Ed [email protected]
@edparsons
The Where of EverythingAmbient Geospatial Technology
About me...
Geographer
Computer Scientist
Academic
Civil Servant
Lapsed Aviator..
Not your Grandfather's GIS Industry..
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The Where of Everything ? Just two things...
1) The world in your pocket…
2) The end of computers !
The world in your
pocket..
image source : Jing Photography
The Smartphone
is the map ..
One Billion Downloads !
1.4 BillionSmartphones sold up until 2015: Source IDC
Source The Opte Project © 2014 by LyonLabs, LLC and Barrett Lyon.
6 Billion
Devices
30
Exabytes
Storage
10,000 Edits per day
230 Countries
AprilMarchFebruaryJanuaryDecember
Disclaimer: This is an example.
Container Flow
Personal computing
Android Fused Location Service
myaccount.google.com
The end of computers !
25 BillionDevices connected to the Internet
(Source Gartner 2015)
2020
“The most profound technologies are those
that disappear. They weave themselves into
the fabric of everyday life until they are
indistinguishable from it.”
Mark Weiser (1952-1999)
Everything is somewhere...
Thank you !
Ed ParsonsGeospatial Technologist, Google
[email protected]
@edparsons