one use case could be a business analytics tool. 'business intelligence'. i.e., import 30 days of log data and instantly plot the geo-located hits on a world

one use case could be a business analytics tool. 'business intelligence'. i.e., import 30 days of log data and instantly plot the geo-located hits on a world map, as a time series of dynamically rendered graphical points, with built-in information i.e. size, color, icon, shape, etc. and also statistical analysis to go with it. this scenario and many others are certainly possible today but would require quite a bit of code, libraries, and external api calls, as well as a wrapper such as a web app if you wanted a large audience to view it. i think in the future, managers/executives who will separate themselves from the MBA herd are the ones who will be able to effectively use tools such as this.