Market Trends for Developers in the Geospatial Sector: Emerging Landscape, Challenges, and Future...

Full Title - Market Trends for Developers in the Geospatial Sector: Emerging Landscape, Challenges, and Future Directions

The geospatial industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, driven by technological advancements, increasing government focus, new use cases, and a transition towards open data ecosystems. Developers have an unprecedented opportunity to build scalable, cost-effective applications leveraging open-source geospatial ecosystems across multiple sectors such as urban planning, logistics, climate monitoring, and autonomous systems. This session focuses on where developers fit in this ecosystem and their emerging role, considering the open geospatial market and beyond. Key Lines of Enquiry: (1) Roles, skills, resources, communities, standards, maintainers & projects (2) Market trends and Growth Drivers for the Developers Community; (3) Technological advancements (AI & ML, Cloud & API Economy, 3D Creation Engine, Open-Source & IoT, 5G and edge computing, Remote Sensing & Earth Observation); (4) Applications (Digital Twins & Smart Cities, Climate Analytics & Sustainability) ; (5) Challenges (Privacy & Ethical Considerations, Digital Divide & Access Issues, Maintaining Open Ecosystems); (6) Future opportunities and Business Models: Data interoperability, open geospatial market, rise of open source and commercial support ecosystems.

Supriya Krishnan
Associate Partner
Geospatial World