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GLOBAL OUTLOOK 2014: SPATIAL INFORMATION INDUSTRY Peter Woodgate, Isabel Coppa and Nicola Hart August 2014 141 ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY The report is available in PDF format at http://www.crcsi.com.au We welcome your comments regarding the readability and usefulness of this report. To provide feedback, please contact us at [email protected] CITING THIS REPORT Woodgate, P. W., Coppa, I. and Hart, N. (2014), ‘Global Outlook 2014: Spatial Information Industry’. Published by the Australia and New Zealand Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information. ISBN (online) 978-0-646-93034-3 COPYRIGHT All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, save for content supplied by third parties, and logos. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence is a standard form licence agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided you attribute the work. 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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wendy Jackson. 2ii INDEX OF TABLES Table 1: Global Megatrends According to Ernst & Young and ..................................... 3 PriceWaterhouseCoopers Table 2: Australian Satellites, Accurate at 31 January, 2014 ........................................ 6 Table 3: Overview of GNSS Systems ........................................................................... 11 Table 4: Current and Planned Numbers of GNSS and RNSS Satellite Numbers ........... 12 Table 5: Average Internet Connection Speeds by Country ........................................... 16 Table 6: Cloud Computing Scorecard Measuring 'Cloud-readiness'............................ 19 Table 7: Summary of Prominent Government-Run Public Web-Based Spatial Data ... 21 Services in Australia Table 8: Estimates of Annual Economic Benefits from AVs in the United States .............. 29 Table 9: Potential Future Developments in Autonomous Vehicles ............................... 30 Table 10: Global GDP Growth ......................................................................................... 42 Table 11: Global Labour Productivity Growth ................................................................. 46 Table 12: Global Growth Indicators, Labour Productivity and Real GDP 2012–2013 .............. 46 INDEX OF FIGURES Figure 1: Interconnected Aspects of Technology and Society ..................................... 4 Figure 2: Future Expected Space Payload Launches .................................................. 5 Figure 3: Number of Satellites by Countries ................................................................. 6 Figure 4: Value of Remote Sensing Products by Platform, 2011 to 2017 ($billion) ........... 7 Figure 5: Number of NASA/NOAA Earth-Observing Instruments ................................. 8 Figure 6: Cumulative Core Revenue for Various Sectors between 2012 and 2022 ...... 9 Figure 7: GNSS Capability in Receivers ....................................................................... 10 Figure 8: Installed Base of GNSS Devices by Region .................................................. 10 Figure 9: Global Numbers of iPv6-Capable Smartphones and Tablets, 2013 to ......... 14 2018 Figure 10: Global Machine-to-Machine Growth and Migration, 2013 to 2018 ............... 14 Figure 11: Global Mobile Data Traffic, 2013 to 2018 ...................................................... 16 Figure 12: Incidence of Crime Pre/Post Application of Predpol ..................................... 25 Figure 13: M2M Connections in Various Fields .............................................................. 26 Figure 14: The Spanish City of Santander, with Wireless Intelligent Motes ................... 27 Represented by Yellow Pins Figure 15: Types of Sensors in a Wireless Sensor Network ........................................... 28 Figure 16: Rate of Change of Global GDP ...................................................................... 41 Figure 17: Public Debt in Selected OECD Countries over Time ..................................... 43 Figure 18: Government Debt as a Percentage of GDP ................................................... 44 Figure 19: 2005 PPPs as a Percentage of GDP.............................................................. 45 Figure 20: The Benefits of Collaboration to Organisation Productivity ........................... 47 Figure 21: Annual GDP Forecast by Country .................................................................. 52 Figure 22: Government Debt in Europe as a Percentage of GDP................................... 53 Figure 23: GDP Growth over Time ................................................................................. 58 Figure 24: Contributions to GDP Growth in Australia .................................................... 59 Figure 25: General Government Net Debt, 2013 (as a percentage of GDP) ................... 60 Figure 26: Australian Federal Government Spending and Tax Revenue ........................ 61 Figure 27: Australia's Tax-to-GDP Ratio by Level of Government ................................. 62 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Purpose Of This Paper ............................................................................................. 1 2. Executive Summary ................................................................................................. 1 3. Global Megatrends ................................................................................................... 3 4. Spatial Industry Trends ............................................................................................ 4 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 4 4.2 Enabling Infrastructure and Technology ...................................................... 4 4.2.1 Geospatial Services ...................................................................... 4 4.2.2 Remote Sensing ........................................................................... 5 4.2.2.1 Satellites ........................................................................ 5 4.2.2.2 Remote Sensing Markets .............................................. 7 4.2.3 Positioning and Location-Based Services (LBS) .......................... 8 4.2.4 Mobile Sensors and Usage – Internet of ‘Things’ ......................... 12 4.2.5 Networks ...................................................................................... 15 4.2.6 Cybersecurity ................................................................................ 17 4.2.7 3D Printing .................................................................................... 18 4.3 Big Data Storage and Access ..................................................................... 19 4.3.1 Big Data and the Cloud ................................................................ 19 4.3.2 Open Access and Standards ........................................................ 20 4.3.3 BIM and GIS technology............................................................... 23 4.4 Predictive Models And Applications ........................................................... 23 4.4.1 Algorithms .................................................................................... 23 4.4.2 Smart Machines ............................................................................ 25 4.4.3 Simple User Interfaces for Better User Experience ..................... 26 4.4.4 Smart Systems ............................................................................. 27 4.4.5 Autonomous transport including UAVs ........................................ 28 4.5 Social/Human Aspects ................................................................................ 31 4.5.1 Education, Skills and Capacity Building ....................................... 31 4.5.2 Machine/Human Interactions................................................................ 33 4.5.3 Privacy versus Identity .................................................................. 33 4.5.4 Public Engagement ....................................................................... 34 4.5.5 Health ........................................................................................... 35 4.6 Speculation on Future Developments ......................................................... 36 4.6.1 The Moment of Singularity ............................................................ 36 4.6.2 Robotics ....................................................................................... 37 iv 4.6.3 Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing............................ 37 4.6.4 Cyborgs........................................................................................ 38 4.6.5 Virtual Worlds................................................................................ 39 4.7 The Outlook................................................................................................. 39 5. The World Economy ................................................................................................