My keynote presentation at GeoAlberta 2012

1. Geospatial Everywhere
Peter Batty, Ubisense GeoAlberta 2012
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2. Video footage from NASA
Editing by Michael König
vimeo.com/32001208
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3. Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
http://flic.kr/p/7KaLhV
“Neogeography”
Open Source
The Cloud
Crowdsourcing
Data (Multimedia)
Geospatial Peter Batty
Everywhere Ubisense
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4. GIS has been a specialized backroom
technology for many years
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5. flic.kr/p/7NEJzF
Location is now
Pervasive and Simple
in consumer applications
flic.kr/p/7rnNAD
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7. Disruptive technology
Functionality / g y
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Market
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Time
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8. flic.kr/p/7UjM5T
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9. “But these new
systems are just
simple web mapping,
they’re not GIS”
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10. A few
“neogeography”
examples
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11. Cartography
Andy Allan
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12. Mapnik
Smart text halos, or
variable depth masking
Text halos
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23. Geospatial
analysis
Stamen Design
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24. Geospatial analysis
GeoIQ / GeoCommons
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25. my iPhone location log
on Google Fusion Tables
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26. CartoDB
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27. Data creation and maintenance
OpenStreetMap
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28. WebGL in Google Maps
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29. What about detailed
facility mapping?
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30. Google basemap with facilities
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31. Attribute data
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32. Street View gives extra info
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33. Autocomplete search
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34. “Enterprise mashups”
Trouble calls, outages, truck locations, jobs ...
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35. Convinced yet?
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36. Growth in Free and
Open Source Software
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37. Web Mapping Geospatial Libraries
deegree FDO
geomajas GDAL/OGR
GeoMoose GEOS
GeoServer GeoTools
Mapbender MetaCRS
MapBuilder OSSIM
MapFish PostGIS
MapGuide Open Source rasdaman
MapServer
OpenLayers Metadata Catalog
GeoNetwork
Desktop Applications
GRASS GIS Other Projects
Quantum GIS Public Geospatial Data
gvSIG Education and Curriculum
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38. GeoExt
OpenLayers
GeoServer GeoWebCache
PostGIS
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39. OSGeo-Live live.osgeo.org
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40. http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/
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41. Open Source versus Closed Source
Photo by markb120 - http://flic.kr/p/4PGyZi
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42. Functionality Cost Support
Flexibility Terms Predictability
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43. Mobile
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44. Wireless broadband becoming pervasive
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45. Revolution in simple but
powerful smartphones
and tablets
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46. Touch screens, wireless communications,
GPS, compass, accelerometer, camera
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47. Augmented
reality
Pole #374109
Wood, 30ft
Switch #1307
Circuit #254, ABC
Inspected 2010/08/15
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48. Video conferencing
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49. 2007 Prius 2010 iPad!
$2000 $2.99 + $2.99/mo
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50. The
Cloud
flic.kr/p/7Bzn5E
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51. 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.
Ray Ozzie
Ex Chief Software Architect, Microsoft
Picture from microsoft.com
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52. 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”
Ray Ozzie
Ex Chief Software Architect, Microsoft
Picture from microsoft.com
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53. HUGE
economies of scale
Google
Amazon
Your IT
department
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54. flic.kr/p/4iCux7
but is it SECURE???
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55. There is a strong case that
your data
is
more secure
in the cloud
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56. Crowdsourcing
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57. Web Web
1.0 2.0
publishing participation
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58. Wikipedia
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59. Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans
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60. Community generated data
scipionus.com
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61. OpenStreetMap
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62. December 3, 2007
Google OpenStreetMap
July 7, 2009
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63. What about quality?
Dr Muki Haklay of UCL
“OSM quality is beyond good enough, it is a product
that can be used for a wide range of activities”
Based on a detailed analysis
http://tinyurl.com/mukiosm
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64. Something on MapQuest / Microsoft OSM
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65. “The future is user
created data”
Michael Jones, Google
Geoweb 2009
Google MapMaker!
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66. Database
2007 data
69 countries
11m miles (18m km) of roads
18m points of interest
People “Creating, maintaining and delivering a
comprehensive, high quality map database is a
Field force 700 multi-step, labor-intensive process. We
Central production 270 currently employ over 270 employees in our
centralized production facility and a global
Technology 500 workforce of over 700 geographic analysts in
32 countries”
Total 3349
Financial
Revenue $853m (~€604m)
Data creation & distribution costs $396m (~€280m)
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67. Crowdsourcing is a paradigm shift for data creation
flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
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68. Data
(Multimedia)
From now through
5-10 years
out
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69. The Sensor Web
Need a spatial context to
make sense of all this
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70. Location sensing
UWB GPS
Wi-Fi RFID
Cell towers
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71. TomTom traffic speed dataset
derived from
600 billion
speed readings from users
real time data within
3 minutes
flickr.com/photos/rutlo/3164449930/
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73. location based services
are real at last!
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76. Google Street View
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79. Video by Henri Astre, visual-experiments.com
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80. Microsoft Street Slide
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81. C3 Technologies - Las Vegas
C3 was acquired by Apple in mid 2011
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82. GoPro
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86. GPS Ski Goggles
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88. iPhone 4S cameras
Back
8MP stills
1080p HD video
Front
VGA stills and video
Cost of camera parts
$17.60
Source: CNET
http://cnet.co/iphone4sparts
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90. “4K” cameras available now
~4000x2000 pixels
This example $5000
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91. 3D Fujifilm
GoPro
Lumix
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94. Google Project Glass g.co/projectglass
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95. In 5-10 years
Cameras Everywhere!
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96. Glasses
Photo by theogeo - http://flic.kr/p/4Yigck
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97. Helmets
Photo by Dunechaser - http://flic.kr/p/MrBW9
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98. Vehicles
Photo by Ruin Raider - http://flic.kr/p/a5f6eD
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99. Intersections
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100. Photo by LHOON - http://flic.kr/p/k6nTs
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
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101. Photo by ElvertBarnes - http://flic.kr/p/btDpKf Photo by Gamma Man - http://flic.kr/p/9Rmq7K
Some people will share video
streams with co-workers
Others may share streams with
friends, or publicly
There will be a means to request
people in an area to share
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102. Privacy
Photo by bark - http://flic.kr/p/7wdYtK
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103. Summary
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104. flic.kr/p/nHFSw
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105. Fast train?
flic.kr/p/7b5sKd
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106. Usability / simplicity
flic.kr/p/3guaAu
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107. Cloud
flic.kr/p/6aJDqo
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108. flic.kr/p/4vLS2o
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109. The
changing nature
of geospatial data
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110. peter.batty@ubisense.net
geothought.blogspot.com
@pmbatty
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