GIS IN Web 2.0 Era
Fifth National GIS Symposium in Saudi Arabia
Abdulsalam Abdulah Abdulaal
Al Khubar
Apr 25- 28, 2009
Jumada I 12-14, 1431
Literature Review.
What Is Web2.
Evolving Of Web2.0
Web 2.0 Characteristics.
Web2.0 Platform
Most Popular WEB2.0 sites
GIS Definition and Maturity Attributes
GIS Catachrestic on Web2.0
Examples of GIS web2.0
Conclusions
Q/A
Table of Content
Literature Review: What Is Web2.0
 Web 2.0 is social, it’s open (or at least it should be), it’s letting
go of control over your data, it’s mixing the global with the
local."—Richard MacManus
 "Web 2.0 is a marketing concept used by venture capitalists
and conference promoters to try to call another bubble into
existence."—Dave Winer
 "I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even
knows what it means."—Tim Berners-Lee
 "If an essential part of Web 2.0 is harnessing collective
intelligence, turning the web into a kind of global brain, the
blogosphere is the equivalent of constant mental chatter in the
forebrain, the voice we hear in all of our heads. It may not
reflect the deep structure of the brain, which is often
unconscious, but is instead the equivalent of conscious
thought." —Tim O'Reilly
 "Web 2.0 is about people"—David Sifry
It is new generation of internet (web1.0 static, web1.5
dynamic, web2.0 intellectual sharing)
What Is Web2.0
Web 2.0 refers to business, social and
technology evolutions, including new models for
community and collaboration. Gartner
Business
Web2.0
Social
Technology
Evolving Of Web2.0
TCP IP
Web
http
Ajax
globalization
APIs
web as platform
hyperlink
Blogs
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Web2.0 Catachrestic
Business
• Enhance creativity
• Marketing
• Collaboration
•Services Hosting
• Content Explosion
Social
• Globalization
• Opportunity & New Business Models
• Freedom & relinquishing control
• Mixing global with local
• Web as global brain
Web2.0
• Web-based communities
Technology
• Cloud Computing
• Saas
• Intellectual sharing
• Utility Computing
• Collaboration among users
• Platform as a services
• Social-networking wikis, blogs, and folksonomies
• An attitude not only a technology
• Internet Integration
• Data interface &
•metadata no longer needed
Web2.0 Platform
Only internet connectivity is needed
No need to run any application on user devices.
Most Popular WEB2.0 sites
Gmail: Gmail is built on the idea that you should never have to
delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you
want.
Google: Search Engine
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
Google maps: Global/local maps and API
Digg: a technology news website that employs non-hierarchical
editorial control. users submit stories for review and decide which
stories go on the homepage.
del.icio.us: a collection of favorites - yours and everyone else's.
Flickr: the best way to store, search, sort and share your photos
YouTube: Broadcast yourself!
Most Popular WEB2.0 sites
Netvibes: This is your personalized page, you can now modify
everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds,
change the parameters for each module, etc.
Google Earth: Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of
Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Writely: Simple and secure document collaboration and publishing.
Online word processor!
WordPress: a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform
with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
Technorati: Technorati brings you what’s happening on the web right now.
Skype: With Skype you can talk to anyone, anywhere for free,
foerver.
Techcrunch: TechCrunch profiles and reviews new
web 2.0 products and companies.
GIS IS MORE THAN A SET OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS… IT ENABLES THE
INTEGRATION OF LOCATION BASED DATA INTO ANALYTICAL AND MANAGERIAL
PROCESSES ACROSS A TELCO
GIS Definition and Maturity Attributes
A computer based system which captures, stores, manipulates,
analyzes, and displays geographically referenced data and its
associated attribute data to address various enterprise planning,
management and operational needs
CAD
Automates process
of generating
network drawings
and maps
Generally uses
points, lines and
areas
Attributes are
stored as graphics
within the drawing
Can support
multiple layers
overlay
AM/FM
Allows linking attribute
to the graphic
elements
GIS
Integrated GIS
Multiple
Enterprise
GIS
Enterprise Int. GIS
Adds geographic Spans multiple
Is at the heart of
location of the
department or
the decision
graphic elements business units of the
support system of
on top of AM/FM enterprise
Attribute data is stored
an organization
functionality
in a database and is
Integrates
accessed, maintained
Is fully
and analyzed through
Allows location
information from
the AM/FM application
based queries and several discrete data integrated with
analysis on
sources
the enterprise I/T
Advanced AM/FM
multiple layers of
infrastructure and
systems incorporate
data
process flows for end
business
(demographics,
to end network
processes
post-paid/prepaid
management
traffic, revenues)
Workforce
management modules
for effective
Source: Industry Benchmarks, BAH analysis
assignment,
dispatching, etc…
GIS Catachrestic on Web2.0
Business
• exploration of GIS base decision Support system.
• Marketing base on location.
• Geographical Collaboration
•Services Hosting
• Geographical Content Explosion S. Images.
Social
• Globalization
• Opportunity & New Business Models
• Freedom & relinquishing control
• Mixing global with local seamless world.
• Web as global geographical brain
• Geographical base communities
Web2.0
• Intellectual sharing of spatial data.
• Collaboration among users to enrich spatial contents.
• Social-networking wikis, blogs, and folksonomies
Technology
• In addition to Cloud Computing,
Saas, Utility Computing,
Platform as a services.
• Exploration of traveling.
• Huge expansion in Mobile phone
usages in spatial manners.
•Virtual spatial world.
• FMC Fix Mobile Convergence.
•link personal knowledge, wishes, dreams,
events into spatial references.
•Interoperability of spatial data
•Geo references images & pictures
Examples of GIS web2.0
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ArcGIS Online ESRI.
Google Earth
MapQuest
Yahoo Maps
Maps. Com
Bing Maps
Many GIS Manufactures claims
having cloud computing capabilities.
New Traffic Model Cars Talks To Cars
•Traffic Jam.
•Rerouting.
•Points Of
Interest.
•Accident.
• Police Check
Points.
Cars Users Communities
Cars Will be equipped with black box
like an air plane.
This Black box bundled with
•GPS Devices
•Communication Devices
•Sensors
•Hard Disk
•Weather
Forecast.
•Business Offers.
•Advertisement.
•Maps changes &
Directions.
• Sensors
Information
Conclusions
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The full impact of Web 2.0 will be realized through three major changes:
shifting the social behavior; new Web technology; and business responses.
Bandwidth limitations will gradually disappear allowing for more geospatial
data handling and sharing.
Interoperability and files comprising technique will play major roles in
adopting web 2.0 concepts in GIS industry.
Web 2.0 on the spot. Vendors have different strategies for leveraging and
leading in the Web. Organizations need to assess vendors' strategies with
business requirements in proactive mode.
Data security concerns will be the main determinant of which applications
move to Web 2.0 and when.
In GIS area Spatial Data Availability + Data security will be the main
determinant of which applications move to Web 2.0 and when.
The growing availability of cost-effective, geospatial virtual-world technology
to simulate interactions in the real world has re-emphasized their value. Also
empowered by cost-effective precise geospatial data acquisitions.
Advance Web services are becoming increasingly complex and oriented toward
enterprise-class computing environments.
Researchers start talking about web3.0.
Thank You
Q/A
Abdulsalam Abdulah Abdulaal
Tel: 0505314052
aaal@stc.com.sa