CNIC Information System with Pakdata Cf In Pakistan
"Open Source and Open Data creating possibilities for location intelligence business" by Sanna Jokela
1. Open Source and Open Data creating possibilities for
location intelligence business
Mindtrek 2022, Sanna Jokela
2. Gispo Ltd.
● Founded in 2012
○ 19+ employees
● We consult our customers on how to utilize FOSS4G
solutions and open data efficiently
● We develop software
○ QGIS plugins and QGIS core
● We train our customers in GIS; 100+ organizations
and 1000+ people
● We support our customers who use FOSS4G
● Open source advocate and capacity building with
open source
3. Open GIS ⇒ FOSS4G possibilities
● GIS is used in every sector of life (maps, navigation, information
science/analysis)
● Education, NGOs, public sector, business:
○ Saving money (no license costs)
○ Easy to test the tools and choose the best ones
○ Usually requires efforts in migration (knowhow and data)
○ New features can be created specifically for their needs
● FOSS4G Business models - might be applicable to other OS-product also?
○ Freelancing: easy to start (tools and data are available), e.g. training/consulting
○ SAAS-services: open core/hosting services
○ Service based: support, courses, consulting, software development
11. The size of QGIS community? (In 2021)
● 2.7 m pageviews for QGIS.org
● Plugin downloads (best ones 3
million times)
● 35 user groups
● 500 000 views for “QGIS 3 for
absolute beginners”-video in
youtube
● Sloccount QGIS forth is 54 m$
⇒ compared to: QGIS.org Association
income in 2021: 239 250€