Trends Report

Mapping's Third Wave Will Unlock The Physical Future Of Business

By 2023, Cloud Giants Will Subsume The Mapping Industry And Compete For Developers With Open Mapping Platforms

October 8th, 2019
With contributors:
Allen Bonde , Jennifer Belissent, PhD , James McCormick , Emily Miller , Mike Chirokas , Emma Huff , Peter Harrison

Summary

Any developer will find building an app with location data for the physical world — whether for the internet of things (IoT), a self-driving car, augmented reality, location intelligence, and so on — to be a daunting task. Today's closed stacks and DIY data strategies mean that only the most advanced (or motivated) digital leaders will bother. To unlock the potential of hundreds of thousands of real-world apps, most developers need a better option. We've identified the new requirements for a mapping industry built on software, with a layered data architecture and open platforms.

Want to read the full report?

Contact us to become a client

This report is available for individual purchase ($1495).

Forrester helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth. That means empowering you to put the customer at the center of everything you do: your leadership strategy, and operations. Becoming a customer-obsessed organization requires change — it requires being bold. We give business and technology leaders the confidence to put bold into action, shaping and guiding how to navigate today's unprecedented change in order to succeed.