MOBILE GIS FOR ENTERPRISE Jaak Laineste, founder Geospatial World Forum, Rotterdam, 2013
Outline 1. GIS and IT trends from mobile context 2. Challenges with mobile GIS 3. Solutions in the market 4. Nutiteq mobile SDK solution
Background Regio – leading local GIS provider Reach-U – leading LBS provider for Ericsson globally Nutiteq – mobile GIS developer, globally Local OpenStreetMap community lead
GIS trends 1. IT trends in general Workstations PC Web Cloud Mobile computing Smartphones Tablets 2. GIS follows same path Mobile computing is not there yet
Web 2.0 after Google Maps Geodata is not special anymore Google has solved many GIS problems Show location(s) – web, mobile Show way from A to B Geocoding Navigation Google impact Geo is now simple, and free Geospatial is familiar
MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES
Web traffic 2013 Source: blogs.adobe.com, March 2013
Mobile traffic 2013 Source: blogs.adobe.com, March 2013
Mobile world trends 2012 – IDC data: Desktop will be replaced by tablets
Mobile issues Many platforms (still) Windows Mobile/CE Android, iOs, Windows 8, BlackBerry 10, Ubuntu mobile,... Hardware limit CPU, battery, screen size, controls (keys, pointer), connectivity Software limits New software is needed
Platforms – tablets
Mobile geodata challenges Data protection Device management tools, BYOD Database encryption GIS usability Maps love big screen Touch editing Data size Mobile storage: GB SSD Connectivity Mobile bandwidth: WiFi <20Mbps, 3+G <2Mbps Not always online – data synchronization Software Limited, expensive to develop
Mobile GIS solution examples Basic maps Google Maps for Android Apple MapKit TomTom SDK: Android and iOs Nokia Maps SDK MapQuest SDK GIS-specialized ESRI ArcGIS Mobile Nutiteq maps SDK Open Source OpenLayers Mobile HTML Route-me iOS derivates Android projects
Specialized solution examples Map rendering CloudMade – MapDroyd for Android Recce – iOs game-like maps CartoType – windows Mapsforge Turn-by-turn Navigation Sygic NaviGenie SDK Copilot Live
GIS mobile client apps ArcGIS for iOS and Android Google Earth MapBox iOS General Features: Connect to one cloud Basic editing Measure, GPS
Nutiteq Established 2006 MGMaps J2ME – 3+ M endusers Trapster – 20 M endusers, BB, J2ME Own apps – Nuticharts, Offline maps etc Customer base: Skobbler, Boeing, BEA Systems, BBVA, CloudMade, Trapster etc Developer community: 2000+
Nutiteq Maps SDK
Nutiteq SDK Wide range of data formats WMS, WFS, GeoTIFF, Shape, SpatiaLite... Offline and online Integrated Mapsforge, MBTiles, MGMaps... Editing Online WFS, offline SpatiaLite... 2D and 3D controls Custom 3D models on map
Utilities management app
WFS vector data client app
WMS with FeatureInfo
End-user application 2.5D
More advanced routing
Drivetime zones
3D city
Rotterdam 3D
Indoor 3D
Nutiteq SDK usage Download and develop for free Sample code project OpenSource data connectors Commercial partnerships welcome Map content Application/solution implementation Distribution
Thank you! Jaak Laineste CEO, Nutiteq