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Ordnance Survey
Big Data
QGISESRI
Proprietary
Open Source
FOSS4G
Open Data
Rasters
Vector
.shp
PostGIS
GIS
Geogeek
Python
MapInfo
CadCorp
.TAB
27700 WGS 84
WMS
data.gov.uk
.csv
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Who is this man & why is he here! Name:
Job title:
Current Employer:
Geogeek:
Describe your role:
Why are you here:
Simon Miles
GIS Developer
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
YES!
I create maps from data, scripts and code; and help 80+ other staff to roughly the same thing!
To sell you free GIS!
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Routes into GIS?
QGISAstun Technology Open-Source
Goodies
Data
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What is QGIS?
Open-Source GIS solution = Licence Free
<0.5 million downloads as of version 1.8
UK Local Authority uptake growing!
www.qgis.org
RBWM migrated from a proprietary to open source GIS last year
Yr 1 savings of £15,000 in just licence costs
Increased our GIS user base to over 80
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Why migrate?
Image - http://abrampoon.files.wordpress.co/2010/08/at-cross-roads3.jpg
ESRI (Proprietary GIS vendor)
Costing a fortune Locked in data
No real means of scaling up GIS
?Alternative GIS vendor
?
?Spend more
with ESRI ?
?Go
Open-Source ?
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Savings?
Image -http://www.q4.com/savings-accounts/
Reduction inHardware upgrades,Memory, cpu’s etc
£15,000 in ESRI
Licence costsYr 1
Server consolidation
More GIS for less
Further savings in ESRI
Licence costs of£7000Yr 2
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What do we do with GIS?
Lots!Over 700 datasets in our database
Some staff….Just view data
Create dataAnalysis data
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Data - PostGIS
750 odd GIS datasets
From Dog bins
to CCTV camera coverage
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Data - Rasters
Ordnance Survey supplied data,Vector Map Local 1:50,000 map etc
We purchase…
Aerial PhotographyHistoric Maps
Image:http://clayman5.deviantart.com/art/raster-man-reggae-music-296533472
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Data – Raw GIS formats
• Supplied by contractors
• Created in-house
• Downloads from
data.gov.uk ONS Environment Agency
Image:http://images.flatworldknowledge.com/campbell/campbell-fig04_008.jpg
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Master Map – look and feelC
olo
ur
Bla
ck &
Wh
ite
Bit
of
3D
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Master Map – Urban Grain
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2001 census data
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Crime data
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imd 2010 – Living Environment
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