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Geo-Location
           Technology Landscape
                           Shoaib Burq and Kashif Rasul

                               http://spacialdb.com




Hi all, thanks for joining us. We are from a startup called SpacialDB. you can read more about
it on the Startup V-Check competition website. We were short-listed in the top 10 Startups.
About us
Kashif Rasul (CTO http://spacialdb.com)
     Doctorate in Maths. from FU Berlin
     Background HPC and Scientific Viz.
     http://hpc.nomad-labs.com
     twitter: krasul
About us
               Shoaib Burq (CEO http://spacialdb.com)
                    Geomatics and Computer sciences
                    Australian Government
                    http://geospatial.nomad-labs.com
                    twitter: sabman



Shoaib Burq

Kashif Rasul
who here remembers using the old mapquest interface? you know the old non-ajax one. Each
time you wanted to go right you had to click and the map would have to reload... and do any
of you remember the first time ajax became mainstream on the web... In my opinion it was
when google maps was released...
This ajax interface was revolutionary and its essence has not changed from its initial
functionality. This not only started the whole ajax buzz but also put location based tech. in
the forefront of peoples mind and caused a huge interest in the area. It tapped into the
natural explorer and geogropher in all of us. Surely you remember zoom into your home and
then to your neighbours home and then their backyard and so on ... This notion of
discovering information via its spatial context comes very naturally to all of us and so the
evolution of the Web and IT has also progressed in this direction to create what we now know
as the GeoWeb
GeoWeb




GeoWeb has meant that mass collaboration over the internet to create detailed geospatial
content is now possible. OpenStreetMap is a classic example of this. Here we see the
mapping of Haiti that was completed within a few days of the 2009 Earthquake. This is
leading to more and more detailed and free geospatial content on the internet. The blue dots
are the make shift camps that are appearing.
Tech. stack that enables
                   this

           • Hardware
           • Software
           • Web2.0


What is enabling this technology is a mixture of innovation in hardware, software and the
idea of data creation and sharing over the Web (Web 2.0)

And there are quite a few market sectors that use LB technology. The most popular one
would be the mobile LBS sector and I will talk about that.

Having said that I should emphesise that LBS is only one category of applications that require
position information. Position information is critical in many applications some have existed
for decades and opportunities are opening up to innovate in some traditional sectors besides
LBS too - such as transportation and logistics. My colleague will speak a bit about them in the
second half of this presentation.
This talk




In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers




In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers
          • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech.




In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers
          • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech.
          • Define market sectors



In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers
          • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech.
          • Define market sectors
          • Define LBS value chain


In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers
          • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech.
          • Define market sectors
          • Define LBS value chain
          • Discuss positioning tech. in this value chain

In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
This talk
          • Software stack for developers
          • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech.
          • Define market sectors
          • Define LBS value chain
          • Discuss positioning tech. in this value chain
          • Talk about future trends & innovations
In the rest of this presentation I will
* Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS
market

* Define attributes of positioning technology
* Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain
* For the LBS Sectors:

   * define the value chain

   * positioning technology in the value chain

   * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology

   
    * maturity

   
    * shortfalls

   
    * expected innovation
Software: GeoStack


The software stack is what the LB technologies can be built from. and I want to give u a
overview of this so that you know how to enable these innovations from a developer/
technologist point of view.
Software: GeoStack
                     Core

           • OS layer: prefer real time OS
           • Low level libs: networking/routing
               protocols
           • SDK for device


Embedded OS’s:
For the hardware designer, it is imperative to choose low-power hardware components and
arrange them to minimize current leakage and to pro- vide a power-efficient sleep mode. The
software designer must be able to use the hardware to make the most out of the limited
resources. The software must switch off unused components and put the hardware into sleep
mode as often as possible. To aid the software developer, smart objects run operating
systems that provide mechanisms for low-power operation.

    e.g TinyOS, Embedded Linux, Real-Time OS, Android, isense, contiki

    - tinyos: built on neC a subset of C

    - contiki built in C

Low level Libraries:

  network layer software

  
   - smart routing protocols e.g. pheromone routing protocols for packets

  
   - working in increasing noisy network environments

SDKs for interfacing with hardware devices (e.g. GPS, gyro, compass)
GeoStack: Base Libs




Base GeoLibraries:
In order to read:
 DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features
                   G
formats

    GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and
operators

    Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections
viz. layer:
 Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
GeoStack: Base Libs

           • Reading geo data: GDAL




Base GeoLibraries:
In order to read:
 DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features
                   G
formats

    GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and
operators

    Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections
viz. layer:
 Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
GeoStack: Base Libs

           • Reading geo data: GDAL
           • Spatial queries: GEOS



Base GeoLibraries:
In order to read:
 DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features
                   G
formats

    GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and
operators

    Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections
viz. layer:
 Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
GeoStack: Base Libs

           • Reading geo data: GDAL
           • Spatial queries: GEOS
           • Map projections: Proj4


Base GeoLibraries:
In order to read:
 DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features
                   G
formats

    GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and
operators

    Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections
viz. layer:
 Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
GeoStack: Base Libs

           • Reading geo data: GDAL
           • Spatial queries: GEOS
           • Map projections: Proj4
           • Rendering: Mapnik

Base GeoLibraries:
In order to read:
 DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features
                   G
formats

    GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and
operators

    Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections
viz. layer:
 Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
GeoStack: DB




SQL Databases:

  Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI
GeoDatabase

NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb

Hosted: spacialdb
GeoStack: DB

           • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc.




SQL Databases:

  Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI
GeoDatabase

NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb

Hosted: spacialdb
GeoStack: DB

           • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc.
           • NoSQL DB: MongoDB and geo-couchdb



SQL Databases:

  Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI
GeoDatabase

NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb

Hosted: spacialdb
GeoStack: DB

           • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc.
           • NoSQL DB: MongoDB and geo-couchdb
           • Hosted: SpacialDB


SQL Databases:

  Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI
GeoDatabase

NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb

Hosted: spacialdb
GeoStack: Server




Web Application:

  Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com)

  Python: GeoDjango

  Java: GeoServer

  Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings)

Analysis Layer:

   ESRI ArcEngine,

GeoAnalysis Suits:

  R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS

  ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
GeoStack: Server

          • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,...




Web Application:

  Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com)

  Python: GeoDjango

  Java: GeoServer

  Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings)

Analysis Layer:

   ESRI ArcEngine,

GeoAnalysis Suits:

  R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS

  ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
GeoStack: Server

          • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,...
          • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,...




Web Application:

  Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com)

  Python: GeoDjango

  Java: GeoServer

  Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings)

Analysis Layer:

   ESRI ArcEngine,

GeoAnalysis Suits:

  R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS

  ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
GeoStack: Server

          • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,...
          • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,...
          • Analysis frameworks: R-Stats, ESRI
              ArcEngine




Web Application:

  Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com)

  Python: GeoDjango

  Java: GeoServer

  Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings)

Analysis Layer:

   ESRI ArcEngine,

GeoAnalysis Suits:

  R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS

  ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
GeoStack: Server

          • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,...
          • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,...
          • Analysis frameworks: R-Stats, ESRI
              ArcEngine
          • Application Servers: Geoserver, Mapserver

Web Application:

  Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com)

  Python: GeoDjango

  Java: GeoServer

  Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings)

Analysis Layer:

   ESRI ArcEngine,

GeoAnalysis Suits:

  R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS

  ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
Attributes of Location
                Technologies


Now that we have an idea of the core software stack we can use it as a building block to
create location based services... but first we need some definition on the attributes of this
technology
Coverage


Coverage is the availability of location information where you need it. An example of poor
coverage would be a large building without any maps or exit signs to show you where you are
relative to the outside. An example of a situation where coverage is critical may be when a
firefighter is trying to rescue a person from a building.
Accuracy


Accuracy is how closely your position matches the reality. Are you within centimetres or
meters of the actual target position. Importance of this is obvious in defence and rescue.
Speed


Speed is how quickly you obtain the position of the device or target. Speed varies with the
type of technology and environmental conditions. For example positioning using IEEE
802.15.4-2006 (which is the communications standard used by devices in a Wireless Sensor
Network or Mesh Network) in an environment polluted with WiFi noise will take longer to find
a position than in a low noise environment.
Reliability


Reliability / integrity: the percentage of time that location data is available, correct and
delivered per location request. Applications that require reliability are mission-critical
services such as aviation, emergency calls, routing of emergency services and military
applications. Network assistance is a means to improve reliability for mobile safety services.
For aviation and maritime applications, augmentation systems such as EGNOS also provide
additional reliability
Power


Power consumption: is the battery life relative to the typical use case for the technology. If
the battery life is short but the use is infrequent the overall consumption will be low - a good
thing!
Cost




Cost: not a dollar amount but relative to the value derived by the use
Privacy


                                      http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalantech/2349477313/
Privacy of location information especially when connected to real-time social networks comes
with risks. As the LBS become main stream the users of these services will need to be better
aware of the implications of making their location public. From the technology perspective
the approach has been to give use control over the sharing of their location. However users
aren’t always in the best position to judge the implications of sharing location information.
For example some information that is already meant to be public is becoming more
accessible thanks to the GeoWeb and improved local search. In this presentation, we will
touch on the privacy issues without getting too caught up in it, as it is still a complex
somewhat theoretical still.
Market Sectors




We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have
chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we
would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of
innovation in them.

One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely
driven by applications running on smart phones.

A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about.

Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing
some growth coming from devices which are now more networked.

Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible
for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of
geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding
location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
Market Sectors

           • Consumer mobile and LBS




We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have
chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we
would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of
innovation in them.

One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely
driven by applications running on smart phones.

A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about.

Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing
some growth coming from devices which are now more networked.

Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible
for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of
geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding
location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
Market Sectors

           • Consumer mobile and LBS
           • Telematics



We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have
chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we
would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of
innovation in them.

One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely
driven by applications running on smart phones.

A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about.

Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing
some growth coming from devices which are now more networked.

Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible
for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of
geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding
location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
Market Sectors

           • Consumer mobile and LBS
           • Telematics
           • Outdoor activities


We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have
chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we
would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of
innovation in them.

One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely
driven by applications running on smart phones.

A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about.

Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing
some growth coming from devices which are now more networked.

Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible
for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of
geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding
location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
Market Sectors

           • Consumer mobile and LBS
           • Telematics
           • Outdoor activities
           • Government and NGOs

We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have
chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we
would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of
innovation in them.

One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely
driven by applications running on smart phones.

A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about.

Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing
some growth coming from devices which are now more networked.

Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible
for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of
geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding
location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
Ptolemus Consulting Group
Positioning Sensors on the iPhone started with just WiFi location and today we have 6 location
sensors on board the iphone. This trend is reflected across other smartphones and devices.
So lets have a look at some numbers...
Market Penetration
            Total mobile device sales 2010 by Gartner
                         Feature Phones                  Smartphones




                                                     19%




                                 81%




The market penetration of smartphone verses the feature phones in 2010 was still only 19%
US Smartphone Penetration & Projections
       90%


       72%


       54%


       36%


       18%

                                                         The Nielsen Company
        0%
        2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2009 Q1 2009 Q3 2010 Q1 2010 Q3 2011 Q1 2011 Q3

                          Feature Phone                  Smart Phone

But in one year it has grown by 72%. By the end of 2011 US smartphone market share is
projected to overtake the feature phone’s share
This describe the entire chain of technologies that turn raw position data into useful business
information, such as driving directions or task efficiency.

The value chain can be divided into 4 basic groups:
1. Physical location data: this part of the chain answers the most fundamental question:
where is the user or the device... geo-data is created by the users, and comes in via the
computer network or device like GPS. It could also be created by crowd sourced services like
OSM for example or be generated by governments or private companies like google or digital
globe

2. Location enabling services
without some other information like social graphs or temperature data for example the raw
geo-spatial data is useless. One needs to add meaning to the geo data then expose it by
some API services. Such services are rarely enough to provide any business value by
themselves. Geocoding of street addresses and spatial queries is an example of such a
service.

3. Location application service.
 Then there are services or applications that use these low-level api’s to create business logic
for users to interact with: example Facebook places, foursquare, etc. The business logic uses
the low-level api’s together with the interactions to provide a compelling user-experience.
Other examples are mapping and routing services.

http://spacialdb.com our startup provides low level spatial API as location enabling service
as well as location application services in the form of spatial alerts or triggers.

4. Application service
Finally we have the end user application that use this business logic implementation towards
Sub Sectors



Let me get into the subsectors now... starting with:
Shopping




Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Shopping

           • Coverage :-(




Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Shopping

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(




Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Shopping

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-|



Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Shopping

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-|
           • Reliability :-|


Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Shopping

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-|
           • Reliability :-|
           • Power :-)

Shopping/retail sub-sector:
A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location
services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is
Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS.

Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary
objective, and so the same applies to them as well.

The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in
airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies.

Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being
indoors does not help either.

Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage.

Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only
increase in time.

Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being
used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its
not too bad.
Social networks and
                      gaming




We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide
advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc.

Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also
games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer.

Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its
management for non technical or young users.

Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation,
especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
Social networks and
                      gaming

           • Coverage :-)



We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide
advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc.

Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also
games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer.

Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its
management for non technical or young users.

Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation,
especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
Social networks and
                      gaming

           • Coverage :-)
           • Privacy :-(


We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide
advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc.

Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also
games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer.

Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its
management for non technical or young users.

Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation,
especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
Advertisement




This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to
make ads relevant and a source of further revenue.

The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the
campaign is not worth running for these niche users.

Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate
position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around...

LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better
than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for
actual advertising.
Advertisement

           • Coverage :-(




This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to
make ads relevant and a source of further revenue.

The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the
campaign is not worth running for these niche users.

Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate
position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around...

LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better
than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for
actual advertising.
Advertisement

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-|



This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to
make ads relevant and a source of further revenue.

The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the
campaign is not worth running for these niche users.

Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate
position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around...

LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better
than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for
actual advertising.
Advertisement

           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-|
           • Privacy :-(


This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to
make ads relevant and a source of further revenue.

The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the
campaign is not worth running for these niche users.

Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate
position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around...

LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better
than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for
actual advertising.
Indoor




We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(




We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(




We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-)



We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-)
           • Reliability :-(


We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-)
           • Reliability :-(
           • Power :-(

We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Indoor
           • Coverage :-(
           • Accuracy :-(
           • Speed :-)
           • Reliability :-(
           • Power :-(
           • Cost :-(
We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no
system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity

Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector:

imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick
meeting...

at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates,
how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops

Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically,
and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc.

Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors.

However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors.

They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy
and reliability.

but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still
shallow in terms of costs as well.
Summary of LBS




Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Summary of LBS
           • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor
                nature of mobile device applications?




Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Summary of LBS
           • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor
                nature of mobile device applications?
           • Accuracy is not perfect either...




Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Summary of LBS
           • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor
                nature of mobile device applications?
           • Accuracy is not perfect either...
           • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors



Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Summary of LBS
           • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor
                nature of mobile device applications?
           • Accuracy is not perfect either...
           • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors
           • Reliability: not being used enough for
                concern yet small % of markets



Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Summary of LBS
           • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor
                nature of mobile device applications?
           • Accuracy is not perfect either...
           • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors
           • Reliability: not being used enough for
                concern yet small % of markets
           • Power: Battery life still an issue, and needs
                further innovations
Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not
solved yet.

For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is
still lacking.

For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the
transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is
not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one.

We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now
reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is
very important.

Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand-
held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the
battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
Telematics Industry


Telematics industry includes application of ICT to the movement of goods and people using
existing transportation networks such as road, air, rail or water.
Rest of this talk




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack
          •   List Telematics sub-sectors




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack
          •   List Telematics sub-sectors
              •   Maturity of sub-sector




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack
          •   List Telematics sub-sectors
              •   Maturity of sub-sector
              •   Current limitations




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack
          •   List Telematics sub-sectors
              •   Maturity of sub-sector
              •   Current limitations
              •   Broader trends




We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Rest of this talk
          •   Telematics value chain/proposition
          •   Technology Stack
          •   List Telematics sub-sectors
              •   Maturity of sub-sector
              •   Current limitations
              •   Broader trends
              •   Potential innovations re. positioning


We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack.
Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations
and future trends and potential innovations.
Technology Stack




I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core




I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core
           • Device/OEM




I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core
           • Device/OEM
           • Communication



I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core
           • Device/OEM
           • Communication
           • Service provision


I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core
           • Device/OEM
           • Communication
           • Service provision
           • Software Application & Content

I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Technology Stack
           • Core
           • Device/OEM
           • Communication
           • Service provision
           • Software Application & Content
           • Web
I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and
base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built.

OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location
sensors.

Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular
phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles.

Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing,
reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification.

Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage,
management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and
complexities of inputs.

Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run
traditional web applications.
Telematics Technology
                      Stack




Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network
connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions
performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations
to occur.

Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a
problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires
changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to
improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent.

Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services.

GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users
centric and real-time.
Telematics Technology
                      Stack
             • Core




Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network
connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions
performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations
to occur.

Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a
problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires
changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to
improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent.

Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services.

GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users
centric and real-time.
Telematics Technology
                      Stack
             • Core
              • Location Enablers



Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network
connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions
performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations
to occur.

Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a
problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires
changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to
improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent.

Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services.

GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users
centric and real-time.
Telematics Technology
                      Stack
             • Core
              • Location Enablers
              • Operating Systems


Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network
connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions
performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations
to occur.

Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a
problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires
changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to
improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent.

Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services.

GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users
centric and real-time.
Telematics Technology
                      Stack
             • Core
              • Location Enablers
              • Operating Systems
              • Geospatial content providers

Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network
connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions
performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations
to occur.

Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a
problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires
changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to
improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent.

Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services.

GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users
centric and real-time.
Telematics Value Chain




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Telematics Value Chain

 Content
 Providers
   (CP)




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Telematics Value Chain

                   Telematics
 Content
                     Service
 Providers
                    Providers
   (CP)
                     (TSP)




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Telematics Value Chain

                   Telematics
 Content                                  Comm.
                     Service
 Providers                            Infrastructure
                    Providers
   (CP)
                     (TSP)




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Telematics Value Chain

                   Telematics
 Content                                  Comm.
                     Service                                  Car
 Providers                            Infrastructure
                    Providers                                Makers
   (CP)
                     (TSP)




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Telematics Value Chain

                   Telematics
 Content                                  Comm.
                     Service                                  Car
 Providers                            Infrastructure                        Consumer
                    Providers                                Makers
   (CP)
                     (TSP)




The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics
service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of
communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and
customers (Consumers).
Value Proposition




To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition

           • Consumers




To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition

           • Consumers
            - Safety & Security,




To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition

           • Consumers
            - Safety & Security,
            - Time Savings



To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition

           • Consumers
            - Safety & Security,
            - Time Savings
            - Increased Productive


To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition

           • Consumers
            - Safety & Security,
            - Time Savings
            - Increased Productive
            - Entertainment

To consumers
Safety & security
Time savings (navigation)
Increased productivity (in vehicle)
Value Proposition


          • Fleet provider
           - Optimisation of assets


To fleet provider
Optimisation of assets (asset tracking, performance monitoring)
Value Proposition




To business
Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage)
Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can
buy based on additional features
Value Proposition

           • Car makers




To business
Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage)
Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can
buy based on additional features
Value Proposition

           • Car makers
            - Additional data from vehicles



To business
Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage)
Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can
buy based on additional features
Value Proposition

           • Car makers
            - Additional data from vehicles
            - Increased vehicle sales


To business
Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage)
Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can
buy based on additional features
Value Proposition




To government
Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
Value Proposition

           • Government




To government
Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
Value Proposition

           • Government
            - Infrastructure planning & management



To government
Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
Value Proposition

           • Government
            - Infrastructure planning & management
            - Revenue


To government
Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
GeoData Providers



I won’t be able to go into every core data provided in the telematics industry but I’d like to
mention one in particular which is quite interesting as it uses telematics to collect data and
resell analysed data to Telematics Service Providers. Namely Floating vehicle data
Floating Vehicle Data



Services based on Floating Vehicle Data us data from mobile sensors (e.g. mobile phones) to determine
traffic conditions by collecting and analysing localisation data, speed, direction of travel and time
informatio. These data are the essential source for traffic information and for most intelligent
transportation systems (ITS)
Data Source                     Analysis                  Distribution


                               Algorithms for:            Car companies                 SMS

Positioning via:               - Real-Time Traffic
- GPS                                                     Mobile navigation             Web
- Cellular                     - Routing
- Sensor/E-Tags
                               - Logistics Support
                                                          OEM                            3G
                               - Tracking Services




                                                                            Re-route to
                                                                          avoid congestion
Service providers in this sector
1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be
sourced from other providers too such as:

   - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks

   - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that
every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network.

2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated,
and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are

3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
Data Source                     Analysis                  Distribution


                               Algorithms for:            Car companies                 SMS

Positioning via:               - Real-Time Traffic
- GPS                                                     Mobile navigation             Web
- Cellular                     - Routing
- Sensor/E-Tags
                               - Logistics Support
                                                          OEM                            3G
                               - Tracking Services




                                                                            Re-route to
                                                                          avoid congestion
Service providers in this sector
1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be
sourced from other providers too such as:

   - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks

   - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that
every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network.

2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated,
and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are

3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
Data Source                     Analysis                  Distribution


                               Algorithms for:            Car companies                 SMS

Positioning via:               - Real-Time Traffic
- GPS                                                     Mobile navigation             Web
- Cellular                     - Routing
- Sensor/E-Tags
                               - Logistics Support
                                                          OEM                            3G
                               - Tracking Services




                                                                            Re-route to
                                                                          avoid congestion
Service providers in this sector
1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be
sourced from other providers too such as:

   - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks

   - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that
every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network.

2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated,
and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are

3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
Data Source                     Analysis                  Distribution


                               Algorithms for:            Car companies                 SMS

Positioning via:               - Real-Time Traffic
- GPS                                                     Mobile navigation             Web
- Cellular                     - Routing
- Sensor/E-Tags
                               - Logistics Support
                                                          OEM                            3G
                               - Tracking Services




                                                                            Re-route to
                                                                          avoid congestion
Service providers in this sector
1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be
sourced from other providers too such as:

   - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks

   - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that
every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network.

2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated,
and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are

3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
Telematics Sub-Sectors

           • In-car Infotainment
           • Intelligent Vehicle Safety
           • Commercial Vehicle Telematics
           • Risk Management

Next I’ll go over the sub-sectors in the Telematics industry discussing the changes that are
happening and what opportunities for innovation exist.
In-Car Infotainment
In-Car Infotainment




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         • TV




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         • TV
         • Radio




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         • TV
         • Radio
         • Internet




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         •   TV
         •   Radio
         •   Internet
         •   LBS




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         •   TV
         •   Radio
         •   Internet
         •   LBS
         •   Navigation




In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
In-Car Infotainment
         •   TV
         •   Radio
         •   Internet
         •   LBS
         •   Navigation
         •   Social Network


In-Car Infotainment
Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and
passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation
and entertainment.

Example of the Bamboo Car
The Connected Car

          • BMW connected drive
          • Mini connected
          • Ford’s Sync API for developers


BMW ConnectedDrive: BMW Assist, BMW Online, BMW Tracking, BMW TeleServices and in-
vehicle internet access.

These offer location-based services using GPS technology and the SIM card integrated in the
car telephone. Back office servers can know the vehicle's current location and can provide
relevant information along a route.

Services such as weather at your destination, finding a nearby parking space, news items
and stock market updates. Location based emergency services such as closes open doctor.
Expected Trend




Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount
and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single
units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
Expected Trend

           • Single device e.g. Android, iOS




Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount
and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single
units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
Expected Trend

           • Single device e.g. Android, iOS
           • Opening of API to developers



Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount
and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single
units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
Expected Trend

           • Single device e.g. Android, iOS
           • Opening of API to developers
           • Network connectivity in increasing


Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount
and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single
units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
Expected Trend

           • Single device e.g. Android, iOS
           • Opening of API to developers
           • Network connectivity in increasing
           • Real-Time

Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount
and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single
units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
Expected Trend ...
Expected Trend ...

• 3G & 4G coverage on rise
Expected Trend ...

• 3G & 4G coverage on rise
• Integration with home/back-office systems
Expected Trend ...

• 3G & 4G coverage on rise
• Integration with home/back-office systems
• Information products mixing UGC, social
  networking
Expected Trend

         • Richer geospatial data
           • 3D data
           • Photogrammetry
                                                      Intermap




We are seeing Improvement in positioning and data bases of landmarks and street
vistas. Example StreetView based on real-time video and images. Technologies such
as photogrametry are creating content georeferenced to a 3D environment.

Intermap Technologies recently announced 3D Roads, a dataset that provides highly
accurate 3D models for every road, roads, throughout Western Europe.
Intelligent Vehicle
              Safety (IVS)


Intelligent vehicle safety applications are those that prevent vehicle accidents/collisions or
reduce the severity of damage and injury as a result. They do this by monitoring the local and
surrounding driving environment.

Onboard sensors and cameras that communicate with onboard computing systems that
analyses the data to determine if remedial action is required.

Intelligent Vehicle Safety:

   Air Bag Deployment Notification

   Seat Belt Tension Notification

   Emergency Assistance

   Roadside Assistance

Security

   Automatic Theft Notification

   Theft Tracking

   GeoFencing

Vehicle Status

  Remote Diagnostics
Expected Trend

            • Automatic emergency notification
            • Reporting accident location
            • E112 location integration


IVS systems can detect if the driver is alert, if the vehicles wanders out of its lane for no
apparent reason, if the vehicle gets too close to the vehicle in front or if a collision is
imminent.

*   SOS and automatic ambulance and emergency notification and intgrat
*   reporting crash
*   E112 integration of position
*   Applications that monitor driver behaviour
Commercial Vehicle
       Telematics (CVT)


CVT is the technology enabling real-time fleet management systems. It works by
transmitting data from vehicle back to the back-office management system and/or third
party such as third party logistics

Also include Asset Management Monitoring of an asset such as cargo, vehicle,
equipment or personnel from central office for the purposes of billing, maintenance,
exception handling, directing, record-keeping, safety and injury prevention, legal
requirements, etc.
Expected Trend




Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications
such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers"

•improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual
assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains
•solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and
communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’
•monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh
communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID

Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing
to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is
leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic.

Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on
reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and
efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is
that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive
orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers
into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating
the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper
documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and
accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing
stock levels.

United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic
Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are
Expected Trend
           • Integration of sensors (smart containers)




Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications
such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers"

•improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual
assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains
•solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and
communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’
•monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh
communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID

Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing
to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is
leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic.

Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on
reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and
efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is
that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive
orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers
into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating
the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper
documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and
accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing
stock levels.

United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic
Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are
Expected Trend
           • Integration of sensors (smart containers)
           • Improve in-transit visibly esp. multi-modal




Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications
such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers"

•improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual
assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains
•solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and
communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’
•monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh
communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID

Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing
to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is
leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic.

Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on
reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and
efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is
that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive
orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers
into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating
the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper
documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and
accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing
stock levels.

United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic
Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are
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The Geolocation Landscape

  • 1. Geo-Location Technology Landscape Shoaib Burq and Kashif Rasul http://spacialdb.com Hi all, thanks for joining us. We are from a startup called SpacialDB. you can read more about it on the Startup V-Check competition website. We were short-listed in the top 10 Startups.
  • 2. About us Kashif Rasul (CTO http://spacialdb.com) Doctorate in Maths. from FU Berlin Background HPC and Scientific Viz. http://hpc.nomad-labs.com twitter: krasul
  • 3. About us Shoaib Burq (CEO http://spacialdb.com) Geomatics and Computer sciences Australian Government http://geospatial.nomad-labs.com twitter: sabman Shoaib Burq Kashif Rasul
  • 4. who here remembers using the old mapquest interface? you know the old non-ajax one. Each time you wanted to go right you had to click and the map would have to reload... and do any of you remember the first time ajax became mainstream on the web... In my opinion it was when google maps was released...
  • 5. This ajax interface was revolutionary and its essence has not changed from its initial functionality. This not only started the whole ajax buzz but also put location based tech. in the forefront of peoples mind and caused a huge interest in the area. It tapped into the natural explorer and geogropher in all of us. Surely you remember zoom into your home and then to your neighbours home and then their backyard and so on ... This notion of discovering information via its spatial context comes very naturally to all of us and so the evolution of the Web and IT has also progressed in this direction to create what we now know as the GeoWeb
  • 6. GeoWeb GeoWeb has meant that mass collaboration over the internet to create detailed geospatial content is now possible. OpenStreetMap is a classic example of this. Here we see the mapping of Haiti that was completed within a few days of the 2009 Earthquake. This is leading to more and more detailed and free geospatial content on the internet. The blue dots are the make shift camps that are appearing.
  • 7. Tech. stack that enables this • Hardware • Software • Web2.0 What is enabling this technology is a mixture of innovation in hardware, software and the idea of data creation and sharing over the Web (Web 2.0) And there are quite a few market sectors that use LB technology. The most popular one would be the mobile LBS sector and I will talk about that. Having said that I should emphesise that LBS is only one category of applications that require position information. Position information is critical in many applications some have existed for decades and opportunities are opening up to innovate in some traditional sectors besides LBS too - such as transportation and logistics. My colleague will speak a bit about them in the second half of this presentation.
  • 8. This talk In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 9. This talk • Software stack for developers In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 10. This talk • Software stack for developers • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech. In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 11. This talk • Software stack for developers • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech. • Define market sectors In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 12. This talk • Software stack for developers • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech. • Define market sectors • Define LBS value chain In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 13. This talk • Software stack for developers • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech. • Define market sectors • Define LBS value chain • Discuss positioning tech. in this value chain In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 14. This talk • Software stack for developers • Attributes of Hardware positioning tech. • Define market sectors • Define LBS value chain • Discuss positioning tech. in this value chain • Talk about future trends & innovations In the rest of this presentation I will * Define the software stack for developers that wish to take advantage of the growing LBS market * Define attributes of positioning technology * Sectors that make use of positioning technology within their value chain * For the LBS Sectors: * define the value chain * positioning technology in the value chain * discuss technical attributes of the positioning technology * maturity * shortfalls * expected innovation
  • 15. Software: GeoStack The software stack is what the LB technologies can be built from. and I want to give u a overview of this so that you know how to enable these innovations from a developer/ technologist point of view.
  • 16. Software: GeoStack Core • OS layer: prefer real time OS • Low level libs: networking/routing protocols • SDK for device Embedded OS’s: For the hardware designer, it is imperative to choose low-power hardware components and arrange them to minimize current leakage and to pro- vide a power-efficient sleep mode. The software designer must be able to use the hardware to make the most out of the limited resources. The software must switch off unused components and put the hardware into sleep mode as often as possible. To aid the software developer, smart objects run operating systems that provide mechanisms for low-power operation. e.g TinyOS, Embedded Linux, Real-Time OS, Android, isense, contiki - tinyos: built on neC a subset of C - contiki built in C Low level Libraries: network layer software - smart routing protocols e.g. pheromone routing protocols for packets - working in increasing noisy network environments SDKs for interfacing with hardware devices (e.g. GPS, gyro, compass)
  • 17. GeoStack: Base Libs Base GeoLibraries: In order to read: DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features G formats GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and operators Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections viz. layer: Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
  • 18. GeoStack: Base Libs • Reading geo data: GDAL Base GeoLibraries: In order to read: DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features G formats GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and operators Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections viz. layer: Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
  • 19. GeoStack: Base Libs • Reading geo data: GDAL • Spatial queries: GEOS Base GeoLibraries: In order to read: DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features G formats GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and operators Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections viz. layer: Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
  • 20. GeoStack: Base Libs • Reading geo data: GDAL • Spatial queries: GEOS • Map projections: Proj4 Base GeoLibraries: In order to read: DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features G formats GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and operators Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections viz. layer: Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
  • 21. GeoStack: Base Libs • Reading geo data: GDAL • Spatial queries: GEOS • Map projections: Proj4 • Rendering: Mapnik Base GeoLibraries: In order to read: DAL/OGR is a raster/vector lib to translate geospatial data and features G formats GEOS is a lib that implements all the simple feature SQL spatial predicate funcs and operators Proj4: is a cartographic projection lib. to convert data between the various projections viz. layer: Rendering: Mapnik, Mapserver
  • 22. GeoStack: DB SQL Databases: Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI GeoDatabase NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb Hosted: spacialdb
  • 23. GeoStack: DB • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc. SQL Databases: Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI GeoDatabase NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb Hosted: spacialdb
  • 24. GeoStack: DB • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc. • NoSQL DB: MongoDB and geo-couchdb SQL Databases: Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI GeoDatabase NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb Hosted: spacialdb
  • 25. GeoStack: DB • SQL: from Oracle, Postgis, MySQL, etc. • NoSQL DB: MongoDB and geo-couchdb • Hosted: SpacialDB SQL Databases: Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL+PostGIS, Spatialite, MySQL Spatial, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI GeoDatabase NoSQL: MongoDB, geo-couchdb Hosted: spacialdb
  • 26. GeoStack: Server Web Application: Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com) Python: GeoDjango Java: GeoServer Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings) Analysis Layer: ESRI ArcEngine, GeoAnalysis Suits: R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
  • 27. GeoStack: Server • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,... Web Application: Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com) Python: GeoDjango Java: GeoServer Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings) Analysis Layer: ESRI ArcEngine, GeoAnalysis Suits: R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
  • 28. GeoStack: Server • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,... • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,... Web Application: Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com) Python: GeoDjango Java: GeoServer Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings) Analysis Layer: ESRI ArcEngine, GeoAnalysis Suits: R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
  • 29. GeoStack: Server • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,... • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,... • Analysis frameworks: R-Stats, ESRI ArcEngine Web Application: Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com) Python: GeoDjango Java: GeoServer Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings) Analysis Layer: ESRI ArcEngine, GeoAnalysis Suits: R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
  • 30. GeoStack: Server • Web frameworks: Georuby, GeoDjango,... • Desktop apps: QGIS, GRASS,... • Analysis frameworks: R-Stats, ESRI ArcEngine • Application Servers: Geoserver, Mapserver Web Application: Rails: SpatialAdapter, GeoRuby (georuby.com) Python: GeoDjango Java: GeoServer Node.js: geonode (geos node.js bindings) Analysis Layer: ESRI ArcEngine, GeoAnalysis Suits: R-Stats, GRASS, QGIS ?GRASS, QGIS? Has someone started porting to web
  • 31. Attributes of Location Technologies Now that we have an idea of the core software stack we can use it as a building block to create location based services... but first we need some definition on the attributes of this technology
  • 32. Coverage Coverage is the availability of location information where you need it. An example of poor coverage would be a large building without any maps or exit signs to show you where you are relative to the outside. An example of a situation where coverage is critical may be when a firefighter is trying to rescue a person from a building.
  • 33. Accuracy Accuracy is how closely your position matches the reality. Are you within centimetres or meters of the actual target position. Importance of this is obvious in defence and rescue.
  • 34. Speed Speed is how quickly you obtain the position of the device or target. Speed varies with the type of technology and environmental conditions. For example positioning using IEEE 802.15.4-2006 (which is the communications standard used by devices in a Wireless Sensor Network or Mesh Network) in an environment polluted with WiFi noise will take longer to find a position than in a low noise environment.
  • 35. Reliability Reliability / integrity: the percentage of time that location data is available, correct and delivered per location request. Applications that require reliability are mission-critical services such as aviation, emergency calls, routing of emergency services and military applications. Network assistance is a means to improve reliability for mobile safety services. For aviation and maritime applications, augmentation systems such as EGNOS also provide additional reliability
  • 36. Power Power consumption: is the battery life relative to the typical use case for the technology. If the battery life is short but the use is infrequent the overall consumption will be low - a good thing!
  • 37. Cost Cost: not a dollar amount but relative to the value derived by the use
  • 38. Privacy http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalantech/2349477313/ Privacy of location information especially when connected to real-time social networks comes with risks. As the LBS become main stream the users of these services will need to be better aware of the implications of making their location public. From the technology perspective the approach has been to give use control over the sharing of their location. However users aren’t always in the best position to judge the implications of sharing location information. For example some information that is already meant to be public is becoming more accessible thanks to the GeoWeb and improved local search. In this presentation, we will touch on the privacy issues without getting too caught up in it, as it is still a complex somewhat theoretical still.
  • 39. Market Sectors We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of innovation in them. One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely driven by applications running on smart phones. A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about. Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing some growth coming from devices which are now more networked. Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
  • 40. Market Sectors • Consumer mobile and LBS We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of innovation in them. One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely driven by applications running on smart phones. A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about. Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing some growth coming from devices which are now more networked. Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
  • 41. Market Sectors • Consumer mobile and LBS • Telematics We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of innovation in them. One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely driven by applications running on smart phones. A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about. Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing some growth coming from devices which are now more networked. Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
  • 42. Market Sectors • Consumer mobile and LBS • Telematics • Outdoor activities We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of innovation in them. One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely driven by applications running on smart phones. A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about. Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing some growth coming from devices which are now more networked. Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
  • 43. Market Sectors • Consumer mobile and LBS • Telematics • Outdoor activities • Government and NGOs We have divided the location based market into these 5 distinct sectors, which we have chosen based on our own experience in working in them. I am sure there are more, and we would encourage the audience to think of further sectors and think of possible avenues of innovation in them. One of the most exciting and expanding sectors is that of Consumer mobile and LBS largely driven by applications running on smart phones. A huge and innovative sector is that of Telematics which shoaib will talk about. Another sector is that of outdoor activities and personal navigation devices which is seeing some growth coming from devices which are now more networked. Governments have been at the forefront of GIS and GPS technologies, as they are responsible for national geographic information infrastructures, and continue to be heavy users of geospatial information for their day to day work. Finally more and more NGO’s are finding location an invaluable part of their workflow, so we have a sector for them as well.
  • 44. Ptolemus Consulting Group Positioning Sensors on the iPhone started with just WiFi location and today we have 6 location sensors on board the iphone. This trend is reflected across other smartphones and devices. So lets have a look at some numbers...
  • 45. Market Penetration Total mobile device sales 2010 by Gartner Feature Phones Smartphones 19% 81% The market penetration of smartphone verses the feature phones in 2010 was still only 19%
  • 46. US Smartphone Penetration & Projections 90% 72% 54% 36% 18% The Nielsen Company 0% 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2009 Q1 2009 Q3 2010 Q1 2010 Q3 2011 Q1 2011 Q3 Feature Phone Smart Phone But in one year it has grown by 72%. By the end of 2011 US smartphone market share is projected to overtake the feature phone’s share
  • 47. This describe the entire chain of technologies that turn raw position data into useful business information, such as driving directions or task efficiency. The value chain can be divided into 4 basic groups: 1. Physical location data: this part of the chain answers the most fundamental question: where is the user or the device... geo-data is created by the users, and comes in via the computer network or device like GPS. It could also be created by crowd sourced services like OSM for example or be generated by governments or private companies like google or digital globe 2. Location enabling services without some other information like social graphs or temperature data for example the raw geo-spatial data is useless. One needs to add meaning to the geo data then expose it by some API services. Such services are rarely enough to provide any business value by themselves. Geocoding of street addresses and spatial queries is an example of such a service. 3. Location application service. Then there are services or applications that use these low-level api’s to create business logic for users to interact with: example Facebook places, foursquare, etc. The business logic uses the low-level api’s together with the interactions to provide a compelling user-experience. Other examples are mapping and routing services. http://spacialdb.com our startup provides low level spatial API as location enabling service as well as location application services in the form of spatial alerts or triggers. 4. Application service Finally we have the end user application that use this business logic implementation towards
  • 48. Sub Sectors Let me get into the subsectors now... starting with:
  • 49. Shopping Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 50. Shopping • Coverage :-( Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 51. Shopping • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 52. Shopping • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-| Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 53. Shopping • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-| • Reliability :-| Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 54. Shopping • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-| • Reliability :-| • Power :-) Shopping/retail sub-sector: A lot of time is spent by people in this sector, and the industry is based on providing location services for navigation and security. The main technology being used for indoor navigation is Cell-ID, WiFi and A-GPS. Also note that airports are also following the retail mall model, even though its a secondary objective, and so the same applies to them as well. The most important use cases here are to find for specific goods in malls or friends in airports or destinations for exits or rescue in emergencies. Coverage and accuracy is the biggest issue here which is not currently addressed. Being indoors does not help either. Speed is not much of an issue and is good enough when there is good coverage. Reliability is not that much of a concern as the number of users are limited, but it will only increase in time. Power consumption will increase on the mobile device, depending on the type of tech. being used, and is an area of possible innovation. But currently with WiFi or A-GPS integration its not too bad.
  • 55. Social networks and gaming We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc. Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer. Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its management for non technical or young users. Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation, especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
  • 56. Social networks and gaming • Coverage :-) We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc. Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer. Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its management for non technical or young users. Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation, especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
  • 57. Social networks and gaming • Coverage :-) • Privacy :-( We Infer what we do based on who we are with. knowing our friends’ preference can provide advice on where to buy something, or where to go for entertainment, etc. Use cases of location based social networking are checkins services like foursquares and also games that make you go out to do something rather than sitting in front of the computer. Coverage is quite good, but privacy remains the biggest unavailable need especially its management for non technical or young users. Adding realtime notifications to social events is going to be a big area of innovation, especially in dealing with the vast amount of computation required as social graphs grow.
  • 58. Advertisement This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to make ads relevant and a source of further revenue. The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the campaign is not worth running for these niche users. Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around... LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for actual advertising.
  • 59. Advertisement • Coverage :-( This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to make ads relevant and a source of further revenue. The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the campaign is not worth running for these niche users. Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around... LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for actual advertising.
  • 60. Advertisement • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-| This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to make ads relevant and a source of further revenue. The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the campaign is not worth running for these niche users. Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around... LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for actual advertising.
  • 61. Advertisement • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-| • Privacy :-( This industry is expected to grow and not the least from iAd and location is clearly a way to make ads relevant and a source of further revenue. The issues here is of coverage, in that the percent of smartphone users is quite low, so the campaign is not worth running for these niche users. Accuracy, with checkins and couponing is available, but how to extract ad value from accurate position is an open area... think AR with virtual billboards as u swing around... LBMarketing is the creation of an app sponsored by a brand, which can use location better than the ads coming through disruptive banners inside apps which provide little metric for actual advertising.
  • 62. Indoor We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 63. Indoor • Coverage :-( We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 64. Indoor • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 65. Indoor • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-) We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 66. Indoor • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-) • Reliability :-( We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 67. Indoor • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-) • Reliability :-( • Power :-( We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 68. Indoor • Coverage :-( • Accuracy :-( • Speed :-) • Reliability :-( • Power :-( • Cost :-( We spend most of our times indoors from the office to the mall and then home :-( but no system or service has been given to properly address this opportunity Let me describe some potential use cases in the indoor sector: imagine knowing where your colleagues are in a big office, or which room is free for a quick meeting... at airports indoor positioning can give travels information about the location of their gates, how long it will take to get there as well as sale notifications from shops Check-in apps no longer need manual input of indoor location, but can do so automatically, and can inform you if your friend is on the 2nd floor etc. Finally augmented reality apps could play a big role indoors as well as outdoors. However the coverage and accuracy remain the big issues here because of being indoors. They require additional hardware, and some solutions exists using wifi, but they lack accuracy and reliability. but new buildings that have had fore-though put into nav. but the market penetration is still shallow in terms of costs as well.
  • 69. Summary of LBS Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 70. Summary of LBS • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor nature of mobile device applications? Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 71. Summary of LBS • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor nature of mobile device applications? • Accuracy is not perfect either... Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 72. Summary of LBS • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor nature of mobile device applications? • Accuracy is not perfect either... • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 73. Summary of LBS • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor nature of mobile device applications? • Accuracy is not perfect either... • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors • Reliability: not being used enough for concern yet small % of markets Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 74. Summary of LBS • Coverage: is still wanting due to the indoor nature of mobile device applications? • Accuracy is not perfect either... • Speed similarly lacking for some subsectors • Reliability: not being used enough for concern yet small % of markets • Power: Battery life still an issue, and needs further innovations Apps which work indoors like inside shopping/retail centers require coverage which is not solved yet. For mobile apps like social gaming or tourism, its important to have high accuracy which is still lacking. For instant gratification apps, speed is required, e.g. coupons/check-ins, where the transactions need to be finished in seconds... but for outdoor apps like navigation, speed is not that big an issue, but increasingly will become one. We as consumers are becoming reliant on location at an ever increasing pace, so now reliability is especially for touristic applications and applications like check-ins for example is very important. Battery life is still an issue and hinders some type of LBS, particularly those running on hand- held devices. nothing worse than being lost and not being able to call someone because the battery had died, a situation someone here has been in I am sure.
  • 75. Telematics Industry Telematics industry includes application of ICT to the movement of goods and people using existing transportation networks such as road, air, rail or water.
  • 76. Rest of this talk We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 77. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 78. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 79. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack • List Telematics sub-sectors We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 80. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack • List Telematics sub-sectors • Maturity of sub-sector We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 81. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack • List Telematics sub-sectors • Maturity of sub-sector • Current limitations We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 82. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack • List Telematics sub-sectors • Maturity of sub-sector • Current limitations • Broader trends We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 83. Rest of this talk • Telematics value chain/proposition • Technology Stack • List Telematics sub-sectors • Maturity of sub-sector • Current limitations • Broader trends • Potential innovations re. positioning We will broadly define the Value Chain in the Telematics Sector. List the Technology Stack. Then list sub-sectors and then define each sub-sector discussing its maturity, limitations and future trends and potential innovations.
  • 84. Technology Stack I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 85. Technology Stack • Core I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 86. Technology Stack • Core • Device/OEM I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 87. Technology Stack • Core • Device/OEM • Communication I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 88. Technology Stack • Core • Device/OEM • Communication • Service provision I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 89. Technology Stack • Core • Device/OEM • Communication • Service provision • Software Application & Content I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 90. Technology Stack • Core • Device/OEM • Communication • Service provision • Software Application & Content • Web I will go into the core stack in a bit of detail in the next slide but its the silicon, chipsets and base-data upon which the sub-sector specific services are built. OEM Original Device manufactures sell telematics devices which are equipped with location sensors. Communication infrastructure used by the telematics devices often includes the cellular phone networks - used to deliver content to and from the vehicles. Services are provided by Telematics Service Providers these can include real-time routing, reports on traffic conditions, estimated time of arrival, emergency notification. Software applications & Content: software systems with the business logic and storage, management, backup of data from telematics devices have to deal with greater quantities and complexities of inputs. Web: With the telematics devices including 3G capabilities and in-car devices able to run traditional web applications.
  • 91. Telematics Technology Stack Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations to occur. Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent. Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services. GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users centric and real-time.
  • 92. Telematics Technology Stack • Core Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations to occur. Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent. Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services. GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users centric and real-time.
  • 93. Telematics Technology Stack • Core • Location Enablers Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations to occur. Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent. Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services. GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users centric and real-time.
  • 94. Telematics Technology Stack • Core • Location Enablers • Operating Systems Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations to occur. Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent. Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services. GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users centric and real-time.
  • 95. Telematics Technology Stack • Core • Location Enablers • Operating Systems • Geospatial content providers Core: Let me elaborate on the core technologies a bit. The biggest change here is the addition of network connectivity and a move towards multi-functional devices. Thus navigation is just one of many functions performed by the onboard networked devices. Networking opens up possibilities for a wide range of innovations to occur. Sensors and Location enablers: Innovations to accuracy and coverage are quite common. Power is not a problem as the devices can be kept powered by the car’s power. Innovation in vehicle safety systems requires changes at the core technology stack. In particular location enablers, sensors and antennas. These are to improve safety by detecting if a collision or an accident is imminent. Operating System: trends are to open up to third party developers letting them build value added services. GeoData content providers: are increasingly working in networked environments allowing services to be users centric and real-time.
  • 96. Telematics Value Chain The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 97. Telematics Value Chain Content Providers (CP) The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 98. Telematics Value Chain Telematics Content Service Providers Providers (CP) (TSP) The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 99. Telematics Value Chain Telematics Content Comm. Service Providers Infrastructure Providers (CP) (TSP) The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 100. Telematics Value Chain Telematics Content Comm. Service Car Providers Infrastructure Providers Makers (CP) (TSP) The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 101. Telematics Value Chain Telematics Content Comm. Service Car Providers Infrastructure Consumer Providers Makers (CP) (TSP) The telematics service forms a value chain linking contents providers (CP), telematics service providers (TSP), mobile communication providers (MCP), manufacturers of communication terminals (M), makers of finished automobiles (Car Makers), and customers (Consumers).
  • 102. Value Proposition To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 103. Value Proposition • Consumers To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 104. Value Proposition • Consumers - Safety & Security, To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 105. Value Proposition • Consumers - Safety & Security, - Time Savings To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 106. Value Proposition • Consumers - Safety & Security, - Time Savings - Increased Productive To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 107. Value Proposition • Consumers - Safety & Security, - Time Savings - Increased Productive - Entertainment To consumers Safety & security Time savings (navigation) Increased productivity (in vehicle)
  • 108. Value Proposition • Fleet provider - Optimisation of assets To fleet provider Optimisation of assets (asset tracking, performance monitoring)
  • 109. Value Proposition To business Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage) Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can buy based on additional features
  • 110. Value Proposition • Car makers To business Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage) Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can buy based on additional features
  • 111. Value Proposition • Car makers - Additional data from vehicles To business Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage) Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can buy based on additional features
  • 112. Value Proposition • Car makers - Additional data from vehicles - Increased vehicle sales To business Additional data from vehicles (warranty, usage) Increased vehicle sales especially in the highly competitive car industry where consumers can buy based on additional features
  • 113. Value Proposition To government Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
  • 114. Value Proposition • Government To government Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
  • 115. Value Proposition • Government - Infrastructure planning & management To government Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
  • 116. Value Proposition • Government - Infrastructure planning & management - Revenue To government Improved infrastructure management (traffic, tolls)
  • 117. GeoData Providers I won’t be able to go into every core data provided in the telematics industry but I’d like to mention one in particular which is quite interesting as it uses telematics to collect data and resell analysed data to Telematics Service Providers. Namely Floating vehicle data
  • 118. Floating Vehicle Data Services based on Floating Vehicle Data us data from mobile sensors (e.g. mobile phones) to determine traffic conditions by collecting and analysing localisation data, speed, direction of travel and time informatio. These data are the essential source for traffic information and for most intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
  • 119. Data Source Analysis Distribution Algorithms for: Car companies SMS Positioning via: - Real-Time Traffic - GPS Mobile navigation Web - Cellular - Routing - Sensor/E-Tags - Logistics Support OEM 3G - Tracking Services Re-route to avoid congestion Service providers in this sector 1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be sourced from other providers too such as: - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network. 2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated, and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are 3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
  • 120. Data Source Analysis Distribution Algorithms for: Car companies SMS Positioning via: - Real-Time Traffic - GPS Mobile navigation Web - Cellular - Routing - Sensor/E-Tags - Logistics Support OEM 3G - Tracking Services Re-route to avoid congestion Service providers in this sector 1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be sourced from other providers too such as: - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network. 2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated, and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are 3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
  • 121. Data Source Analysis Distribution Algorithms for: Car companies SMS Positioning via: - Real-Time Traffic - GPS Mobile navigation Web - Cellular - Routing - Sensor/E-Tags - Logistics Support OEM 3G - Tracking Services Re-route to avoid congestion Service providers in this sector 1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be sourced from other providers too such as: - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network. 2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated, and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are 3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
  • 122. Data Source Analysis Distribution Algorithms for: Car companies SMS Positioning via: - Real-Time Traffic - GPS Mobile navigation Web - Cellular - Routing - Sensor/E-Tags - Logistics Support OEM 3G - Tracking Services Re-route to avoid congestion Service providers in this sector 1. Companies have access to mobile data via their own infrastructure or fleets. Data can be sourced from other providers too such as: - Roadside e-tag readers, GPS, Cellular networks - There are also way to ping cell phone to obtain such data. This means that every vehicle with an active mobile phone acts as a sensor for the road network. 2. Based on these data, traffic congestion can be identified, travel times can be calculated, and traffic reports can be rapidly generated and these are 3. sold to network provider, car makers to integrate and differentiate their services
  • 123. Telematics Sub-Sectors • In-car Infotainment • Intelligent Vehicle Safety • Commercial Vehicle Telematics • Risk Management Next I’ll go over the sub-sectors in the Telematics industry discussing the changes that are happening and what opportunities for innovation exist.
  • 125. In-Car Infotainment In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 126. In-Car Infotainment • TV In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 127. In-Car Infotainment • TV • Radio In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 128. In-Car Infotainment • TV • Radio • Internet In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 129. In-Car Infotainment • TV • Radio • Internet • LBS In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 130. In-Car Infotainment • TV • Radio • Internet • LBS • Navigation In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 131. In-Car Infotainment • TV • Radio • Internet • LBS • Navigation • Social Network In-Car Infotainment Definition: Applications that deliver and transmit digital content to drivers and passengers in the form of communications, TV, radio, internet, LBS, navigation and entertainment. Example of the Bamboo Car
  • 132. The Connected Car • BMW connected drive • Mini connected • Ford’s Sync API for developers BMW ConnectedDrive: BMW Assist, BMW Online, BMW Tracking, BMW TeleServices and in- vehicle internet access. These offer location-based services using GPS technology and the SIM card integrated in the car telephone. Back office servers can know the vehicle's current location and can provide relevant information along a route. Services such as weather at your destination, finding a nearby parking space, news items and stock market updates. Location based emergency services such as closes open doctor.
  • 133. Expected Trend Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
  • 134. Expected Trend • Single device e.g. Android, iOS Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
  • 135. Expected Trend • Single device e.g. Android, iOS • Opening of API to developers Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
  • 136. Expected Trend • Single device e.g. Android, iOS • Opening of API to developers • Network connectivity in increasing Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
  • 137. Expected Trend • Single device e.g. Android, iOS • Opening of API to developers • Network connectivity in increasing • Real-Time Due to the lack of a single device specially geared towards driving where safety is paramount and use of devices is influenced by law the expected trend is the convergence towards single units which can have multiple connectivity options and gracefully handle safely concerns.
  • 139. Expected Trend ... • 3G & 4G coverage on rise
  • 140. Expected Trend ... • 3G & 4G coverage on rise • Integration with home/back-office systems
  • 141. Expected Trend ... • 3G & 4G coverage on rise • Integration with home/back-office systems • Information products mixing UGC, social networking
  • 142. Expected Trend • Richer geospatial data • 3D data • Photogrammetry Intermap We are seeing Improvement in positioning and data bases of landmarks and street vistas. Example StreetView based on real-time video and images. Technologies such as photogrametry are creating content georeferenced to a 3D environment. Intermap Technologies recently announced 3D Roads, a dataset that provides highly accurate 3D models for every road, roads, throughout Western Europe.
  • 143. Intelligent Vehicle Safety (IVS) Intelligent vehicle safety applications are those that prevent vehicle accidents/collisions or reduce the severity of damage and injury as a result. They do this by monitoring the local and surrounding driving environment. Onboard sensors and cameras that communicate with onboard computing systems that analyses the data to determine if remedial action is required. Intelligent Vehicle Safety: Air Bag Deployment Notification Seat Belt Tension Notification Emergency Assistance Roadside Assistance Security Automatic Theft Notification Theft Tracking GeoFencing Vehicle Status Remote Diagnostics
  • 144. Expected Trend • Automatic emergency notification • Reporting accident location • E112 location integration IVS systems can detect if the driver is alert, if the vehicles wanders out of its lane for no apparent reason, if the vehicle gets too close to the vehicle in front or if a collision is imminent. * SOS and automatic ambulance and emergency notification and intgrat * reporting crash * E112 integration of position * Applications that monitor driver behaviour
  • 145. Commercial Vehicle Telematics (CVT) CVT is the technology enabling real-time fleet management systems. It works by transmitting data from vehicle back to the back-office management system and/or third party such as third party logistics Also include Asset Management Monitoring of an asset such as cargo, vehicle, equipment or personnel from central office for the purposes of billing, maintenance, exception handling, directing, record-keeping, safety and injury prevention, legal requirements, etc.
  • 146. Expected Trend Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers" •improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains •solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’ •monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic. Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing stock levels. United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are
  • 147. Expected Trend • Integration of sensors (smart containers) Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers" •improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains •solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’ •monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic. Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing stock levels. United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are
  • 148. Expected Trend • Integration of sensors (smart containers) • Improve in-transit visibly esp. multi-modal Expected to see integration of multiple sensors for greater data coverage for applications such as cargo theft monitoring. Label of "Smart containers" •improvement to increase in-transit visibility and protection of physical and intellectual assets across multi-modal transportation and supply chains •solutions that combine next-gen container construction, temp monitoring, tracking, and communication capabilities to render containers truly ‘smart’ •monitor smart containers. Assess the readiness of satellite, cellular, ad-hoc mesh communications , GPS, environmental sensors and active RFID Examples of integrated navigations systems such as Siemens VDO System allow GPS routing to take real-time traffic and environmental conditions into account when routing. This is leading to savings by reducing time spent stuck in traffic. Many efficient transport and distribution operations these days are totally dependent on reliable IT systems (for example, ‘just-in-time’ stocking principles hinge on rapid and efficient communications) for communication with customers, suppliers and contractors. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Within IT systems, one of the fastest-growing areas is that of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whereby transport and distributor firms receive orders, delivery documentation and invoices direct from their customers’ computers into their own (compatible) systems via direct communications links, completely eliminating the delays, errors and other difficulties associated with the creating and movement of paper documents via postal and courier systems. EDI systems provide the benefits of rapid and accurate order passing and processing (at less direct cost) and with the potential for reducing stock levels. United Nations has set a standard for EDI known as EDIFACT (an acronym for **Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport**), under which there are