The Cathedral and the GPS

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 !!

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