This document discusses the evolution of geographic information systems (GIS) and geo web services from the 1990s to 2010. It summarizes different companies' approaches to providing isochrone (drive time/walking area) analysis as a web service. While basic mapping, routing and geocoding services were widely available, specialized geoanalysis services like isochrones were still lacking from major GIS vendors. The document proposes using open source GIS and cached results to provide a cost-effective isochrone web service to address this unmet need.
9. 1997 - MultimapGeoStack Multimap.com gif.cgi Mapping API +Caching engine places.cgi cache miss MapInfo Desktop for power mac Hacked to make it serve maps over http MySQL Collins Bartholomew Raster maps Bartholomew & OS Gazetteer
10. Multimap.com vs MapInfo gif.cgi Simple & Re-usable Cost Effective Fast Complex & Standalone Expensive Slow
15. Axon Active “Geo” Vision Focus on what customer needs Help customers solve problems by using best bits of GeoWeb + OpenSource GIS avoid hosting base data and engines www.axonactive.com 3/12/2010 15
30. Map24 #FAIL Too late – only realised they provided a Isochrone API after reading page 2 of MapTP Technical Whitepaper www.axonactive.com 3/12/2010 26