GeoWeb Services #WIN or #FAIL

John Fagan, Geo Software Design, Axon Active

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Geo Web services
#WIN or #FAIL?
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1990’s – Sean Phelan’s Vision

1996 - Multimap.com launched (no maps)

Desktop GIS - MapInfo Desktop for Power Mac v4

gif.cgi?pclist= ec1n2ns,ec4a2dy&width=500&height=500

1997 - MultimapGeoStack
Multimap.com
gif.cgi
Mapping API +Caching engine
places.cgi
cache miss
MapInfo Desktop
for power mac
Hacked to make it serve maps over http
MySQL
Collins Bartholomew
Raster maps
Bartholomew & OS
Gazetteer

Multimap.com vs MapInfo
gif.cgi
Simple & Re-usable
Cost Effective
Fast
Complex & Standalone
Expensive
Slow

Many customers still use gif.cgi today

>> Fast forward a few years
Base Services (Find, Map, Route)

Web 2.0 API’s
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visualisation, sharing, data, finding, analysis

Traditional GIS Vendors
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Base Services Plus Geo Analysis

Axon Active “Geo” Vision
Focus on what customer needs
Help customers solve problems by using best bits of GeoWeb + OpenSource GIS
avoid hosting base data and engines
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Axon Active Geo Vision
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Case study – Isochrone Requirement
Drive Time and Walking Isochrones
Web Service
Cost effective
Fast
de-coupled
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GYM+ Club #FAIL
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Isochrones not really mass market

ESRI #WIN
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ESRI #FAIL
Hosted Service ?
European Coverage?
Costs?
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ESRI #FAIL
ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online Map Services
ArcGIS Online Sharing
ArcGIS Online Task services
ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs
Business Analyst Online API ($3.30 report)
ArcWebServices
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Online World Geocoding (North America only)
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Computer says no.....EU Isochrones
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Pitney Bowes #WIN
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Pitney Bowes #FAIL
€6.40 per isochrone request
6 sec per isochrone request
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Map24 #WIN
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Map24 #FAIL
Too late – only realised they provided a Isochrone API after reading page 2 of MapTP Technical Whitepaper
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Desktop GIS to the rescue

2010 - GeoStack
Axon Active Platform
x
Service
Isochrone Service
x
Service
x
Service
x
x
x
PostGIS
Isochrone cache
x
MapInfo
pre-compute
x
x

Summary
Geo industry has come along way,
Routing, Geocoding, Mapping #WIN
Geo Analysis Web Service API’s #FAIL
Product Marketing (ESRI, Map24)
Coverage (ESRI)
Business Models (Pitney Bowes)
Performance (Pitney Bowes)
T&C’s
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Thanks
john faganubergeo.com@johnbfagan

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