Abstract

Crowd Sourced Editor for Emerging Markets
Track: Cartography and Map Production
Authors: Pete Moeykens

As the map making industry continues to mature, it is increasingly evident that a hybrid production environment consisting of both cartographic professionals and community members with local expertise is the preferred solution. When TomTom needed a crowd sourced editor for emerging markets, it chose Esri's ARC GIS Server technology. Traditionally difficult issues such as database hosting, multi-user updates, etc. were already bundled with the Esri solution. In this presentation, the speaker will take the audience on a journey through the entire project's history; from the exhaustive evaluation of third party tools, to the creation of the core tool set and the hosting of the mapping services on the cloud. Any organization ready to create a crowd sourced mapping platform will find this presentation invaluable.