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In the wake of the so-called information technology revolution,
many stakeholders from the public and private sectors (including
citizens) have indeed grown accustomed to the promise and usability
of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for data access, use, and
sharing. Analyzing the obstacles as well as the processes and
mechanisms of integration and implementation, Spatial Data
Infrastructures in Context: North and South investigates the
technological and the non-technological aspects of the widespread
adoption of spatial data infrastructures. Supporting theoretical
issues with empirical studies, the editors pay particular attention
to the non-technological aspects of organizational, financial, and
legal issues including owner rights, liability, copyrights, and
compatibility with precedent and supercedent laws. The authors also
highlight the importance of understanding the local environment and
circumstances in the process of tailoring the approaches to the
conditions that characterize societies of different cultural,
institutional, and economic settings. Designed to improve the
accessibility, interoperability, and affordability of spatial data,
the book focuses on the increasing challenges associated with
integrating individuals and organizations into a network to support
(1) public authorities and administrations at various levels, (2)
thematic user communities, (3) enterprises, and (4)
citizen-oriented society as a whole. It addresses the
implementation and development of spatial data infrastructures for
a wide range of themes, applicable technical standards and
protocols, and specific organizational issues unique to data
policy. Highlighting the potential for profound changes to the
access, use, and exchange of spatial data for citizens,
organizations, and geographically related applications, and
therefore to the role and interaction of the stakeholders from the
public and private sectors, this timely contribution provides new
insights into improving our understanding of the increasing
relevance, applicability, and value of spatial data
infrastructures.
Quantifying the social and economic value that geospatial
information contributes to modern society is a complex task. To
construct reliable and consistent valuation measures requires an
understanding of the sequence of processes that starts with data
acquisition, and leads to decision-makers' choices that impact
society. GEOValue explores each step in this complex value chain
from the viewpoint of domain experts spanning disciplines that
range from the technical side of data acquisition and management to
the social sciences that provide the framework to assess the
benefit to society. The book is intended to provide foundational
understanding of the techniques and complexities of each step in
the process. As such it is intended to be assessable to a reader
without prior training in data acquisition systems, information
systems, or valuation methods. In addition, a number of case
studies are provided that demonstrate the use of geospatial
information as a critical input for evaluation of policy pertaining
to a wide range of application areas, such as agricultural and
environmental policy, natural catastrophes, e-government and
transportation systems.
Quantifying the social and economic value that geospatial
information contributes to modern society is a complex task. To
construct reliable and consistent valuation measures requires an
understanding of the sequence of processes that starts with data
acquisition, and leads to decision-makers' choices that impact
society. GEOValue explores each step in this complex value chain
from the viewpoint of domain experts spanning disciplines that
range from the technical side of data acquisition and management to
the social sciences that provide the framework to assess the
benefit to society. The book is intended to provide foundational
understanding of the techniques and complexities of each step in
the process. As such it is intended to be assessable to a reader
without prior training in data acquisition systems, information
systems, or valuation methods. In addition, a number of case
studies are provided that demonstrate the use of geospatial
information as a critical input for evaluation of policy pertaining
to a wide range of application areas, such as agricultural and
environmental policy, natural catastrophes, e-government and
transportation systems.
The main objectives of this book are to expose key aspects that
have a relevance when dealing with open data viewed from different
perspectives and to provide appealing examples of how open data is
implemented worldwide. The concept of open data as we know it today
is the result of many different initiatives, both of a legislative
and non-legislative nature, and promoted by a wide range of actors.
Numerous regulatory antecedents to foster the concept of open data
and embed it in national and international policy agendas have been
undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as at a
supranational level. The book highlights a number of the efforts
made to promote open data in Europe, Asia and the United States. In
addition to new insights, practical guidance and multiple
disciplinary perspectives on open data, the book also addresses the
transformation of current developments towards open data, which may
be referred to as the democratisation of data. This book will
support open data practitioners as well as open data scholars in
their endeavours to promote open data implementation and research.
Bastiaan van Loenen is associate professor and director of the
Knowledge Centre Open Data at the Faculty of Architecture and The
Built Environment of Delft University of Technology in the
Netherlands, as is Glenn Vancauwenberghe, who is a post-doctoral
researcher, and Joep Crompvoets is a professor at the Public
Governance Institute of the KU Leuven in Belgium.
For the seventh consecutive year, the AGILE promotes the
publication of a book collecting high-level scientific papers from
unpublished fundamental scientific research in the field of
Geographic Information Science. As the agenda for Europe 2020 is
currently being set, this book demonstrates how geographic
information science is at the heart of Europe. The contributions
open perspectives for innovative services that will strengthen our
European economy, and which will inform citizens about their
environment while preserving their privacy. The latest challenges
of spatial data infrastructures are addressed, such as the
connection with the Web vocabularies or the representation of
genealogy. User generated data (through social networks or through
interactive cameras and software) is also an important breakthrough
in our domain. A trend to deal more and more with time, events,
ancient data, a nd activities is noticeable this year as well. This
volume collects the 23 best full papers presented during the 16th
AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, held between 14
and 17 May 2013 in Leuven, Belgium.
In the wake of the so-called information technology revolution,
many stakeholders from the public and private sectors (including
citizens) have indeed grown accustomed to the promise and usability
of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for data access, use, and
sharing. Analyzing the obstacles as well as the processes and
mechanisms of integration and implementation, Spatial Data
Infrastructures in Context: North and South investigates the
technological and the non-technological aspects of the widespread
adoption of spatial data infrastructures. Supporting theoretical
issues with empirical studies, the editors pay particular attention
to the non-technological aspects of organizational, financial, and
legal issues including owner rights, liability, copyrights, and
compatibility with precedent and supercedent laws. The authors also
highlight the importance of understanding the local environment and
circumstances in the process of tailoring the approaches to the
conditions that characterize societies of different cultural,
institutional, and economic settings. Designed to improve the
accessibility, interoperability, and affordability of spatial data,
the book focuses on the increasing challenges associated with
integrating individuals and organizations into a network to support
(1) public authorities and administrations at various levels, (2)
thematic user communities, (3) enterprises, and (4)
citizen-oriented society as a whole. It addresses the
implementation and development of spatial data infrastructures for
a wide range of themes, applicable technical standards and
protocols, and specific organizational issues unique to data
policy. Highlighting the potential for profound changes to the
access, use, and exchange of spatial data for citizens,
organizations, and geographically related applications, and
therefore to the role and interaction of the stakeholders from the
public and private sectors, this timely contribution provides new
insights into improving our understanding of the increasing
relevance, applicability, and value of spatial data
infrastructures.
For the seventh consecutive year, the AGILE promotes the
publication of a book collecting high-level scientific papers from
unpublished fundamental scientific research in the field of
Geographic Information Science. As the agenda for Europe 2020 is
currently being set, this book demonstrates how geographic
information science is at the heart of Europe. The contributions
open perspectives for innovative services that will strengthen our
European economy, and which will inform citizens about their
environment while preserving their privacy. The latest challenges
of spatial data infrastructures are addressed, such as the
connection with the Web vocabularies or the representation of
genealogy. User generated data (through social networks or through
interactive cameras and software) is also an important breakthrough
in our domain. A trend to deal more and more with time, events,
ancient data, a nd activities is noticeable this year as well. This
volume collects the 23 best full papers presented during the 16th
AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, held between 14
and 17 May 2013 in Leuven, Belgium.
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