Presentation to Web Enabled GIS Strategies Conference

1
Emerging Trends in GI Real Time GIS
Steve Blake ANZLIC the Spatial Information
Council Presentation to WALIS Forum, Perth,
10 February 2005
2
Outline

• Definition
• Historyto this point
• 3. The enabling technologies case studies
• 4. Applications of real-time GIS
• 5. Challenges

3
Definitions Real Time GIS

• Real-time navigation, data collection, and remote
  tracking within a GIS environment
• Display positions in real-time within a GIS as
  received from one or more local or remote units
  equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Viewing the real-time status of mapped elements
  and to have mapping information databases
  dynamically updated in real time

4
Mobile applications

• Includes asset tracking and management, vehicle /
  vessel navigation, real-time mapping, and field
  data collection or verification
• Viewing the real-time status of mapped elements
  and to have mapping information databases
  dynamically updated in real time

5
One concept of real-time GIS
6
Components for Real Time GIS

• GIS, raster image web servers relevant
  fundamental data
• GPS
• Mobile phones/ internet
• Computers often hand held or laptops
• Standards/protocols for data transfer often
  wireless.

7
Issues

• Emerging technologies - awareness
• Inconsistencies in the availability quality of
  spatial data
• Range of policies concerning access to use of
  data
• Skill sets the people

8
History

• Location based services one false start
• Lack of best practice in the utilisation of
  enabling technologies
• Niche market
• Visualisation tools
• Mainstreaming the present

9
GITA Conference 2004

• What are these significant changes and how do
  they influence our current definition or
  perception of GIS? There are increasing
  numbers of applications which include a spatial
  component but are not regarded as GIS, says
  Peter Batty. We are also seeing that the overall
  geotechnology industry is much more than
  traditional GIS, especially as the market for
  location tracking devices grows. In 5-10 years
  well have the ability to know where almost
  everything is all the time which provides
  enormous opportunities. GIS databases will update
  themselves in real time and sentient computing
  systems will respond automatically to peoples
  movements.

10
Applications
        Agricultural applications        
Asset tracking and management         Dispatch
and service calls         Emergency response /
dispatch         Environmental monitoring
        Field command / control
operations         Field GIS data
collection         Field GIS verification
        Forestry applications
11
Applications - continued
        Fire response         Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)         Military
training/ tactical operations         Police,
fire, ambulance service         Pipeline
routing         Search and rescue        
Survey/ mapping         Utility
inspection/maintenance         Vehicle or
vessel tracking         Vehicle, vessel,
aircraft navigation
12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
(No Transcript)
15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
Challenges

• Data supply/ update versus requirements
• Massive potential customer base
• Big telcos mobile phone companies
• Part of the standard mobile phone service?
• Privacy
• Bandwidth/ speed
• Applications that add value

18
The Five Priorities for Implementing the ASDI
Governance
19
Building the spatial information base
Other Thematic Data
20
Communities of Practice have similar needs

• Using the ASDI Framework

User Requests
User Interfaces
Community of Practice Z
Community of Practice X
Distributed Data Information Sources
Community of Practice Y
Access Services
GEOSPATIAL SERVICES
Integrative Services
Value-add Services
21
LG Framework for an Integrated Information
Management Solution
22
Case Studies

• Brian Johnson (Australian Maritime Systems)
  Automatic ship IDs
• Lillias Bovell (WA Dept of Environment)
  Tracking routes of hazardous wastes
• Serryn Eagleston (Curtin University) Detection
  of disease outbreaks using GIS