The Cathedral and the GPS
A Personal View
Ed Parsons

The Inspiration..
The Cathedral and the
Bazaar
Eric S. Raymond

“Given enough eyeballs, all
bugs are shallow”

The Cathedral The Bazaar ?

democratising
technology..

The era of the Pro-Am..

supernova 1987a

February 23, 1987

The Current Geoweb
Corporate
Potential Community generated
The long tail of Geodata

Is anybody listening ?
• “COI welcomes the opportunity to work
with OPSI in developing experimental
partnerships between user-generated
sites and major departments. “
• “Subject to resources being available,
OPSI is keen to work with the trading
funds and HM Treasury to evaluate the
potential impact of a more enabling
stance for non- commercial re-use, to
encourage experimentation and
innovation.”
• “Ordnance Survey will look very
seriously over the coming weeks at the
recommendation to launch Open
Space.”

OSM still to do...

Image Source : PocketGPSWorld
Tom Tom Share - 10m potential surveyors !!

Thank you!
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www.edparsons.com