January 23, 2006
Emerging Technologies for 2006 – Part 2
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Welcome to GISWeekly! The second part of our look at Emerging Technologies for 2006 focuses on location technology. Carriers such as Verizon, Sprint/Nextel and others are generating new revenue, attracting new subscribers, and increasing customer loyalty by adding the value of location to their wireless services. Hear what Peter Batty, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Intergraph and Sunit Lohtia, CTO of Location Services at Autodesk have to say about upcoming technologies in the new year.
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Emerging Technologies for 2006 - Part 2
by Susan Smith
new subscribers, and increasing customer loyalty by adding the value of location to their wireless services.
At all levels - professional to consumer - LBS technology will change the way people interact and solve problems in the coming year.
Peter Batty, CTO Intergraph
1) What were the most significant announcements in GIS and/or your area of expertise for the year 2005?
in cases where they can add value.
When we look back in a few years, I think we may view Intergraph's selection, as part of the Lockheed Martin team, to provide the electronic security system for the New York MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) as a pivotal event. This has given us huge momentum in the emerging transportation security market. I believe we can leverage the technology we develop and expertise we gain through this and other similar projects to be the leader in the growing market for real-time operational geospatial applications.
2) What do you see as the emerging technologies for 2006?
leveraging cell phone tracking.
3) Which of these do you feel will be realized and to what degree in 2006?
Everything I mentioned will be implemented in 2006, but will become much more widespread in subsequent years. From talking to my former colleagues at Ubisense, I think it could be something of a break-out year for UWB location tracking. Cell phone tracking is another technology with potential to see significantly more growth this year.
4) What are the cutting edge developments to look for from your organization?
A major focus for Intergraph is the continued development of our transportation security products, which are being deployed in several projects including New York MTA. These incorporate a number of the technologies I mentioned including sensor and video integration. We will be applying these developments in a number of different markets.
Web Services and a Service Oriented Architecture continue to be a major focus area for us, and we have a number of product enhancements planned in these areas. Last year Intergraph merged several divisions into our new Security, Government and Infrastructure division, and we see many ways in which we can combine products that were formerly in different divisions in innovative ways. We are looking at several other interesting ideas in our newly formed research group, which I'm not quite ready to talk about yet!
Sunit Lohtia, CTO of Autodesk Location Services
1) What were the most significant announcements in GIS and/or your area of expertise for the year 2005?
There were several significant announcements from Autodesk Location Services in 2005. To start off the year, Autodesk announced the integration of its LocationLogic solution platform with Telecom Italia Mobile's (TIM) chat application. TIM, a global leader in mobile telephony, is the first carrier in Italy to offer a consumer service enhanced with location technology. TIM's service is a simple SMS-based matchmaking application for use via mobile phones, which any TIM customer can access.
addition, in September of 2005, Autodesk LocationLogic was named the 2005 Location Based Services (LBS) Platform of the Year by Frost & Sullivan.
To show its continued commitment for the developer market, Autodesk announced the launch of the Autodesk Location Services Developer Program. A strong benefit to the developer community in getting applications to market faster is that Autodesk is currently working with 3 of the 5 top tier carriers.
2) What do you see as the emerging technologies for 2006?
location information to further enhance the end user experience.
Location-based services are the underlying technology driving some of the most cutting edge and emerging wireless services for 2006, such as: social networking, gaming, traffic, weather, points-of-interest, child locator, find-a-friend and roadside assistance.
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