2. Hoi! from Switzerland
3. Decision Support Systems
4. Geo Web services
#WIN or #FAIL?
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5. 1990s Sean Phelans Vision
6. 1996 - Multimap.com launched (no maps)
7. Desktop GIS - MapInfo Desktop for Power Mac v4
8. gif.cgi?pclist=
ec1n2ns,ec4a2dy&width=500&height=500
9. 1997 - MultimapGeoStack
Multimap.com
gif.cgi
Mapping API +Caching engine
places.cgi
cache miss
MapInfo Desktop
for power mac
Hacked to make it serve maps over http
MySQL
Collins Bartholomew
Raster maps
Bartholomew & OS
Gazetteer
10. Multimap.com vs MapInfo
gif.cgi
Simple & Re-usable
Cost Effective
Fast
Complex & Standalone
Expensive
Slow
11. Many customers still use gif.cgi today
12. >> Fast forward a few years
Base Services (Find, Map, Route)
13. Web 2.0 APIs
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visualisation, sharing, data, finding, analysis
14. Traditional GIS Vendors
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Base Services Plus Geo Analysis
15. Axon Active Geo Vision
Focus on what customer needs
Help customers solve problems by using best bits of GeoWeb +
OpenSource GIS
avoid hosting base data and engines
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16. Axon Active Geo Vision
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17. Case study Isochrone Requirement
Drive Time and Walking Isochrones
18. Web Service 19. Cost effective 20. Fast 21.
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22. GYM+ Club #FAIL
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Isochrones not really mass market
23. ESRI #WIN
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24. ESRI #FAIL
Hosted Service ?
European Coverage?
Costs?
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25. ESRI #FAIL
ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online Map Services
ArcGIS Online Sharing
ArcGIS Online Task services
ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs
Business Analyst Online API ($3.30 report)
ArcWebServices
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Online World Geocoding (North America only)
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26. Computer says no.....EU Isochrones
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27. Pitney Bowes #WIN
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28. Pitney Bowes #FAIL
6.40 per isochrone request
6 sec per isochrone request
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29. Map24 #WIN
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30. Map24 #FAIL
Too late only realised they provided a Isochrone API after reading
page 2 of MapTP Technical Whitepaper
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31. Desktop GIS to the rescue
32. 2010 - GeoStack
Axon Active Platform
x
Service
Isochrone Service
x
Service
x
Service
x
x
x
PostGIS
Isochrone cache
x
MapInfo
pre-compute
x
x
33. Summary
Geo industry has come along way,
34. Routing, Geocoding, Mapping #WIN 35. Geo Analysis Web
Service APIs #FAIL 36. Product Marketing (ESRI, Map24) 37. Coverage
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41. Thanks
john faganubergeo.com@johnbfagan
