geotrends 2017 report - geospatial industry trends, forecasts and predictions
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GEO TRENDS REPORTThe new year symbolises the beginning of new start and an arbitrary point in time where the earth has completed yet another lap in its marathon around the Sun. It always evokes the feeling of a fresh start and change.
Speaking of new beginnings, we at Geoawesomeness have always loved talking to other GeoGeeks and listening to their thoughts on where the industry is heading. Instead of letting these conversations just reside in our private spheres, we invited them to share their thoughts and vi-sions with the entire Geoawesomeness community.
We are thankful to each and every one of our guests who took the time to pen their thoughts and agreeing to be part of the #GeoTrends idea!
We hope you enjoy reading these thoughts and visions, just as much as we have. Happy reading!
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TABLE OF CONTENTWhat Were the 4 Key Trends in 2016? ....................................................... 03
Key Industry Milestones in 2016 ................................................................... 04
2017 Predictions ................................................................................................. 07
The Five Gis Trends That Are Changing the World ............................. 08
Geo in 2017 ........................................................................................................... 09
Automotive Mapping Takes Off .................................................................... 10
Next Generation of Gis Is Here! ..................................................................... 11
What Will Happen Across the Geo Industry in 2017 …......................... 12
8 Crazy Predictions for Geospatial in 2017 ............................................ 13
The Essential Element for Location-based Games in 2017 …......... 14
2017 – the Year of Collaborative Mapping ............................................... 15
Geospatial Rising and Falling Stars for 2017 ........................................... 16
Geo Is Behind Every Corner, Even if You Don’t Expect It ................… 17
Artificial Intelligence Set to Accelerate in 2017 ...................................… 18
The Future of Earth Observation ..............................................................… 19
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KEY INDUSTRY MILESTONES IN 2016
JAN 16, 2016 FEB 19, 2016 MAR 3, 2016 APR 20, 2016 MAY 13, 2016
Founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley steps down as the company seeks to restart growth
According to FAA rule all hobby drone owners in the US must be
registered.
PrecisionHawk raises $18M to bring drone safety to the next level
Mapillary – the crowdsourced Street View start-up raises $8M
Apple invested $1 billion in Dixi Chung - Chinese Uber
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KEY INDUSTRY MILESTONES IN 2016
MAY 19, 2016 MAY 24, 2016 JUN 8, 2016 JUL 6, 2016 AUG 1, 2016
Apple opens Maps production unit in Hyderabad, India with
4000 employees
PwC - one of the biggest consulting companies in the
world goes live with its drone mapping unit
Pokémon Go, the location-based augmented reality game developedis released and in a few month gets
500 million downloads.
Lenovo announced the first phone with Google Tango
Uber quits China and sells business in the country to its rival Didi Chuxing
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KEY INDUSTRY MILESTONES IN 2016
AUG 24, 2016 SEP 19, 2016 OCT 18, 2016 DEC 19, 2016
TripAdvisor – one of the largest online hotel booking platforms,
acquired a popular mapping app Citymaps
Google acquires Urban Engines to better understand location-based
big data
After 17 years of development & delays European GNSS - Galileo is finally live
(although not fully operational)
Alibaba invests in PlaceIQ – loca-tion-based targeting start-up
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THE FIVE GIS TRENDS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLDRead more about the 5 GIS trends that are going to the change the world according to Jack Dangermond, the president and founder of Esri.
“The geospatial industry is quickly evolving because the capabilities of digital connectedness and collaboration are moving ahead exponentially. In fact, the five biggest trends in the area of geographic information system (GIS) technology are centered on making data more accessible and creating context to visualize this data in an age when fast, easy access to information is taken for granted.”
JACK DANGERMONDPresident, Esri Inc.
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Read more about Javier’s thoughts about where the Geospatial industry is headed in 2017.
GEO IN 2017 “The next 1 Million users to start using geospatial technology in 2017 will not even know what GIS is. Location Intelligence will be delivered seamlessly via their apps, embedded in Data Analytics space, as a new software segment, or integrated on general purpose tools and platforms.”
JAVIER DE LA TORRECEO, CARTO
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AUTOMOTIVE MAPPING TAKES OFFRead more about Jan’s predictions for the future of autonomotive mapping.
“2017 might be the year where we see more machine-generated edits to maps than human edits. With constant improvements in deep learning technology, we may soon get to a point where digital editors are annotating maps more efficiently than teams of humans ever could.”
JAN ERIK SOLEMCEO, Mapillary
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NEXT GENERATION OF GIS IS HERE! Read more about Andy’s predictions about the what the future holds for GIS
“Integrating IoT data, mapping drone information, analyzing imagery from small sats – GIS is at the root of these technology trends, and we are only beginning to really understand how these new sources of information can help us make better decisions.”
ANDY DEARINGCEO, Boundless
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Read more about Tim’s predictions for Geo industry in 2017.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN ACROSS THE GEO INDUSTRY IN 2017
“The value of the ‘where’ is fueling innovation and entrepreneurialism. Last year we saw the fusion of augmented reality and geospatial data creating the global phenomenon that was Pokemon. In 2017, we’ll continue to see an explosion of augmented reality apps based on location context.”
TIM BARBERVP Software Solutions,Pitney Bowes
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8 CRAZY PREDICTIONS FOR GEOSPATIAL IN 2017Ready to read Matt’s 8 (crazy) predictions for Geospatial in 2017? Here’s the link.
“Let’s get crazy. None of your safe boring predictions. No going off into outer space either. Reality. At least our sense of reality.”
MATT SHEEHANFounder, WebMapSolutions
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Read more about Peter’s thoughts about Location-based Games in 2017.
THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LOCATION-BASED GAMES IN 2017
“The future of location-based games will be dominated by those who take advantage of the on-demand contextual data available on each user’s device. The mixing of each individual user’s reality with the overall fantasy of the game will not only make for more engaging games but far more personal experiences.”
PETER WITTIGCo-founder, Motive.io
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2017 – THE YEAR OF COLLABORATIVE MAPPINGRead more about Dino’s prediction that collaboration is key to GIS industry in 2017
“ It has never been easier to take the idea of GIS and mobile data collection to more people in organizations, as so many are educated by basemaps and games like Pokémon Go!. The key requirement is GIS that can actually deliver such simple, easy and high-quality user experience to enterprise users.”
DINO RAVNIĆCEO, GIS Cloud
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GEOSPATIAL RISING AND FALLING STARS FOR 2017Read more about Ryan’s rising and falling Geospatial stars for 2017.
“In a world with self driving cars, artificially intelligent home assistants, and popularity of games like Pokemon Go, the world of GIS and Location Based services is on a convergence path with macro-technology trends.”
RYAN GOODMANCEO, CMaps Analytics
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Read more about the factors that Ernest thinks are transforming the industry.
GEO IS BEHIND EVERY CORNER, EVEN IF YOU DON’T EXPECT IT
“Is “GIS is everywhere” a redundant statement? Aside from the rather poor (though literal) pun, I argue that it is redundant. I propose that GIS is currently going through a renaissance period of explosive growth, though perhaps not in the most obvious of ways.”
ERNEST EARONFounder & CTO, PrecisionHawk
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SET TO ACCELERATE IN 2017Read more about the AI processes that are happening at TomTom.
“Maps have existed for thousands of years and are still evolving to continue meeting users’ diverse and changing needs. Part of this evolution is the level of details included in the maps; geometry and street names alone are no longer sufficient, and in recent years, additional attribution has been added to maps to enhance the user experience. To facilitate this attribution, TomTom is developing new, innovative tools, such as Artificial Intelligence to speed up the process of map development and updates.”
PIETER GILLEGOT-VERGAUWENVP Product Marketing, TomTom
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THE FUTURE OF EARTH OBSERVATIONRead more about the future of Earth Observation
“Earth Observation is now heading towards a revolutionary model where all data is immediately available, all analysis is performed in near real-time as the data is acquired, and the distribution of the imagery analysis results are streamlined straight into users hands through apps and other channels, ready to be put to work.”
DR. KEITH BECKETTChief Scientist, UrtheCast
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