Comments on: Open Source Geo in 5 years time http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/ Travels in a digital world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-95411 admin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:58:15 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-95411 Thanks for all the responses- I'll be putting the paper together over the next couple of days! Thanks for all the responses- I’ll be putting the paper together over the next couple of days!

]]> By: Daniele http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-95074 Daniele Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:21:23 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-95074 Hi Jo Cook, I am currently working with trends in Gis. Have a look at my website and I will be more than happy to help. http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends/ Hi Jo Cook, I am currently working with trends in Gis. Have a look at my website and I will be more than happy to help.

http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends/

]]> By: Keith http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94951 Keith Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:25:18 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94951 I agree with Colin that we will see greater interoperability and access to data. The web tools seem to be the most innovative of late; GeoWeb, openlayers, ajax, cloud computing, etc. ESRI is pushing web services too. OpenStreetMap has taken off. We can safely predict evolutionary advancements for much of the core tools - MapServer, Gdal/Ogr, PostGIS, OSM, Desktop GIS - Grass, Qgis,svGIS, Udig, OpenJump, MapWindow. I personally like the RDBMS spatial tools - SQL Server 2008 native spatial support, Spatialite (open source answer to ESRI FileGeodatabase), PostGIS, MySQL, Oracle. I agree with Colin that we will see greater interoperability and access to data. The web tools seem to be the most innovative of late; GeoWeb, openlayers, ajax, cloud computing, etc. ESRI is pushing web services too. OpenStreetMap has taken off. We can safely predict evolutionary advancements for much of the core tools – MapServer, Gdal/Ogr, PostGIS, OSM, Desktop GIS – Grass, Qgis,svGIS, Udig, OpenJump, MapWindow. I personally like the RDBMS spatial tools – SQL Server 2008 native spatial support, Spatialite (open source answer to ESRI FileGeodatabase), PostGIS, MySQL, Oracle.

]]> By: Andrew Zolnai http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94512 Andrew Zolnai Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:58:05 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94512 I strongly recommend Peter Batty ('geothought' on my blogroll) re: neogeo - he's a keynote speaker @ AGI2009 in a fortnight if you go. Succintly here are themes (see my blog): a) there will be a convergence of the web and the geospatial, and Google Wave is a harbinger of that - that's what I bang on about geomatics gaining real traction only after it goes under the hood - and that likely will all be opensource b) crowdsourcing (Openstreetmap) will blow data provison wide open, and that will likely be driven by opensourcers (current vendors aren't likely to IMHO) c) as single-sourced cradle-to-grave workflows simply don't happen, emphasis will be more and more on standards, which will enhance interoperability, and that in turn will be driven by opensource (@ the moment current vendors appear to be driving it, but that'll change) I strongly recommend Peter Batty (‘geothought’ on my blogroll) re: neogeo – he’s a keynote speaker @ AGI2009 in a fortnight if you go.

Succintly here are themes (see my blog):
a) there will be a convergence of the web and the geospatial, and Google Wave is a harbinger of that – that’s what I bang on about geomatics gaining real traction only after it goes under the hood – and that likely will all be opensource
b) crowdsourcing (Openstreetmap) will blow data provison wide open, and that will likely be driven by opensourcers (current vendors aren’t likely to IMHO)
c) as single-sourced cradle-to-grave workflows simply don’t happen, emphasis will be more and more on standards, which will enhance interoperability, and that in turn will be driven by opensource (@ the moment current vendors appear to be driving it, but that’ll change)

]]> By: Colin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94270 Colin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:42:03 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94270 I see an increasing accessibility, stability and interoperability of open-source GIS software (and the reverse of commercial GIS), increasing availability of high resolution geospatial data (eg. the recent ASTER DEM release), and increasing public/scientific demand for free access to high quality government collected/produced data. I also see increasing digitizing of the corpus of archaeological reports which allows GIS analysis to be broader in scope, scale and usefulness. But that's just me. I see an increasing accessibility, stability and interoperability of open-source GIS software (and the reverse of commercial GIS), increasing availability of high resolution geospatial data (eg. the recent ASTER DEM release), and increasing public/scientific demand for free access to high quality government collected/produced data.

I also see increasing digitizing of the corpus of archaeological reports which allows GIS analysis to be broader in scope, scale and usefulness.

But that’s just me.

]]> By: Leifuss http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94178 Leifuss Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:33:40 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94178 Semantics :-) This isn't only happening in the 'Open' community of course (Yahoo Geocoder, OpenCalais, etc) but in my book they are leading the way (GeoNames, Pleiades), mostly because linking is much easier to do when you can freely access the data! Semantics :-)

This isn’t only happening in the ‘Open’ community of course (Yahoo Geocoder, OpenCalais, etc) but in my book they are leading the way (GeoNames, Pleiades), mostly because linking is much easier to do when you can freely access the data!

]]> By: admin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94175 admin Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:55:30 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94175 @Howard Butler- good point- in comparison to how it looks today, I guess. I'm keen on people's views on your other question too- have things moved on in the last five years? I think so, but others (with a longer exposure) may not... @Howard Butler- good point- in comparison to how it looks today, I guess. I’m keen on people’s views on your other question too- have things moved on in the last five years? I think so, but others (with a longer exposure) may not…

]]> By: Howard Butler http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94174 Howard Butler Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:52:04 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94174 Past performance is not an indication of future returns, but how far has Open Source Geo moved in the *past* five years? Also, where will it be in comparison to what? Commercial software? Technology trends as a whole? Technology trends in GIS? More specificity is needed in the question, I think. Past performance is not an indication of future returns, but how far has Open Source Geo moved in the *past* five years?

Also, where will it be in comparison to what? Commercial software? Technology trends as a whole? Technology trends in GIS? More specificity is needed in the question, I think.

]]> By: admin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94162 admin Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:59:13 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94162 Well... it's a contribution to something the AGI are putting together. Not sure if the whole thing will be open access, but my bit certainly will be! Well… it’s a contribution to something the AGI are putting together. Not sure if the whole thing will be open access, but my bit certainly will be!

]]> By: Sean Gillies http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2009/09/03/open-source-geo-in-5-years-time/comment-page-1/#comment-94160 Sean Gillies Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:56:52 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=402#comment-94160 An open access paper? An open access paper?

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