Comments on: Thoughts About ASPRS 2007 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/ "Some random geographer's" opinionated output Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Watch out Norfolk Island, here I come http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-477 Watch out Norfolk Island, here I come Thu, 10 May 2007 16:25:45 +0000 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-477 [...] Fantom Planet reports that Google Earth is like a country upon itself: Michael Jones, the CTO of Google, noted that GE’s user base is approximately the tenth most populated country coming in with 200,000,000 users in the world in his keynote [...] [...] Fantom Planet reports that Google Earth is like a country upon itself: Michael Jones, the CTO of Google, noted that GE’s user base is approximately the tenth most populated country coming in with 200,000,000 users in the world in his keynote [...]

]]> By: George Demmy http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-474 George Demmy Thu, 10 May 2007 12:52:23 +0000 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-474 Err, that would be number 2 India. -- G Err, that would be number 2 India. — G

]]> By: George Demmy http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-473 George Demmy Thu, 10 May 2007 12:39:27 +0000 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-473 FP> if GE is the world’s tenth largest country, what is Adobe Reader? Depending on the source, there are somewhere between a half billion and three-quarters of a billion seats of Reader. That would put it ahead of US (301M) the EU (461M) (not a country, exactly), and just behind number 3 India (1130M). FP> Don’t let the GeoPDF marketing team catch on to that, we may soon all be the victims of a similar rhetorical question. Well, I'm not a marketer, or a member of the marketing team -- just a lowly hacker in the corporate world view. However, I've gleaned what could be a cool marketing meme off of the internet (somewhere): Imagine if the Adobe Reader of GIS was Adobe Reader. How's *that* for rhetorical hype! Anyway, I'm heading to Where 2.0 as well, so I hope to see you there. G FP> if GE is the world’s tenth largest country, what is Adobe Reader?

Depending on the source, there are somewhere between a half billion and three-quarters of a billion seats of Reader. That would put it ahead of US (301M) the EU (461M) (not a country, exactly), and just behind number 3 India (1130M).

FP> Don’t let the GeoPDF marketing team catch on to that, we may soon all be the victims of a similar rhetorical question.

Well, I’m not a marketer, or a member of the marketing team — just a lowly hacker in the corporate world view. However, I’ve gleaned what could be a cool marketing meme off of the internet (somewhere): Imagine if the Adobe Reader of GIS was Adobe Reader. How’s *that* for rhetorical hype!

Anyway, I’m heading to Where 2.0 as well, so I hope to see you there.

G

]]> By: GeoMullah http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-472 GeoMullah Thu, 10 May 2007 11:55:33 +0000 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-472 A lot of folks asked about this, and I think that the shear number of aerial services and modeling companies that MSFT has acquired actually help them stand up those models. In other words, "modeling gnomes." I had a conversation with another colleague who said, "That's nice, they [Microsoft] can make buildings look nice. Now, what are they? How do you access their attribution? A search result?" Of course, the Slippy Map Kid vs. GIS Pro debate is ongoing. The discussion should always be about "the right tool for the right job". A lot of folks asked about this, and I think that the shear number of aerial services and modeling companies that MSFT has acquired actually help them stand up those models. In other words, “modeling gnomes.”

I had a conversation with another colleague who said, “That’s nice, they [Microsoft] can make buildings look nice. Now, what are they? How do you access their attribution? A search result?”

Of course, the Slippy Map Kid vs. GIS Pro debate is ongoing. The discussion should always be about “the right tool for the right job”.

]]> By: Morten http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-471 Morten Thu, 10 May 2007 05:55:35 +0000 http://fantomplanet.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/thoughts-about-asprs-2007/#comment-471 Interesting that Microsoft is so much more visible there than Google (well interesting that even Microsoft is so much present there, apart from their Vexcel company). Any details on how Microsoft autogenerates their 3D city models? As a former 3D city modeler/photogrammetry/lidar/orthophoto/mapping-kinda guy it is a very interesting how the hell they have pulled that off. Interesting that Microsoft is so much more visible there than Google (well interesting that even Microsoft is so much present there, apart from their Vexcel company).
Any details on how Microsoft autogenerates their 3D city models? As a former 3D city modeler/photogrammetry/lidar/orthophoto/mapping-kinda guy it is a very interesting how the hell they have pulled that off.

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