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

25 Years

Important Disclosure

“Past performance is no

guarantee of future

returns.”

WHY?

WHY

• 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

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/

Facilitators

Facilitators

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,..."