[Aust-NZ] 2010 GIS Industry and Technology Survey available from Corporate GIS Consultants

[Bruce Bannerman]

Bruce Douglas and his Corporate GIS Consultants team have released the 2010
GIS Industry and Technology Survey. This is available from [1].

As usual, the survey is an excellent snapshot of the Australian and New
Zealand spatial industry. The survey has been running for 11 years, allowing
trends to start to appear.

This year's survey had 347 Contributors (who passed QA).

This year, the report included Open Source Spatial software in the survey.

Interestingly from the information provided by contributors, Open Source
Spatial usage has made significant inroads into both Federal and State
Governments (14% and 11% respectively).

The report has made some interesting subjective observations on why Open
Source Spatial may not have penetrated as well in some other sectors.
Perhaps a business opportunity for some?
It did not pick up that OS Spatial is a market leveler for businesses who
want to provide support activities to Australian and New Zealand spatial
organisations.

The report is a worthwhile read for any who would like to understand the
Australian Spatial Industry. I'd also recommend reading the report to put my
comments above in perspective.


Bruce

[1] http://www.corp-gis.com.au/
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