Introduction to neo-geography
Overton, David and John Abbott
Powerpoint presentation.
David Overton and John Abbott, both from Ordnance Survey, spent the final workshop of the week discussing the latest developments in the fascinating world of Neo-geography and Ordnance Surveyys involvement in the Web 2.0 phenomenon. David began the session by identifying the market developments that have given rise to the growing interest in data sharing using the latest technical developments. With the most important development being the role of the social network sites such as facebook, myspace and YouTube which has spawned multi-million user communities. John followed this overview by identifying the key concepts that are considered to be the Principles of Web 2.0, all of which could play a significant role in a businesss engagement with their customers. John highlighted that within the Geospatial Industry the edge is the data. By combining that data edge with the Wisdom of Crowds wrapped in an engaging user interface a business could hold a potentially lucrative position within a market. David and John then continued to give details about a variety of different projects which are all, in one way or another, trying to include some of the Web 2.0 principles. For example, Orchestra, a collaborative European project aimed at creating an Open Architecture for Risk Management is using open source software. John then described Ordnance Surveyys OpenSpace API, which is set to be released before December this year. The API would allow uses to create Mashups, for example, mapping their favourite walks, or bicycle rides and sharing them with a community of like minded people.
Event: Expanding horizons in a shrinking world
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