In the last post, I explored the need for a strategy and roadmap to guide the migration from Google’s deprecated products. In this one, I’ll discuss a methodology which could be used to structure a spatial strategy. At Spatial.IQ this methodology is at the heart of our consultancy and is called LINQ. No matter how […]
We’ve had a lot of really useful input on our posts about the Google / Esri relationship. The predominant reaction is fascination about what this means. The LINQ office is in The Dominion Observatory at the top of the cable car in Wellington, New Zealand. We have a conference room at the top of this historic […]
The Google / Esri announcement has caused a lot of discussion at LINQ aided by really useful feedback from readers of the first blog post. As the biggest upheaval in the spatial community in a decade or more, it deserves some attention. In this post, I want to take a look at some of the […]
Over the last few weeks, we’ve noted the deprecation of Google Maps Engine; the ending of the Google Earth API and then last week’s announcement that Google Earth Pro is now free. We’ve been asking ourselves what this means for the Google’s spatial enterprise customers and the picture became much clearer with an announcement from Esri, […]