How big is the challenge of availability of large-scale map data and points of interest (POIs)?
This is a question that I ask myself occasionally. The challenge here is “large-scale”. Conventionally, the process of acquiring map data is – sending out survey teams to each spot, making measurements, recording information and then compiling the data. Now, with the help of more advanced and convenient tools, we may not need to send out survey teams, and process is more cost effective. But the fundamental data requirements haven’t changed a lot. Worse, we are not making just landscapes, but inhabited areas as cities and people are now looking for greater and greater details. As is well-known such details change rapidly. So local knowledge and local operations are very important and we cannot completely give up the traditional ways. When you look at the ice cream cup and the coupon of the above example as two Point of Interests, you are closer to the challenge. Q.What role of Open Source Software do you see in LBS? As usual, Open Source Software helps the industry to grow more rapidly.
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- How big is the challenge of availability of large-scale map data and points of interest (POIs)?
