Comments on: GIS Analysis for the masses http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: “Real” GIS For Everyone « GIS Maps and Musings http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6857 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6857 [...] I’ve always thought so, and there’s a great discussion of this topic in this James Fee GIS Blog post. James shows an example of a web-based geoprocessing application, and surmises, as I do, that this [...]

]]> By: Dino Ravnic http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6856 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:22:57 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6856 There is an Adobe Flash based framework that can do GIS analysis. It can be integrated with various back-end technologies like PostgreSQL+PostGIS. You can see a tutorial about creating a Web GIS application here:

http://www.flashnavigator.net/tutorials/web-gis-tutorial-wigle/

]]> By: MAPSTER2010 http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6855 Sun, 04 May 2008 03:59:13 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6855 There is an Application that wraps around Arcreader called GeoSync XG. Pretty interesting app….

http://www.mapsync.com/GeoSyncXG/index.htm

]]> By: Luis http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6854 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:56:05 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6854 I work in land conservation as GIS technician and I see web-GIS applications like WebProcessingServer as very useful for staff whose main duties are not GIS related. They tend to use GIS for very simple applications and may not have time for other than basic GIS training. I can say this because I observe that even as most staff have ArcGIS on their desktop, some prefer to use Google Earth because they can communicate/exchange data with people out of the organization (of course not all of them, and not all the time).

The main challenge in my opinion for webGIS is to be able to access accurate data online (parcels, recent images, etc.) and have a place where analysis results could be stored/accessed/linked to organization’s databases. More complex analysis could be done by GIS technicians/analysts using desktop applications.

Great blog,

- Luis, NC

]]> By: KoS http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6853 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:33:26 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6853 I hope people are not arguing to move everything to the web and not have a “back-up” locally. The agency I work for, seems to be heading down that path. Put everything on the web and that’s all we need, bah.

What happens when access to the web goes down for a extended period of time? Have people sit around?

I don’t think people are advocating putting all their eggs into one basket. I haven’t seen someone yet bring into the debate the need to have two lines, one in-house and one on the web. Granted if more moves to the web, the less one would need in-house capabilities. I would think those in-house capabilities would never go away, just shrink.

KoS

]]> By: Ben http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6852 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6852 I’m an exploration geologist and currently use a web-based mapping tool provided by our local (State of Victoria, Australia) government. It’s great for quick analyses, lookups, and mud-maps of our mineral leases, combined with publicly available geological data, not to mention a LOT of historical data – data that we just wouldn’t have in-house, or maintain. I can create a map pretty quickly, and print to PDF or download shape files.
We can drill through hundreds of data layers to access current land-holding information (including pastoral and industrial), previous exploration reports, borehole data with lithology and assay results in some cases, govt survey geological interpretations and mapping data, and do basic dataset queries (selecting by attribute, point, location etc).
Pretty handy indeed.

]]> By: Dwell Time » links for 2007-10-16 http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6851 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:29:54 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6851 [...] GIS Analysis for the masses (tags: OGC:WPS geoprocessing) [...]

]]> By: Dave http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6850 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:08:29 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6850 @Paul,

I really don’t know – my point was more that whenever there is a B-2-B transaction, ppl will look to automate that. As we see geospatial awareness move deeper into the traditional IT “space”, I’m sure we’ll see more need to provide GP automation as a part of the solution. As others have said – it’s going to be called GP, but it’s just “what it takes” to provide the service.

I’m off to Mexico for a needed break – Cheers!

]]> By: Paul Bissett http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6849 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:32:08 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6849 @Dave

I agree with the secret sauce, and like your insurance example for online GP. It begs for a subscription based transaction service. I do not know much about the insurance industry. Do you think there is sufficient demand?

@Brian

Building a scalable GP solution on AWS, combined with a viable transaction/subscription service, would certainly appear to be a logical endeavor. I think it is a bit premature to be “signing up clients” but we could have a useful conversation.

]]> By: Nif http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6848 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/10/10/gis-analysis-for-the-masses/#comment-6848 A few things that concern me regarding online GIS:

1) Access to good base data (precise and accurate)
2) Control over that base data – appearance, attributes, etc.
3) Black boxing of geospatial knowledge

The gains in online mapping (graphics) have been phenomenal but it’s not GIS…yet.
Attribution and topology are the two big things that I don’t see mentioned much. Are they important anymore, have we just not gotten there yet, or are they hidden?

To me the strength of a GIS is it’s ability to be adaptable – in both analysis and representation of geographic data.

But it seems that things are moving forward and fast and they are interesting times to be participating in. (Dave said it better!)

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