What is special about Geospatial?

There is an interessting Article about the current status of GIS in Europa. There the trend of GIS into mainstream markets are discussed. Euproean companies playing only inferior standing.

GIS, from a geoinformation perspective’ (availability of data sets) as well as from a methods, techniques and software technology perspective, certainly is a globalized phenomenon. The GIS industry is mainly based on some global players, with regional differences in societal frameworks, and thus policies and operational practice, limited to a few areas like cadastre or approval of permits.

Another citeation:

There seems to be a decreasing market share of European software technologies, even more so in the hardware sector.

Other topics in this article are INSPIRE, GALILEO and GMES. You can find the full article unter: http://www.zgis.at/team/strobl/GISEurope_GISDevJan08.pdf

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