"Of Data Silos, Geo-Babel & Other Geo Malaises"; presented at AGI GeoCommunity 2010, on 29th. September 2010 in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

1. Of Data Silos, Geo-Babel and Other Malaises Gary Gale, Director Ovi Places Registry gary.gale@nokia.com twitter.com/vicchi AGI GeoCommunity Stratford-upon-Avon, September 2010 52° 11' 33.5868”, -1° 42' 2.8758"

2. KELLYLEEBARRETT on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylee/4177529745/

3. Gary Gale on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4414198544/

5. Changua Coast Conservation Action on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/waders/3177090710/

6. Nad on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nad/386051891/

7. mapping and locating ourselves and the world Boson Nova on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bosonnova/3250298799/

8. ??? bc - smoke signals Newsbie Pix on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/newsbiepix/4235304729/

9. 3200 bc – celestial navigation ohad* on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohadby/4119933035/

10. 1000 bc – homing pigeons Adelaide Archivist on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/adelaide_archivist/3172908079/

11. 1100 bc – magnetic compass Sebastian Niedlicj (Grabthar) on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/42311564@N00/2292118012/

12. 1300 – mappa mundi elefthis1 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/61288890@N00/2141540887/

13. circa 1600 normanbleventhalmapcenter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674855383/

14. caveman on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/3185534518/

15. perpetualplum on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/perpetualplum/2866054138/

16. 1900 – radio triangulation Happychopper on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/happychopper/345096825/

17. 1960 - gps John_Dulaneyon Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/15046584@N08/1562794445/

18. 1990 – portable gps 2Tales on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stigster/3761714132/

19. 2000 – “smart” phones

20. 2009 – LBS apps 20

21. Sasha Wolff on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashawolff/3228711025/

22. but in 2010 … where’s the map? Leo Reynolds on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/

26. data, data, everywhere Dunechaseron Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/163959411/

27. bionicteaching on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/2920562020/

28. Chris Torres on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctorresphoto/3427060086/

29. the four horseman of the geopocalypse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apocalypse_vasnetsov.jpg

30. the first horseman – data silos the first horseman - pestilence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BambergApocalypseFolio014rFirstHorseman.JPG

31. international commercial data

32. national commercial and open data

33. international crowd-sourced open data

34. national open data

35. specialist and niche commercial data

36. social network crowd-sourced data

37. geo-fenced location services and data

38. (data) silos (lots of them) Zoom Zoom on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoomzoom/304135268/

39. (not so) unique identifiers sporkwrapper on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sporkwrapper/264250038/

40. != != != != 37.330123, -121.891079

41. the second horseman - war the second horseman – licensing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BritLibAddMS35166ApocalypseUnkFolio2SealRedHorse.jpg

42. “Everyone wants free, open, high quality geo data and no one wants to pay for it” “The (Geo) Data Dichotomy Dilemma” Gary’s Bloggage, November 2009 http://www.vicchi.org/2009/11/16/the-geo-data-dichotomy-dilemma/

43. proprietary and closed licensing Dru Bloomfield on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/athomeinscottsdale/3279949186/

44. open licensing mafleen on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafleen/4858606716/

45. licensing isn’t always what it seems mofo on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yomofo/6681546/

46. some licenses are viral Ted Rheingold on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmindful/113996138/

47. “As an OSM activist and commercial cartographer both, I find myself using OS OpenData more and more… yet have never even started using OSM data for commercial purposes” Richard Fairhurst commenting on “Cartographically Speaking; Data (Lots), Maps (Not So Much), Problems (Many)” Gary’s Bloggage, July 2010 http://www.vicchi.org/2010/07/30/cartographically-speaking-data-lots-maps-not-so-much-problems-many/

48. the third horseman - famine the third horseman – derivation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dieu_en_majesté.jpg

49. http://cheezburger.com/View/3944760320

50. the fourth horseman – co-mingling the fourth horseman - death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BambergApocalypseFolio016rForthHorseman.JPG

51. co-mingling Zoom MadreMia!!! on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebeccacowser/3913497067/

52. the inaccurate fifth horseman - pestilence the inaccurate fifth horseman – i’m here not there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Durer_Revelation_Four_Riders.jpg

54. take the four horseman of the geopocalypse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apocalypse_vasnetsov.jpg

55. urbanmkr on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmkr/237252443/

56. … and we get … Terry Hart on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhart/4458595395/

57. geo-babel Yufu Lin on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/yufujamar/3383400631/

58. possible solution # 1 David on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdell/548548453/

59. license harmonization William Murphy on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/3959890868/

60. some licenses will always be restrictive or closed Martin Cathrae on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/suckamc/2560335775/

61. and despite community licenses like Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/choose/results-one?license_code=by-sa&jurisdiction=&version=3.0&lang=en

62. and the open database license http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

63. more silos in the making Zoom Zoom on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoomzoom/304135268/

64. some people just don’t like licenses Simon Booth-Lucking on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonbooth/4791803924/

65. possible solution # 2 Leo Reynolds on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/3992825492/

66. open database of places Tom Magliery on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

67. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/17/open-database-places/

68. there may be trouble ahead Tobias C. Jensen on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/toby87/3614063326/

69. “realizing this goal will take an eon in Internet time unless we see an unanticipated outbreak of altruism on the part of a data supplier” Tyler Bell, “Why check-ins and like buttons will change the local landscape”, O’Reilly Radar, May 2010 http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/05/check-ins-like-buttons-will-ch.html

70. and … Leo Reynolds on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/32256861/

71. Chris Henden on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/recurrence/6271033/

72. Howard Lake on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/howardlake/3637581793/

73. N-Plex?

74. sn0rk on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn0rk/4544801421/

75. londonohio

76. londonontario

77. london united kingdom

78. no news-stands? Pirate Alice on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piratealice/2056491590/

79. easy and orange? Christopher Doyle on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishflyguy/2425063737/

80. Chris Henden on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/recurrence/6271033/

81. possible solution # 3 Mario Kilngemann Reynolds on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/2358017289/

82. open database of identifiers Elizabeth Skene on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/skene/3874882162/

83. Ovi Place Facebook Place Long/Lat Foursquare WOEID nrivera on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrivera/3158814786/

84. Alex Proimos on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4199675334/

85. The Big Mr on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigmr/2653809227/

86. Location Market Value 2010 - $3.6B 2013 - $9.4B Source: Strategy Analytics, September 2010

87. Sasha Wolff on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashawolff/3228711025/

88. Thank you Gary Gale, Director Ovi Places Registry gary.gale@nokia.com twitter.com/vicchi