The reason I didn't bring up Dan's argument (though I love Dan's evidence) is that "cost recovery" is often a term used. So someone might ask "Where's our cost recovery?"
So for the economic argument, you need to talk to the mayor or others, rather than the GIS department. - Serge On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In addition to the angles that Serge mentions, I'd imagine that some > people would be most interested in an economic angle, showing that > open data improves the local economy. > > This UK report estimates that the OS OpenData initiative will deliver > a net £13.0 million - £28.5 million increase in GDP in 2016. The main > components of this increase are net productivity gains (£8.1 million – > £18.2 million) and additional real tax revenues (£4.4 million – £8.3 > million): > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ordnance-survey-open-data-economic-value-study > > This Danish report "documents that the free-of-charge agreement, as > anticipated, has been an important condition for realising > considerable social benefits of reusing public data on addresses": > http://www.adresse-info.dk/Portals/2/Benefit/Value_Assessment_Danish_Address_Data_UK_2010-07-07b.pdf > > The UK Open Data Institute has more info and links in this guide: "How > to make a business case for open data": > http://theodi.org/guide/how-make-business-case-open-data > > This presentation is about open-source not open-data, but shows that > openness can reduce costs over the lifetime of a service (stats quoted > include 10% saving in public sector, 44% in finance sector): > http://www.slideshare.net/cdaffara/economic-value-of-open-source-14861646 > > Best > Dan > > 2013/10/12 Daniel Joseph <[email protected]>: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I was wondering if anyone had experience conveying to local government all >> the reasons for opening up data. The city where I grew up has a clunky "GIS >> web portal" with which you can only view data. A neighboring city will >> provide data but their data release form includes the following: "The data >> is provided solely for the use of the requesting party and may not be made >> available to anyone else." >> >> I want to put together a succinct and well-documented argument that I can >> send along to a city council member/ mayor/ city manager/ etc. >> >> Anything you're willing to pass along (comments, suggestions, something >> you've written up, research, etc) would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >> > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
