I am working on geospatial project, initially mapbox and maptiler competitor. My perspective is that there is combination factors that make geospatial tech to suck.
- Legacy open source solution GDAL, mapzen and mapbox abandonware
- Google semi monopoly on map data
- Dead-end desktop apps like ArcGIS and QGIS
- Plethora of formats/interfaces for storing and accessing map data
- Plenty of uncoordinated efforts from government funded organizations
My general thinking is that open-source is not suitable for geospatial tech because this is a highly specialized field with relatively small TAM. I think that there should be an antitrust case against google that should force them to contribute data to OSM.
I am hoping that current landscape do not change in follwoing 1-2 years.
I am hoping that current landscape do not change in follwoing 1-2 years.