Peter Batty used to give a presentation where this was the central concept - that OS MasterMap provides a common mapping platform for organizations that need a very large scale/high resolution dataset, like utilities. In the US, the USGS data is too coarse or too old so every local utility builds their own GIS.
I don't know if there was anything formal behind his presentation. You'll have to ask him. Other than that, I don't know of any specific study comparing TIGER (or The National Map) to OS. -Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Ian White <[email protected]> wrote: > That's absolutely not my question. This has nothing to do with budget > cutting, data.gov or any other initiative. I'm looking for a > study/analysis comparing TIGER to OS and value creation > > > === > Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc > 26 O'Farrell Street Suite 310 :: San Francisco CA 94108 > T.415.946.8170 X800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com > > From: Miten Sampat <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 14:24:46 -0500 > To: IHW <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] value in government open data? > > I believe most of those programs got cut during the recent budget > reductions for .gov data > > -best, > Miten > > On May 30, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Ian White wrote: > > I remember reading some kind of comparison of OS to Census/TIGER a few > years ago from the perspective of value added activities—it highlighted the > business value/investment added on to base map data and contrasted the then > US experience with the UK charging for OS base data. Obviously the OS case > isn't quite as relevant today, but wondering if anybody can remember seeing > this post/study? > > Thx > > > === > Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc > 26 O'Farrell Street Suite 310 :: San Francisco CA 94108 > T.415.946.8170 X800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > from the desk of @mitensampat > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > >
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