There have been two major studies in Australia and New Zealand that have shown that spatial information adds billions to the economy.
See [1] and [2]. Bruce Bannerman [1] http://www.crcsi.com.au/Resources.aspx?t=value&a=ACIL [2] http://www.linz.govt.nz/about-linz/news-publications-and-consultations/news-and-notices/corporate/2009/0825-spatial-information/index.aspx On 31/05/11 7:46 AM, "R E Sieber" <[email protected]> wrote: Ian, You can get at the issue sideways. There were at least two studies done in Canada that showed the value of making government geospatial data more open, that is, less subject to Crown Copyright laws. The argument was that restricted access to data caused an economic loss. In 2001 KPMG reported that Canada's policy had resulted in an economic loss of $2.6bCN (many of these studies were done in the early 2000's). I'm pretty sure there were similar studies done in the UK and in Australia, all subject to Crown Copyright. Renee On 11-05-30 3:40 PM, Eric Wolf wrote: 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 <http://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 <tel:415.946.8170%20X800> :: F.866.385.8266 <tel:866.385.8266> :: urbanmapping.com <http://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 <tel:415.946.8170%20X800> :: F.866.385.8266 <tel:866.385.8266> :: urbanmapping.com <http://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 _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
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