Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Geo Sense Web Site - Introduction 1
Information about location is very important to every one of us; overtime, every organization as well as individual generate and accumulate location related data, eg. Government generate data about citizens, taxpayers, land utilization, planning, and zoning, while businesses keep updating their customer addresses, businesses need to locate new potential for marketing purposes or for opening new branches. Bank and insurance able to provider more tailored scheme if they can related customers and demographic data with location information. Politician needs to know where their voters and opinions to maintain their leadership.
Organization invests in software such as Geographical Information System or known as GIS to manage all these complex data. GIS mainly help storing, visualizing and analysing geo related data for better understanding and decision making. Besides GIS complex system, organization also has to keep investing in updating geo contents such as mapping, aerial imagery, topology survey, demographic, zoning, economic data etc.
In a typical Government office, GIS is normally under planning (or town) department and specially operate by trained technician. Often time GIS is isolated from Information Technology Departments, and less coordination from both departments which create investment redundancy and data silo, referring to data which is potentially useful to organization is being underutilized.
With all the system, data and managing this complex system, making GIS initiatives too expansive to many organizations, yet typical organization only used 15-20% of the system functionalities. Our study shown than only 70% of municipality or town council in South East Asia can’t efforts to invest in GIS despite the benefits and demand of such system.
With the widespread Internet broadband services, many complex enterprise platforms can be delivered or outsourced via web delivery model. Examples are in online banking, ticketing, recruitment, accounting, procurement etc. Google with Google Earth is paving mass awareness about geo related information and enabling innovating services such as Geo Sense.
Geo Sense is a location information provider, offering GIS software, geo data hosting, and basic geo content services “on demand” or via Internet. Saving users from investing in such complex software, hardware, extended data and dedicated staff. Geo Sense is enabling organization to focus their resources on their core organization mission.
Organization invests in software such as Geographical Information System or known as GIS to manage all these complex data. GIS mainly help storing, visualizing and analysing geo related data for better understanding and decision making. Besides GIS complex system, organization also has to keep investing in updating geo contents such as mapping, aerial imagery, topology survey, demographic, zoning, economic data etc.
In a typical Government office, GIS is normally under planning (or town) department and specially operate by trained technician. Often time GIS is isolated from Information Technology Departments, and less coordination from both departments which create investment redundancy and data silo, referring to data which is potentially useful to organization is being underutilized.
With all the system, data and managing this complex system, making GIS initiatives too expansive to many organizations, yet typical organization only used 15-20% of the system functionalities. Our study shown than only 70% of municipality or town council in South East Asia can’t efforts to invest in GIS despite the benefits and demand of such system.
With the widespread Internet broadband services, many complex enterprise platforms can be delivered or outsourced via web delivery model. Examples are in online banking, ticketing, recruitment, accounting, procurement etc. Google with Google Earth is paving mass awareness about geo related information and enabling innovating services such as Geo Sense.
Geo Sense is a location information provider, offering GIS software, geo data hosting, and basic geo content services “on demand” or via Internet. Saving users from investing in such complex software, hardware, extended data and dedicated staff. Geo Sense is enabling organization to focus their resources on their core organization mission.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Company Background
Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd. was incorporated on 21 May 2007. with the objective to become the successful company in providing geographical (geo) related solution technology services. GSSB is developing and offering Geographical Information System (GIS) in form of web services; enable clients to use enterprise GIS software capability on Internet or GIS on demand. GIS on Demand Community Holistic Application short as GODCHA is the project development code to signify the important concept of Geo Wiki or GIS community driven contents development. SSSB believes that collaborative efforts on maintaining geo related data will reduce cost of ownership and benefits the whole user communities. GODCHA has a simple vision, to provide the most comprehensive South East Asia location information services online, materially speaking “an hotmail to GIS”.
The concept of web GIS on demand was approved for MDeC Pre Seed funding grant reference TPF 2-4019/2007 and since July 2007, GSSB development team is in progressively developing showcase or alpha GODCHA portal services. GODCHA is fully developed using open source and open GIS platform. GODCHA showcases the combination of GIS and web development technologies in bringing geo information for much better meaning to especially non technical users. GODCHA is a subscription business model and is mainly targeting organizational related customers especially Governments. GSSB is seeking RM5mil seed capital investments in order enable GODCHA to provide sizable geo related contents and enough features to attract pilot subscribers. The whole Malaysian nationwide geo contents data is cost at RM21mill which will be required in venture capital investment stage.
Geo Sense has five (5) team members, web open GIS developer, system architect and web designer. Ismail Ibrahim and Kegan are both GSSB founding members and fulltime GODCHA evangelists.
The concept of web GIS on demand was approved for MDeC Pre Seed funding grant reference TPF 2-4019/2007 and since July 2007, GSSB development team is in progressively developing showcase or alpha GODCHA portal services. GODCHA is fully developed using open source and open GIS platform. GODCHA showcases the combination of GIS and web development technologies in bringing geo information for much better meaning to especially non technical users. GODCHA is a subscription business model and is mainly targeting organizational related customers especially Governments. GSSB is seeking RM5mil seed capital investments in order enable GODCHA to provide sizable geo related contents and enough features to attract pilot subscribers. The whole Malaysian nationwide geo contents data is cost at RM21mill which will be required in venture capital investment stage.
Geo Sense has five (5) team members, web open GIS developer, system architect and web designer. Ismail Ibrahim and Kegan are both GSSB founding members and fulltime GODCHA evangelists.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Web Services
GODCHA is using basecamp from http://www.37signals.com/ It a fantastic project collaboration web services. Basecamp suites well GODCHA collaboration and simplicity motto.
GODCHA VC Pitch
GODCHA is an idea stage. Idea is like dream, can we dream of an idea or dream our ideas. We might as well keep dreaming.
But GODCHA is not just a dream, since conception in July 2007, GODCHA under Malaysian limited enterprising company Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd. have been embarking in the serious prototype development of Web GIS service portal.
The project is progressing since July 2007 until now, we have work in progress snapshot at GODCHA alpha site and project management site at http://geosense.projectpath.com/ you need to be the team member to login.
Geo Sense has officially 5 team members, web open GIS developer, system architec and web designer. Practically we have 2 full time team members and 3 others are supporting part timely. I am GODCHA fulltime evengelist. GODCHA does not have physical office, we meet day and night in our virtual office http://geosense.projectpath.com/. Until Oct 2007, GODCHA has more than 50 physical highly connected offices through out Malaysia and South East Asia our office addresses are link here.
Our current funding enough for GODCHA to stay sober until Feb. 2008. GODCHA alpha site will be ready for human comprehension by Nov 2007 as well as the begining GODCHA road show. The purpose of the road show is to meet as many potential GODCHA users as possible and to impress them on how GODCHA can solve their problems and along the ways finding angle that believe in our project and willing to take us beyond Feb. 2008.
Since early 2006, I have been meeting and discussing GODCHA to many different backgrounds, from the GIS, mapping industries, Government officer, corporate executive, professor, engineer, business owners, students etc. I can group them into two categories, a technical users and non-technical users. Technical users, are mainly GIS, cartographer or mapping experts, professors, officer and researcher from JUPEN (Malaysian Mapping Dept.), MACRES researchers, GIS engineers and programmers. Most of them have cynical opinions about GODCHA and believe that our Malaysian or even Asian organizational users are not ready for open GIS, let alone Geo Wiki and it only happen on Google Maps and virtual earth. Most of the discussion will end up with serious issues on accuracy, standard protocol, reliability and security concerns. The GIS technical users with less or no IT services background are much harder to convince, this is fair. For years, they are responsible in building data silos in our public and private offices and such a way never been presented properly for non technical workers at the top levels to comprehend and making better decisions. Unfortunately Government spents million to such silos but never get enough benefits without the concern of the GIS key keepers.
Now we can see smart non GIS technical users starting to access Google Map from their laptop and visually pin pointing concerned location. There are more data or content layers lock up in the silos and will be much powerful if only it is make available.
GODCHA has a simple vision, to provide the most comprehensive South East Asia location information services online , materially speaking “an hotmail to GIS”.
GODCHA is developing a platform for corporation and Government to make geo related data available online and to collaborate with other decision support system. GODCHA is addressing multi million duplicating investment made in many conventional GIS implementation. GODCHA is providing fresh collaborative geo contents online with all basic tools for typical non-GIS users to benefits. GODCHA is stressing on simplicity, collaboration and intelligence.
But GODCHA is not just a dream, since conception in July 2007, GODCHA under Malaysian limited enterprising company Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd. have been embarking in the serious prototype development of Web GIS service portal.
The project is progressing since July 2007 until now, we have work in progress snapshot at GODCHA alpha site and project management site at http://geosense.projectpath.com/ you need to be the team member to login.
Geo Sense has officially 5 team members, web open GIS developer, system architec and web designer. Practically we have 2 full time team members and 3 others are supporting part timely. I am GODCHA fulltime evengelist. GODCHA does not have physical office, we meet day and night in our virtual office http://geosense.projectpath.com/. Until Oct 2007, GODCHA has more than 50 physical highly connected offices through out Malaysia and South East Asia our office addresses are link here.
Our current funding enough for GODCHA to stay sober until Feb. 2008. GODCHA alpha site will be ready for human comprehension by Nov 2007 as well as the begining GODCHA road show. The purpose of the road show is to meet as many potential GODCHA users as possible and to impress them on how GODCHA can solve their problems and along the ways finding angle that believe in our project and willing to take us beyond Feb. 2008.
Since early 2006, I have been meeting and discussing GODCHA to many different backgrounds, from the GIS, mapping industries, Government officer, corporate executive, professor, engineer, business owners, students etc. I can group them into two categories, a technical users and non-technical users. Technical users, are mainly GIS, cartographer or mapping experts, professors, officer and researcher from JUPEN (Malaysian Mapping Dept.), MACRES researchers, GIS engineers and programmers. Most of them have cynical opinions about GODCHA and believe that our Malaysian or even Asian organizational users are not ready for open GIS, let alone Geo Wiki and it only happen on Google Maps and virtual earth. Most of the discussion will end up with serious issues on accuracy, standard protocol, reliability and security concerns. The GIS technical users with less or no IT services background are much harder to convince, this is fair. For years, they are responsible in building data silos in our public and private offices and such a way never been presented properly for non technical workers at the top levels to comprehend and making better decisions. Unfortunately Government spents million to such silos but never get enough benefits without the concern of the GIS key keepers.
Now we can see smart non GIS technical users starting to access Google Map from their laptop and visually pin pointing concerned location. There are more data or content layers lock up in the silos and will be much powerful if only it is make available.
GODCHA has a simple vision, to provide the most comprehensive South East Asia location information services online , materially speaking “an hotmail to GIS”.
GODCHA is developing a platform for corporation and Government to make geo related data available online and to collaborate with other decision support system. GODCHA is addressing multi million duplicating investment made in many conventional GIS implementation. GODCHA is providing fresh collaborative geo contents online with all basic tools for typical non-GIS users to benefits. GODCHA is stressing on simplicity, collaboration and intelligence.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Government initiative- MyGDI
I have encountered several friend questioning me about Geo Sense and roles of MACGDI and MyGDI.
MyGDI is as in her website is an initiative by the government to develop a Geospatial Data Infrastructure to enhance the awareness about data availability and improve access to geospatial information by facilitating data sharing among participating agencies.
http://www.mygeoportal.gov.my/index_new6.cfm#
MyGDI provides indexing of geo spatial data online.
Public be able to access, order and purchase online.
Assuming agencies already GIS platform in place.
Agency knows how to manage spatial data.
There is no online GIS tools provide by MyGDI.
Geo Sense provides platform and data.
MyGDI is as in her website is an initiative by the government to develop a Geospatial Data Infrastructure to enhance the awareness about data availability and improve access to geospatial information by facilitating data sharing among participating agencies.
http://www.mygeoportal.gov.my/index_new6.cfm#
MyGDI provides indexing of geo spatial data online.
Public be able to access, order and purchase online.
Assuming agencies already GIS platform in place.
Agency knows how to manage spatial data.
There is no online GIS tools provide by MyGDI.
Geo Sense provides platform and data.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
will government & enterprise turn to Google for their GIS needs
http://www.google.com/enterprise/government/
yes and no
yes
1. why need to invent the technology
2. Google streaming is unmatched - Google infrastructure
3. continue improvement - urban images are regularly update and getting better
4. simple user interface - non technical proof
5. comparatively low rental rate
6. etc
no
1. security concern
2. not enough local coverages
3. data obsolete
4. less control (perceive no control)
5. no on site support
6. scalability issue - limited
Traditionally businesses and gov opted enterprise GIS application than an online model (web GIS).
ASP model is only limited within and inter related organizations.
One of the reasons is data security
Organization is open for web GIS model that provide by comthey trust.
Why they trust depend on
- local presence, connection, eligibility
- superior product and services
- branding
- track record
- etc
By the nature of typical Asian government and Google setups, Google will still have to wait
While, Web GIS ASP model can be acceptable, why - ref, ePerolehan, bina.com, etc. Sharing platform with trusted organization is acceptable among Gov agencies.
yes and no
yes
1. why need to invent the technology
2. Google streaming is unmatched - Google infrastructure
3. continue improvement - urban images are regularly update and getting better
4. simple user interface - non technical proof
5. comparatively low rental rate
6. etc
no
1. security concern
2. not enough local coverages
3. data obsolete
4. less control (perceive no control)
5. no on site support
6. scalability issue - limited
Traditionally businesses and gov opted enterprise GIS application than an online model (web GIS).
ASP model is only limited within and inter related organizations.
One of the reasons is data security
Organization is open for web GIS model that provide by comthey trust.
Why they trust depend on
- local presence, connection, eligibility
- superior product and services
- branding
- track record
- etc
By the nature of typical Asian government and Google setups, Google will still have to wait
While, Web GIS ASP model can be acceptable, why - ref, ePerolehan, bina.com, etc. Sharing platform with trusted organization is acceptable among Gov agencies.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Implementing Web GIS - GODCHA approach
Web GIS is a delicate area between GIS and web development.
GODCHA will be having both GIS expert and web development programmers.
- is a service setup than a GIS technology company.
- is addressing GIS to non technical, end user customers.
GODCHA platform is stressing on "simplicity, structure and collaboration"
- is promoting wiki style data collection and collaboration approach. - refer Geowiki project and Wikimapia - wiki is a collaborative website that is contributed and edited by everybody. Wiki means fast in Hawaiian language, is a quick way for information collaboration. Wiki promotes virtual common platform (online community) and eventually motivate each of the member with common interest in contributing toward inputting and editing data which normally expensive to do in a commercial ways. Among local successful online community portal is Malsingmap, with more than 200 active members nationwide, MalsingMap motivate each member to contribute toward updating Malaysia and Singapore street and routing maps. Malsingmap is now considered as one of the complete online street routable references. The same effort will take years and million ringgit for typical mapping company to complete. (malsingmap is a forum not wiki architecture portal)
GIS as a complete package, - 3 main areas platform, which is i) engine, a gis software, web development tools and database. ii) a based contents, fixed spartial data, images (mapping, satellite images, demographic and economy zoning data) iii) client data hosting services (option). In future GODCHA will provide clients API to interface with the platform.
GODCHA research team will continue to update relevance data layers as a based layer.
In a way subscriber will not have to own based data but only responsible to their personal dynamic spatial data.
Architecture
Following is an overview OpenGIS Consortium (OGIS) Web Mapping Testbed system flow within the testbed:-
More information regarding OpenGIS implementation is at GISdevelopment.net.
WebGIS Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is as follow:-
Overview of GODCHA sys architecture:-
GODCHA is evaluating GIS engine, between enterprise and open source.
GODCHA showcase (beta) overall system flow:-
Work Around Google Maps
Google maps create big impact in public awareness or understanding about geo information and GIS. It is not just awesome satellite images but most importantly demand for GIS has been drastically increased in recent years. Google or Google Map will still create less in pact in term of business engagement in Asian region, this is due to the fact that the concentration is still very much in North America, Europe and Australia. These is because Google still lacking data in many part of the world and the opportunities are still very much concentrated at or near their origin. Nevertheless, Google deliver the most innovative online mapping and GIS form application on the web, and by monitoring it development will help GODCHA works around what Google is missing and help in offering best solution to GODCHA focus groups.
Three (3) areas that Google is missing are:
i) Data structure
ii) Local contents & support - this is important as enterprise and Goverment a like perceive GIS data are sacret to their organization.
iii) Formal structure collaboration tools
i) User registration - from registration, profiling (personalization) and verification
ii) GODCHA GIS engine (functionality and layers control) - GODCHA is benchmarking google map in process flow and UI. Among important features are fully web browser access with image in tile,
iii) Collaboration tools
GODCHA will be having both GIS expert and web development programmers.
- is a service setup than a GIS technology company.
- is addressing GIS to non technical, end user customers.
GODCHA platform is stressing on "simplicity, structure and collaboration"
- is promoting wiki style data collection and collaboration approach. - refer Geowiki project and Wikimapia - wiki is a collaborative website that is contributed and edited by everybody. Wiki means fast in Hawaiian language, is a quick way for information collaboration. Wiki promotes virtual common platform (online community) and eventually motivate each of the member with common interest in contributing toward inputting and editing data which normally expensive to do in a commercial ways. Among local successful online community portal is Malsingmap, with more than 200 active members nationwide, MalsingMap motivate each member to contribute toward updating Malaysia and Singapore street and routing maps. Malsingmap is now considered as one of the complete online street routable references. The same effort will take years and million ringgit for typical mapping company to complete. (malsingmap is a forum not wiki architecture portal)
GIS as a complete package, - 3 main areas platform, which is i) engine, a gis software, web development tools and database. ii) a based contents, fixed spartial data, images (mapping, satellite images, demographic and economy zoning data) iii) client data hosting services (option). In future GODCHA will provide clients API to interface with the platform.
GODCHA research team will continue to update relevance data layers as a based layer.
In a way subscriber will not have to own based data but only responsible to their personal dynamic spatial data.
Architecture
Following is an overview OpenGIS Consortium (OGIS) Web Mapping Testbed system flow within the testbed:-
More information regarding OpenGIS implementation is at GISdevelopment.net.
WebGIS Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is as follow:-
Overview of GODCHA sys architecture:-
GODCHA is evaluating GIS engine, between enterprise and open source.
GODCHA showcase (beta) overall system flow:-
Work Around Google Maps
Google maps create big impact in public awareness or understanding about geo information and GIS. It is not just awesome satellite images but most importantly demand for GIS has been drastically increased in recent years. Google or Google Map will still create less in pact in term of business engagement in Asian region, this is due to the fact that the concentration is still very much in North America, Europe and Australia. These is because Google still lacking data in many part of the world and the opportunities are still very much concentrated at or near their origin. Nevertheless, Google deliver the most innovative online mapping and GIS form application on the web, and by monitoring it development will help GODCHA works around what Google is missing and help in offering best solution to GODCHA focus groups.
Three (3) areas that Google is missing are:
i) Data structure
ii) Local contents & support - this is important as enterprise and Goverment a like perceive GIS data are sacret to their organization.
iii) Formal structure collaboration tools
One who browse on Google map will admit far better experience in interface and speed. Google massive infrastructure (server cluster etc) give them great advantage to the rest of online GIS services. (high note on hosting-bandwidth and database design)
There are 3 main modules under GODCHA showcase development:i) User registration - from registration, profiling (personalization) and verification
ii) GODCHA GIS engine (functionality and layers control) - GODCHA is benchmarking google map in process flow and UI. Among important features are fully web browser access with image in tile,
iii) Collaboration tools
Pioneer Team Needed
Geo Sense is developing a web GIS showcase portal
Office is based in Cyberjaya
intern, fulltime and partime are welcome
We are urgently looking for following expertise (should start by August 2007)
We are urgently looking for following expertise (should start by August 2007)
1. Software programmer
2. Highly self motivated
3. Basic skill:- (either one group skill)
2. Highly self motivated
3. Basic skill:- (either one group skill)
Group (A)
- Javascript programming (having successfully coding min. 2 online working application)
- php, MySQL
- Knowledge of Google Map API is an advantage.
- Javascript programming (having successfully coding min. 2 online working application)
- php, MySQL
- Knowledge of Google Map API is an advantage.
Group (B)
- .Net
- ASP
- Visual Studio
- .Net
- ASP
- Visual Studio
Send resume to ismaili70@gmail.com or ym me at "flixmill"
important points
skill set
past project description and (url link if any)
expected salary
date available to start
important points
skill set
past project description and (url link if any)
expected salary
date available to start
snapshot of expected GODCHA project.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Welcome to GIS on Demand Community Holistic Application (GODCHA)
GODCHA is a GIS project under Geo Sense Sdn. Bhd. GODCHA vision is to offer geograhical based data and business analysis tools via web GIS to public.
In most organization, GIS unit is treated as secondary functional supporting element and push back to lower priority level in budget or investment. In worse situation GIS unit is neglected and some big organization making double investment in GIS because they did not realized that other units already invested in the same system. The true potential of GIS is not fully realized because it was not reaching everybody and making impact to the organization.
GODCHA is addressing the issue of "does GIS suppose to be that complex and technical".
GIS history can be tracked since mid 19th Century, when Dr John Snow solved the cholera outbreak source by utilizing multiple theme maps to a contaminated wells.
Since than, several factors the caused the change cartographic history.
1. computer technology - improvements in hardware, esp. graphics
2. development of theories of spatial processes in economic and social geography, anthropology, regional science.
3. increasing social awareness, education levels and mobility, awareness of environmental problems.
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/gis.notes/ncgia/u23.html#SEC23.1
This blog will address issues such as
1. The CSF of implementing Web GIS
2. GIS as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) - GIS on Demand business model
3. Location intelligence business - local support to win local
4. User Interface Design (UID) and Data representation in web GIS - why Google win
Before we come to issues that concerning GODCHA, let revisit on how GIS come about and general existing implementing issues.
Following is overview of GIS elements:
http://www.edc.uri.edu/nrs/classes/NRS409/Lectures/3GISdefined/5%20Points%20of%20GIS.jpg
GIS Software has evolved from humble simple computer display that enable inputting point, line and polygon to database to today much complex, business intelligence capability. Now GIS software are available in commercial and open source packages. Following link give list of current available GIS software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GIS_software.
Handling Complexity
GIS has always been a technical analysis tools in the hand of technician. Most organizations that deployed GIS have special unit or dedicated staff that handling GIS technicality. eg. town council will have planning unit personnel, GIS personnel in utility companies or Government setup, etc. A visit to Johor Bahru Tengah Local Council (MPJBT) eg. found that a standalone MapInfo is managed by a technician who is part of engineering team and even the IT dept. has little knowledge about it existance. Often time, GIS data is highly sensitive and confidential to organization, thus GIS unit is perceived as secret unit and is rarely connected to the rest of the organization network. Making GIS an isolated and standalone unit. Key management rely on GIS to make better decision but most of the time only for ad hoc analysis reporting, such as in crisis or disaster. Decision makers do not have direct access to the system and are not technical enough to handle the GIS complexity. Fallacy of having GIS as just a glorifying unit in organization will not help organization, GIS has to be shared and integrate to organization mainstream application. Making GIS accessible while addressing data sensitivity will help.
Nevertheless GIS has greatly improved decision making process of many organization worldwide. eg, GIS is being linked to the executive information system (EIS), realizing the strategic value of location data to organization.
In most organization, GIS unit is treated as secondary functional supporting element and push back to lower priority level in budget or investment. In worse situation GIS unit is neglected and some big organization making double investment in GIS because they did not realized that other units already invested in the same system. The true potential of GIS is not fully realized because it was not reaching everybody and making impact to the organization.
GODCHA is addressing the issue of "does GIS suppose to be that complex and technical".
Not until Internet advancement of 21st century, GIS comes into center stage in form of online virtual earth representation such as Google earth, virtual earth, NASA WorldWind and they touch everybody. Net and media companies like Google, Microsoft, yahoo provide API and SDK for public to develop services that can be linked with their mapping platform. In less than 2 years, more than 50k geo mashup web services are available on the net like http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/, and the list continue growing . Location awareness is coming into the mainstream. Prominent enterprise GIS software companies like ESRI and MapInfo are also quickly jump into the web by offering GIS as web services. MapInfo with location intelligence and ESRI with ArcWeb Service.
Companies like ESRI, MapInfo, Manifold etc overtime spend billion on developing great GIS functionalities. Selling GIS software and services to thousand of enterprises worldwide. Google earth offers in a way everybody can GIS. Now geo information sharing has becoming part of web life style. Geo or location information effect everybody and with Internet, gathering and collaborating geo information has becoming much more easier than before, in the footstep of Wikimapia.
GIS just a platform, Data is still the King.
Having a three lanes toll highway without traffic is the like of investing in sosphicated GIS infra with not enough data to crunch (analogy that we use in multi million eGovernment infra without enough application to drive). Most of GIS companies like ESRI and MapInfo are providing superior GIS software and expertise and overtime drive enough application. MapInfo Location Intelligence Seminar in Marina Mandarin Raffles Hotel, Singapore 12 June 2007, showcase interesting the important of location information to businesses and Government. There are a bundle of applications that are deployed on MapInfo platform for enterprise, from analysing customer information, geo marketing to health sensitive information. Most of the applications are driven by based data availability. Politically, geo information is very much liberalized in United States than in Asian countries. In Malaysia case eg. geo data, such as cadastral map, demographic data etc are overtime gathered by different organizations within Government, land surveying firms and utility companies but are restricted to public due to legal constrain etc. Nevertheless most of demograhic information eg. town or economic zoning area etc. are public domain and need effort to present in GIS format. Thus location intelligence needs local representation to massage local data. Collecting data can be prohibitively expensive and most of the time legally constrained to many organization. Often time similar concerned data are repetitively invested by many organizations and to some worse senario by different unit in the same organization. Most of this organization are end user and should never be burden with owning data.
How to make data available is part of GIS services and often time are not part of the package. This is where companies like Geo Sense, R7 and MapChart come with much realistic business solutions such as gis on demand, geo marketing, georoom etc.
Geo Sense is a hotmail to GIS, Geo Sense is inspired by R7 and MapChart.
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