Comments on: The Elephant in the conference room http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stuart Mitchell http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/#comment-1568 Stuart Mitchell Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:30:57 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=562#comment-1568 Interesting point about cross border geography issues. GIS has always been dominated by US companies, where cross state issues are fewer, possibly because of a common language and a common administrative hierarchy. As standards become more open, perhaps software will evolve into something that is ready to embrace vastly different geographic systems of data capture, storage, and meaning. Until INSPIRE is embedded, it may be a problem for some time to come. Interesting point about cross border geography issues. GIS has always been dominated by US companies, where cross state issues are fewer, possibly because of a common language and a common administrative hierarchy.

As standards become more open, perhaps software will evolve into something that is ready to embrace vastly different geographic systems of data capture, storage, and meaning. Until INSPIRE is embedded, it may be a problem for some time to come.

]]> By: The Spatializer http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/#comment-1567 The Spatializer Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:40 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=562#comment-1567 The tide has turned. Faster than any of us would have expected. Some of the old vendors can't swim fast enough anymore. Open source! Swim for your lives! The tide has turned. Faster than any of us would have expected. Some of the old vendors can’t swim fast enough anymore. Open source! Swim for your lives!

]]> By: James Rutter http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/#comment-1566 James Rutter Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:06:59 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=562#comment-1566 As a local government user, yes I agree about the licensing regime, having only today written back to the Ordnance Survey replying to their recent letter to me about displaying Ordnance Survey data on Google map backgrounds! On a note about ESRI, they're loosing the desktop GIS war (as are MapInfo) and so seem to be turning their attention to their server products. Why spend tens of thousands on ESRI products when you can have state of the art, 64bit GIS systems like Manifold for a few hundred quid? As a local government user, yes I agree about the licensing regime, having only today written back to the Ordnance Survey replying to their recent letter to me about displaying Ordnance Survey data on Google map backgrounds!

On a note about ESRI, they’re loosing the desktop GIS war (as are MapInfo) and so seem to be turning their attention to their server products. Why spend tens of thousands on ESRI products when you can have state of the art, 64bit GIS systems like Manifold for a few hundred quid?

]]> By: The Spatializer http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/#comment-1565 The Spatializer Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:12:22 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=562#comment-1565 For the first time in many many years, I could not bring myself to attend this ESRI event. I am sure it looked slick and professional, but I cannot stomach any more of the same old same old. ESRI are boring, and make Geography boring. Old school. For the first time in many many years, I could not bring myself to attend this ESRI event. I am sure it looked slick and professional, but I cannot stomach any more of the same old same old.
ESRI are boring, and make Geography boring. Old school.

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