Monday, March 13. 2006

Batty: GIS Industry Must Adapt (or die)

Peter Batty, Intergraph CTO, said at least the beginning part (I added the "or die" part) in his keynote at GITA New Zealand this week. I for one am jazzed that Stuff even covered the event, though oddly, the article does not even mention the conference name.

He endorsed ideas many in the press have noted:

GIS products from established vendors now offer more than most users need. Many customers will opt for cheaper alternatives such as Google Earth and Microsoft's MSN Virtual Earth.

"It's really hard for people to justify buying a major GIS. They want something that solves a business problem that happens to have GIS."

GIS companies should see these problems as opportunities rather than threats.

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GIS companies should see these problems as opportunities rather than threats.@@@@!!!

#1 rata (Link) on 2006-03-16 02:16 (Reply)

We're trying to do exactly that. Having developed a GIS product which can do a lot of stuff, we're not at all trying to sell it as a product. Rather, we're trying to sell solutions to problems.

Check out http://www.prithvitech.com/gis/gis_fw.php for a solution we just gave to the local family welfare department.

Selling our software as packaged software would not have solved their purpose by a long distance.

#2 Prashant (Link) on 2006-03-20 09:17 (Reply)

The event that Stuff covered was not in fact the GITA event in New Zealand as you state, but an event run locally by Intergraph for existing customers. It was held at Te Papa museum in Wellington, New Zealand. This event focused on future trends specific to Intergraph.
In addition to this event, Peter Batty presented at the GITA New Zealand event, covering generic trends in the geospatial industry.

#3 Alistair Johnson (Link) on 2006-03-20 16:54 (Reply)

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