MapMarvel: GIS in the Cloud
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[email protected] GIS in the cloud The Undeniable Trends David Overton dbyhundred founder MapMarvel co-founder
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This slide set was delivered at the Association of Geogrphic Information to recruit Alpha testers to "MapMarvel". It covers disruptive technology, the emergence of cloud based applications and how incumbent businesses are missing the point. MM provides the tools to make Cloud based GIS a reality for everyone...
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GIS in the cloud
The Undeniable Trends
David Overtondbyhundred founderMapMarvel co-founder
What’s in store• Who am I?• Disruption?• Why the fuss?• What actually is it?• Market needs?• Alpha test MapMarvel?
Quotes“It is truly disruptive technology and its impact has reached far beyond a pure technology offering as the benefits of the cloud have changed the way we view IT Infrastructure”
Werner VogelsCTO - Amazon.com
Disruptive Innovation
Triggers
New Tech
New Politics
Public Opinion
New Business Model
Disruptions in our MarketTriggers
New Tech Slippy maps, API’s, Open Source, Google Maps/Earth, Utility Computing
New Politics INSPIRE directive
Public Opinion Free data, Open Street Map (OSM)
New Business Model
Freemium/ SaaS
Quotes “Cloud computing is quietly taking over
the world and changing the way we use our computers forever. Whether you're storing your photo collection on Flickr or logging on to Gmail, everyone's now using the cloud, even if they don't realise it.”
Source – TechRadar UK June 09
Great examples
It eliminates the costs and complexity of buying, configuring, and managing the hardware and software needed to build and deploy applications. Instead, these applications are delivered as a service over the Internet (the “cloud”). http://www.salesforce.com/uk/platform/what-is-it.jsp
Examples within GI
• Recovery of New Orleans– Amazon Web Services– Google Maps to display data
• “Don’t stick your server on a target”
What the GI market needs to..• Remove the burden• Remove the pressure • Remove the software licences• Ultimately Reduce costs
• Enable teams to do what they should do
• Enable productivity to SOAR!
The MapMarvel Solution
Cloud Data
You
Search
Tools
Styling
MapMarvel Web App
Template web map output
Your Data
MapMarvel SIMPLEs• Provides a simple interface to upload content to the
cloud• Offers a web based software application that uses that
data to create useful map outputs
With thanks toCompare the Market.com
• Incumbent – Emergent• Infrastructure – Tools• Onsite – Out there• Simple- Complex
Concluding• You’ve heard the story
before• Contribute to the outcome• Alpha testers needed
[email protected]+44 (0) 7876 390 656Skype: david-overton
Aunt TK
