GI in 2015

Editor's Notes

• #5: Inclusive definition required for something where we no idea of its future shape!
• #6: Thanks to those who have already contributed ..........
• #8: Now to the presentations
• #12: http://www.twine.com/item/12wbdrgtb-598/youtube-layar-worlds-first-mobile-augmented-reality-browser
• #41: Geography and geographic information will continue to play a key part in policing and crime reduction over the next five years Applications such as calls for service and the publishing of crime statistics using online crime maps will continue to tick alongImprovements in information sharing may result in creating information overload leading to the receiving end of information having too much information, and not enough time or tools to understand it Geographic profiling will extend its application by helping to support volume crime investigations, but this opportunity will not be realised if developments in the tools to support linkage analysis are made The geographic information industry is well placed to assist in these two areas by helping to support the management of information, how it can be joined up, and identify the most significant patterns of interest.
• #42: Increased reliance on data as a service – challenges of archiving and licensing Data quality remains paramount Commercial nature of much proprietary data means data sharing within the energy industry will remain low, apart from regulatory purposes Data discovery needs to improve, but this does not mean big metadata projects Everyone likes standards, as long as they are their own ... Berik Davies
• #43: . Progression up the value chain: less emphasis on environmental monitoring data collection and more on joining, linking, analysing and generally “adding value” to the data;2.  Integration of environmental factors into business intelligence functions: environmental intelligence at a strategic, tactical and operational decision making level;3.  Need to be able to understand, interpret and communicate uncertainty in information sets;4.  The erosion of distinctions between experts and laity. This impacts on ownership of information, the quality of the added value and the engagement process using the information;5.  “Its not about the data” – beware of sceptics left drowning in a sea of data.Bill Oates
• #44: . Geography is an integrating discipline which has huge benefits to offer the financial services sector but to date take up has been surprisingly slow 2. Enterprise GIS - Capital management disciplines promoted by Basle II and Solvency II will ultimately use enterprise wide GIS solutions to underpin core business processes to improve the assumption / pricing and pro-active management of risk / accumulations. 3. Structural change in the industry These capital management disciplines will force the adoption of new portfolio management techniques and business modelling disciplines in both the banking and insurance sectors – with the emergence of new specialists to serve specific European and global markets, employing best in breed technology to stay at the forefront of their sector.  4. GIS enabled methods of analysing risk A new breed of market entrants will emerge to exploit structural weaknesses of the legacy IT infrastructure of existing players in the financial services sector. These entrants will seek to exploit their brands, embrace new technologies such as GIS to manage risk more effectively and will focus on effective capital management disciplines to maximise returns  5. The outlook for the UK Financial Services sector - The structure of the financial services market in the UK is likely to be supported rather than challenged by these new disciplines – and the adoption of new technologies such as GIS - which will enable the transparent end to end review of core processes.Graham Wallace
• #45: The changing role of local authorities from a direct provider of wide ranging local services to an enabler requires a shift in the way data are managed, made available and accessible and licensed; Digital engagement will foster the participation of citizens and business in the update and reuse of public data; The need for a new value proposition for core reference geospatial information will most likely require a shift in data policy and the removal of obstructive intellectual property right barriers; Constraints on public sector finances will mean wider partnership working and much greater reliance on shared and more cost effective geospatial services by pooling resources and technical infrastructures;Local authorities have considerable and sometimes cutting edge experience in meeting the requirements of a spatial data infrastructure which will be invaluable for INSPIRE. GescheSchmit / Brian Higgs
• #46: Primary focus is to support charting from the perspective of navigational safety with current difficulty in wider use – wider range of products and services will emerge.Integration of land and marine SDIs.UKHO divided in two: one part meting the needs of Defence and acting like other hydrographic offices worldwide; the second part a private company.Mike Osborne
• #47: Graphical reportage and GI dashboards will become de rigueur at all levels of the business ...... overpriced data sources will be impacted by an increasingly competitive marketplace, with new offerings undercutting the old hegemonies of the Ordnance Survey. Greater granularity in customer information and segmentation, enabled by embedded geodata elements, will allow for wild and exciting interpretations and analyses of the customer profiles...... TomTom app for inside the store will guide you to your item, just as you do in the car to direct you to the supermarket. Dissemination will be key to the GI strategy of the future, empowering and enabling traditionally non-GI fluent users to access, visualise and investigate for themselves data pertinent to their sphere of the company. Audun Clark
• #48: . Improvements in road network and related data will continue steadily, and will feed through into business applications, as well as enhancing the effectiveness of satellite navigation. 2. The green agenda will continue to have an influence on the transport industry. Businesses will want to parade their credentials as part of their marketing message, and geospatial data will be a key element for them in achieving the necessary transparency and efficiency gains. However, cost saving will remain the biggest incentive to purchasing of technology. 3. Organisations will increasingly look to improve the information they have about vehicles on the move. Their interest will extend from vehicle tracking systems to real-time monitoring of arrival times and presenting of tracking information to customers. 4. Optimisation solutions will be adopted even more widely than at present in the private sector, and increasingly in the public sector too – introducing savings in activities such as waste collection and disposal. 5. Geographic information will increasingly be integrated into the mainstream information technology systems of transport operators. Track and trace, visibility of the progress of an order, expected time of delivery, real-time proof of delivery, improved customer service: most of these things have already moved past the peak of the so-called Gartner Hype Cycle, and will steadily entrench themselves as “must-have” elements in the everyday transport mix. Mary Short
• #49: The Ambulance Services depend on geographical information as an integral part of their work.The use of geographical information elsewhere in the healthcare market is generally limited.The healthcare market is one of the largest in the UK, at about £120bn pa or almost 10% of GDP.The budget per capita is likely to reduce in real terms by 2015, so efficient use of resources is key.World class commissioning is a political initiative in which the spatial industry should play its part.Jamie Justham