On 22 and 23 April 2010, Andrew Coote, a director of ConsultingWhere Ltd gave a number of talks to the New Zealand geospatial community. More than 100 people came along to the presentations organised by the New Zealand Geospatial Office.

Andy spoke about his experiences in setting up spatial data infrastructures in the UK and Europe, and the lessons learned. Good spatial data infrastructures allow an organisation to make the information they produce easy for others to find, share and use.

Andy presented his company's recent research on where geospatial information might be heading over the next five years. He also looked the business implications, organisational changes required and the return on investment that comes from adopting geospatial technology.

Andy had had many years of experience as a leader in the UK geospatial community. He has had leading roles in European spatial data infrastructure efforts, and is a founding member of the Association of Geographic Information in the UK.

You can download the presentations and notes below.

Presentations and notes

1. Spatial Data Infrastructures: Some lessons learned from UK and Europe (PDF 450KB)
2. The AGI Foresight Study - a vision of the geospatial industry in 2015  (PDF 3MB)
3. Thought Pieces - the changing shape of the industry, location-based services, emerging markets, geospatial in politics and the value of geospatial to the nation (PDF 520KB).

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