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| Subject: | RE: GISList: GIS P2P - * Market Research Question * |
| Date: |
01/20/2003 08:21:54 PM |
| From: |
Neil Havermale |
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Very interesting. The original business model for Napster was poorly
formulated too. It also organically turned the music industry on its head.
It was so successful that it had to be squashed.
While not a real expert on music formats and their related metadata, all the
GIS issues that those who responded on the topic suggest that there is a
macro trend to improve GIS metadata generally. (Its coming if we can just
some how defeat all the vested interests.) The potential of an OGIS effort
via GML or something like it could drive the data hoarders towards their
normal market driven demise: more suppliers means prices drop and universal
quality improves - just give some of that regular gas.
The pending SUM by Anthony will be watched for. If his client doesn't take
the bite of this beast, we need to recruit a very smart young mind looking
to kick over a few buckets.... sooner rather than later.
MidNight Mapper
aka neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Quartararo [mailto:ajq3@spatialnetworks.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 5:51 AM
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: GISList: GIS P2P - * Market Research Question *
List -
* Disclosure lest I be slammed: This question is in the realm of market
research, but I will share with List *
We have a client that has asked us about the feasibility of developing a
product analogous to "Napster GIS", albeit, not a dot-com, and not
infringing on anyone's IPR illegally. Aside from the obvious negative
business perception associated with Napster, the technology of more recent
generations is indeed worth looking at.
We have most of the real technical questions and challenges addresses,
however, I have difficulty with the compelling business reason for someone
or some organization(s) implementing such a "solution". Quite honestly,
there doesn't seem to be one. I am not convinced, as some would like to
believe, that if we build it, "they" will come.
There is an argument that it would be a fairly agile competitor to the ESRI
Geography Network, and it should be built just because of that argument
alone, but if it doesn't make money in a fairly simple manner, it probably
wouldn't work long term.
The question really is, what, if any applications do you feel this might
have, what problems would this solve, what fatal flaws are not so apparent?
Why should or shouldn't this be built. I'm not keen to turn work away,
especially these days, however it seems pointless to recommend a strategic
direction that will blow up in our/client's face anyway. Replies in private
are welcome, but they will be summed on the list. Thanks in advance.
Anthony
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