[epsi-coord] Interesting thesis, possibly basis for a Topic Report / Some interesting remarks about TNO

[Ton Zijlstra]

Hi guys,

Last Saturday I talked to Stef van Grieken (who started
http://hetnieuwestemmen.nl/ ) about his BA thesis he wrote with/for/at TNO
http://issuu.com/stefvangrieken/docs/open_data_thesis titled:
 Open Data: a design for the provisioning of Dutch government public and
geo-spatialtransport data.
He told me TNO and him are preparing 2 or 3 scientific publications on the
basis of this thesis.
I haven't read it yet, but the summary says:
"In this paper a design and business model for Dutch public and geo-spatial
data is presented. Furthermore the implications of a governmental open data
policy on the business case of various stakeholders that work with public
and geo-spatial transport data is examined. "

It's a BA of course, and a quick glance at the data/material gathering phase
looks maybe a bit thin, apart from one important thing: Stef worked through
several thousands pages of (recent) literature on the subject. A synthesis
of that lit review may actually be a good topic report?

He also said something I will ask him more about: TNO is supposed to have a
tool to help establish legal/tech/privacy risks of a singular dataset
quickly?

best,

Ton
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