http://ggim.un.org/docs/UN-GGIM-Future-trends_Second%20edition.pdf
UN-GGIM-Future-trends_Second edition.pdf
Introduction
The role of geospatial information in measuring and monitoring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Maximising the value of geospatial information
1 Smart Cities and Internet of Things
1.1 Increased urbanisation leading to global challenges
1.2 The growth of Smart Cities
1.3 Connectivity through the Internet of Things
2 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
2.1 Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
2.2 Value realised through Big Data
3 Indoor positioning and mapping
3.1 Trends in technology for indoor positioning
3.2 Integration between outdoor and indoor positioning
3.3 Standards
3.4 Requirements for mapping
4 Integrating statistical and geospatial information
4.1 Integrating different data sources
4.2 The role of standards
4.3 Integrated approach to the 2020 round of censuses
5 Trends in technology and the future direction of data creation, maintenance and management
5.1 ‘Everything happens somewhere’ – the new wave of data creation
5.2 Cloud computing
5.3 Open‑source
5.4 Open standards
5.5 Trends in ‘professional’ data creation and maintenance
5.6 Positioning ourselves in the next five to ten years
6 Legal and policy developments
6.1 Growing awareness within the Geographic Information (GI) community
6.2 Funding in a changing world
6.3 Open Data
6.4 Licensing, pricing and data ‘ownership’
6.5 Privacy
6.6 Liability and the issue of data assurance
6.7 Disparities between legal and policy frameworks
7 Skills requirements and training mechanisms
7.1 Skills for effective organisations
7.2 Extractive value from a world of data
7.3 Education and advocacy
7.4 Investing in research and development
8 The role of the private and non‑governmental sectors
8.1 Making mapping accessible to the masses
8.2 The future role of the Private Sector
8.3 The future role of VGI and crowdsourced geospatial data
9 The future role of governments in geospatial data provision and management
9.1 The impact of change
9.2 Bridging the gap: coordination and collaboration
9.3 Marine geospatial information
9.4 Developing a national geospatial information infrastructure
9.5 Maintaining an accurate, detailed and trusted geospatial information base