The document discusses the growing mainstream adoption of geospatial technologies. It notes that geospatial data is now easily accessible and integrated into many applications as just another data type. Crowdsourcing of geospatial data through projects like OpenStreetMap is allowing much more comprehensive and up-to-date maps to be created at a fraction of the traditional cost. The widespread availability of location sensing technologies and real-time geospatial data is enabling new applications and use cases across many domains.
33. New TomTom traffic speed dataset
derived from
600 billion
speed readings from users
real time data within
3 minutes
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48. Denver, CO Denver, CO
USA USA
“Mousetrap” junction
of I-25 and I-70
Cape Royal
Grand Canyon, AZ Cropston
USA England
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49. 132,764 users
24m km of highways
crazy
34m km of ways
momentum!!
OSM stats from May 2009
NAVTEQ had 18m km of highways in Dec 2007
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50. 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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51. 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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52. Crowdsourcing is a paradigm shift for data creation
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