The Geospatial World in 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:00
AGI
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120 GPS satellites will be operational (currently there are 25);
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Over 320 location-based sensors will have been launched on 200 satellites;
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The mobile location market will globally be worth 3.1bn US$ ;
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Smartphones will support over 10,000 separate location-based services;
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All major UK conurbations will have been mapped to 1 Cm accuracy using imagery commissioned by Google and Bing;
These are just a sample of the conclusions reached by the AGI Foresight Study about the world in 2015. Can your business afford not to be considering such developments?
The study team will be presenting their conclusions in the AGI 20th Anniversary Afternoon event in London on Thursday 26th November.
Article originally appeared on AGI (http://www.agi.org.uk/).
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