{"id":1810189,"date":"2022-12-02T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1810189"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:00:15","slug":"geospatial-data-is-stuck-in-the-year-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/geospatial-data-is-stuck-in-the-year-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Geospatial Data Is Stuck in the Year 1955&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Killick\u2019s blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/maphappenings.com\">Map Happenings<\/a>, looks very much like one worth following. Killick\u2019s been around the block more than a few times, working at Mapquest, Esri and most recently at Apple\u2019s Maps division. He\u2019s seen things, in other words. In his latest post, <a href=\"https:\/\/maphappenings.com\/2022\/12\/01\/why-geospatial-data-is-stuck-in-the-year-1955\/\">he decries the geospatial industry\u2019s lack of common data standards<\/a>, which he compares to the shipping industry before container ships.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/maphappenings.com\/2022\/12\/01\/why-geospatial-data-is-stuck-in-the-year-1955\/\"><p>The lack of common, broadly adopted geospatial data exchange standards is crippling the geospatial industry. It\u2019s a bit like going to an EV charger with your shiny new electric vehicle and discovering you can\u2019t charge it because your car has a different connector to the one used by the EV charger. The electricity is there and ready to be sucked up and used, but, sorry\u2014your vehicle can\u2019t consume it unless you miraculously come up with a magical adaptor that allows the energy to flow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>James produces a couple of counterexamples\u2014standards for transit data and indoor mapping developed by Google and Apple, respectively\u2014and points to Esri as a possible force for data standardization.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/immersive-view-and-the-death-of-consumer-maps\/\">Immersive View and the Death of Consumer Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Killick\u2019s blog, Map Happenings, looks very much like one worth following. Killick\u2019s been around the block more than a few times, working at Mapquest, Esri and most recently at Apple\u2019s Maps division. He\u2019s seen&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/geospatial-data-is-stuck-in-the-year-1955\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gis","category-industry","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1811111,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/the-overture-map-foundation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810189,"position":0},"title":"The Overture Map Foundation","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 December 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Announced earlier this month, the Overture Map Foundation is an initiative founded by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta (i.e. Facebook), Microsoft and TomTom to build an ecosystem of interoperable open map data\u2014an ecosystem, note, that does not at the moment include Apple, Esri or Google, so presumably this is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1811584,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/the-rationale-behind-overture\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810189,"position":1},"title":"The Rationale Behind Overture","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 January 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"A couple of links regarding the Overture Map Foundation announcement (previously) afford some context and background. James Killick chalks up the decision to launch Overture to a combination of needs to control costs and maintain control while ensuring interoperability: \u201cthe reasons for the birth of OMF seem to be valid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1791428,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/the-geospatial-revolution-project-mapping-the-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810189,"position":2},"title":"The Geospatial Revolution Project: Mapping the Pandemic","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CjAuDfnVKi4 A decade after the Geospatial Revolution Project, which explored the use and impact of digital mapping technologies, released its fourth and (apparently) final episode, there\u2019s a new episode focusing on how digital mapping tools were conscripted into the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Project has posted a version\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;GIS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"GIS","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/gis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/CjAuDfnVKi4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1788244,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/a-list-of-geospatial-podcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810189,"position":3},"title":"A List of Geospatial Podcasts","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 January 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"I haven\u2019t been keeping up on what mapping and geospatial podcasts are out there. (My last post on the subject was nearly a decade ago.) Fortunately, GIS Lounge has a roundup of geospatial podcasts, most of which I was not aware of (see above); interesting to see that Very Spatial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcasts &amp; Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcasts &amp; Radio","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/podcasts-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1817957,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/08\/the-routledge-handbook-of-geospatial-technologies-and-society\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810189,"position":4},"title":"The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 August 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Out this week: The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society (Routledge), a collection of essays edited by Alexander J. 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