facilitators and inhibitors for the integration and use of foss4g in the geospatial science and technology arena

1. Rafael Moreno
Department of Geography
and Environmental Sciences
GIS in the Rockies 2016
Denver, CO September 21-22
Facilitators and Inhibitors
for the introduction of
FOSS4G in organizations

2. 25 Years

6. Important Disclosure
“Past performance is no
guarantee of future
returns.”

8. WHY?

11. WHY

16. • Availability of FOSS4G-literate personnel.
• Top administration support for FOSS4G.
• Existence of a committed FOSS4G in-house
champion(s).
• Limited financial resources ensure FOSS4G
consideration
Targeted specific application that is
designed for integraion with FOSS4G
technologies

24. 1.Integration of GIS into Business Intelligence (BI)
platforms
2. New players entering the market
3. Rise of Mobile
4. Morphing of the GIS Big Boys
5. Rise of Corporate, Commercial GIS Jobs
6. Integration, integration, integration
Matt
Sheehan
GIS in 2016 = Opportunity, Opportunity, Opportunity
http://www.webmapsolutions.com/

28. Facilitators

29. Facilitators

31. http://ggim.un.org/docs/Future-trends.pdf
"...to enable them to fully
understand the potential of
geospatial data in solving
key issues. This will assist
them in formulating
questions and also in
interpreting the data
"...there will be a need to
educate policy and
decision-makers, planners
and delivery agents in
geospatial data, potentially
to the very highest levels
of governments and
NGOs,..."