[open-government] licensing and pricing Geo Data

Wed Apr 27 21:03:43 UTC 2011

On Thu, April 28, 2011 7:43 am, Daniel Dietrich wrote:
> Hi Katleen, all,
>
> Thank you very much for this links. They are very helpful. Let me put my
> question a bit more radically:
>
> Are there any cases where 'open' licensing and / or pricing at marginal
> costs have proven to be an enabler for a successful Geo Data market?

Land Information NZ (LINZ) is one of the leading central government
agencies for Open Data in New Zealand.

They have recognised the economic contribution of geo data and sought to
further its contribution via more open licensing.
http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/linz-media-release-spatial-information-adds-hundreds-of-millions-to-new-zealand-s-economy/

One of the elements being addressed is licensing via NZGOAL which is a
government licensing regime using Creative Commons.
http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal

It's probably a little early in NZ's case to point to specific market
activity arising from changes to licensing but it appears to be on its way
and companies like Koordinates.com are poised to reap rewards.

(Disclaimer: I'm a happy user of Koordinates.com geo api)

Regards
Jonathan

> On 27.04.2011, at 20:06, Katleen Janssen wrote:
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Specifically for geodata, The Queensland Government Information
>> Licensing Framework (http://www.qsic.qld.gov.au/initiatives/gilf.html)
>> and the Geoconnections work in Canada might help (executive summary is
>> here:
>> http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Executive_Summary_EN_V2_2008.htm;
>> pdf of report is here:
>> http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Guide_to_Best_Practices_Summer_2008_Final_EN.pdf).
>>
>> Other stuff that might help are the reports of the EU project
>> OneGeology-Europe, which tried to make some basic recommendations on
>> licensing policies, taking into account the obligations of the EU
>> legislations (the deliverables can be found at
>> http://law.kuleuven.be/icri/deliverables/2071G-E_WP7_D7.pdf?where=; and
>> http://www.onegeology-europe.eu/files/doc/D7.1%20-%20Analysis%20of%20existing%20legal%20framework.pdf.
>>
>> Maybe the INSPIRE good practices document also helps in digging up good
>> examples:
>> http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Data_and_Service_Sharing/GoodPractice_%20DataService%20Sharing_v1.1.pdf.
>>
>> If I think of something else I'll let you know!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Katleen
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>> [mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
>> Dietrich
>> Sent: woensdag 27 april 2011 19:51
>> To: EU Open Data Working Group
>> Cc: Open Government WG List
>> Subject: [open-government] licensing and pricing Geo Data
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> in Germany local authorities are looking into how to streamline
>> licensing and pricing Geo Data with open data in mind.
>>
>> In Germany the hole setting around Geo Data (legislative framework,
>> administrative structure and market) is quite complex and I am afraid I
>> am not an expert in this field. So I am asking for your help:
>>
>> Do you know of any
>>
>> - legal framework and or
>> - governmental strategies
>> - best practice
>>
>> in regards to licensing and pricing of Geo Data that helped to
>>
>> - successfully build a growing Geo Data market
>> - establish a sustainable 'open' [1] Geo Data infrastructure
>>
>>
>> I very much appreciate your comments, hints and links on this! Thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>>
>> All the best
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> 1. open as in the open definition: www.opendefinition.org/okd
>>
>>
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