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Podcast: Who is #1 in GIS...and Does It Really Matter?
by Joe Francica
June 16, 2008



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Who's #1 in GIS? How big is the GIS market? Is the impact of Google affecting the sales of GIS vendors? These questions are asked all the time and the answer is...nobody really knows. But more to the point, does it really matter. With the fragmentation of the geospatial technology market during the last few years, it is difficult to place a number on the total size of the market, despite the best efforts of market research firms. Editor-in-chief Joe Francica lays out a framework for the sectors of the geospatial market and what really needs to be considered when trying to size the market...but as importantly, why the numbers today are irrelevant.
[podcast: "080617_don.mp3"] Show notes:
Daratech GIS Markets and Opportunities
ESRI-Google Announcement on metadata and KML
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