Spatially enabled datawarehouses, geospatial datatypes, geospatial BI ... etc ... a lot of buzz around this topic over the past year. Maybe the next BI grail !
Geospatial data helps users to visualise how usual business data (customer, products, time ...) are impacted by geography.
For instance, a lot of telcos are building spatially enabled analysis and reporting. Just imagine some advanced analytics like : how is my customer using his cellphone, when is he using his cellphone and WHERE is he using it ? Now imagine the answer displayed on a map instead of a classical dashboards and spreadsheets. Amazing, no ?
Have a look on this web site : Spatialytics
You will find some very interesting explanations about geospatial datawarehousing and also a spatially enabled version of Kettle : GeoKettle. Also a release of Mondrian, called GeoMondrian .... spatially enabled. According to Spatialytics, GeoMondrian is the first open source SOLAP player.
Have a look to your data and become spatially enabled !


