Spatial Data Platforms Lock Teams In With Lossy Exports and Proprietary APIs
Teams that build on hosted spatial-data platforms often find that leaving is expensive: exports lose fidelity, APIs are proprietary, and everything built downstream has to be rebuilt elsewhere. This vendor lock-in means organizations effectively don't own their own geospatial data once it's inside someone else's platform.
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