:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41460120@N04/4808158366/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/macinate/2445153914/
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27. Roadmap
Members:
• GeoExt 1.0
• Ingres 10.1
• SOLAP Layers 2.0
• SpagoBI 3.0 (GeoMondrian & GeoReport)
• Gèo+
Initiative:
• Call for partecipation
• Webinars & whitepapers
• Events
takomabibelot on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2604494470
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28. DEMO
National Library NZ on The Commons on Flickr :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3326203787
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29. DEMO: GeoReport
GeoRreport is a geographical extension of
traditional reporting systems.
It allows to plot every kind of dataset
directly on a map (i.e. multidimensional
data model is not required)
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30. DEMO: GeoReport Logical Architecture
DWH SQL, MDX
GeoReport
WMS, WFS
GIS
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31. DEMO: GeoReport an example of collaboration
Originally created by INOVA
Based on Mapfish and GeoExt projects backed
by Camptocamp
Integrated into SpagoBI Suite by Engineering
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32. Offline DEMO
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33. DEMO: Sales Director
Login
Sales
Director
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34. DEMO: Sales Director
Analytical documents
Sales
Director
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35. DEMO: Sales Director
Analytical documents
“Sales by area”
Sales
Director
NOTE: Sales Director. Thanks to his role, he can
freely decide on which area the analysis has to
be focused.
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36. DEMO: Sales Director
Analytical documents
“Sales by area”
Sales
Director
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37. DEMO: Sales Director
Analytical documents
“Sales by area”
Sales
Director
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38. DEMO: Sales Director
Analytical documents
“Sales by area”
Sales
Director
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39. DEMO: Sales Managers
Login
Sales
Managers
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40. DEMO: Sales Managers
Analytical documents
“Sales by city”
Sales
Managers
NOTA: Sales Manager with responsibility
for the North area. Because of his role, he
cannot freely decide on which area the
analysis has to be focused.
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41. DEMO: Sales Managers
Analytical documents
“Sales by city”
Sales
Managers
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42. DEMO: Sales Managers
Analytical documents
“Sales by city”
Sales
Managers
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43. DEMO: Sales Managers
Analytical documents
“Sales by city”
Sales
Managers
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44. Online DEMO
http://spagobi.eng.it/SpagoBI
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45. Q&A
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46. Thanks
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47. Links
www.slideshare.net
/spagoworld
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www.spagobi.org
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48. Licence
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Source: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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