Craigmesiter I think you are bang on the mark there

Although it is tempting to think that everything is going to change tomorrow if you look back through history the path of technology is marked by continual growth where change over the centuries appears somewhat dramatic but when observed from the lifetime of an individual it is a bit more steady. It can take a long time to implement the cutting edge.

Case in point
It is interesting that although databases have been spatially enabled for over a decade now - a lot of applications that would really assist their users by having a graphical display of the geographical information few front ends really exist that are really using this information and then usually in a very basic way.

Google maps and directions is a very nice implementation whereby they have dynamic feedback on all the vehicles that then gives users an indication of congestion on their predicted route. Most geographical UIs at the moment are unable to display Master Child Forms its simple flat files!