INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

• COMPUTERS
• ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
• POSITIONING TECHNOLOGIES
• COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
• GEOSPATIAL DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
• VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

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USERS
Simple Access
GSDI
Increasing Complexity
Database
Database
Database
Database
Database
Data Coll
Data Coll.
Data Coll.
Data Coll
Data Coll.
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TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION LIFE CYCLE Crossing the
Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
MAINSTREAM
Chasm
Late Majority
Early Majority
Early Adopters
Laggards
Innovators
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INDUSTRY GROWTH CURVE
DIVERSIFICATION LATE MAINSTREAM COMPETITION NEED
COMPUTERS
INFRASTRUCTURE EARLY MAINSTREAM KNOWLEDGE WANT
60
COMMUNICATION
INNOVATION EARLY ADOPTERS CURIOUSITY TRY
INTERNET OPEN SOURCE INVISIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE
25
MICROSOFT APPLE COMPAC DELL
2
We are here
COMMODORE 64 ATARI OSBORNE
Industry leaders emerge
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INDUSTRY GROWTH CURVE
DIVERSIFICATION LATE MAINSTREAM COMPETITION NEED
Geomatics Industry
INFRASTRUCTURE EARLY MAINSTREAM KNOWLEDGE WANT
60
INNOVATION EARLY ADOPTERS CURIOUSITY TRY
25
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We are here
Industry leaders emerge