Mapping Hacks

NASA just did a study to determine the value of geospatial data standards. They compared two projects, one
that used standards and one that was proprietary, using a big long methodology that determined that
standards are a good thing.

“One way to express this result is by saying that for every $100 million spent on projects based on proprietary platforms, the same value could have been achieved with $75 million if the projects had been based on open standards.”

The study was reported in Geospatial Solutions , and I found it from slashgeo.

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