opendata & public research
DESCRIPTION
Researchers use OpenData to inform their work, and are also producers of data and software that can be re-shared to the public. In Canada, much university research is supported by public funds and an argument can be made that the results of that research should be made accessible to the public. The research at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre will be featured as will community based social policy research in Ottawa. In Canada some data are accessible, but mostly data are not, and if they are, cost recovery policies and regressive licensing impede their use. The talk will feature examples where data are open and where opportunities for evidence based decision making are restricted.TRANSCRIPT
OpenData & Public ResearchTracey P. Lauriault
Open Access Week: Ottawa UniversityDesmarais Hall, room 4101
Thursday, Oct. 21 from 17:00-19:00
(With information contributed by D. R. Fraser Taylor & Amos Hayes from the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University (http://gcrc.carleton.ca)
Global Sharing
Global Map
ISCGM: http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgiData Use Agreement: http://www.iscgm.org/agreement.html
GCRC & Global Map: https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Global+Map
GEOSS
GEOSS: http://www.earthobservations.org
Open Data Inspires Research
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
http://scadm.scar.org/
Example of funding in a research centre
GRCR Research Centre Funding
• SSHRC • Initiative on the New Economy
(INE) Major Collaborative Initiative Grant
• Image, Text, Sound and Technology (ITST) Strategic Grant
• INE Outreach Grant & Standard Research Grants
• International Polar Year Canada• NSERC• Indian & Northern Affairs• Canadian International Polar
Year Secretariat Office
• Government of Nunavut• Inuit Heritage Trust• Kitikmeot Heritage Society (NPO)
• Government of Canada HRSDC - Data Development Projects on Homelessness Program
Heritage Canada - Gateway Fund
Statistics Canada, Geography Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Grant
Natural Resources Canada
• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research• Inukshuk Wireless
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Degrees of openness - access
Data - Various Access
Cybercartographic atlases are created with:• Data from partners & funders:
• Cities of Calgary & Toronto, Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal• Federation of Canadian Municipalities Quality of Life Reporting System• Kitikmeot Heritage Society
Social Planning Council of Ottawa Community Information and Mapping System
(CIMS)
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https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases
Data & Software- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework ( BSD)
- Data Liberation Intiative (DLI) Statistics Canada (Restricted use)
- FCM QoLRS (Viewing only)
- City Neighbourhood framework data files (Viewing only)- Toronto Community Housing (Viewing only)
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Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness
Community Information and Mapping System (CIMS)http://www.cims-scic.ca/
Data & Software- CIMS Infrastructure (Open Source)- Health Districts(Viewing only)- Community Social Data Strategy Data (Viewing only)
- Geogratis Data (unrestricted use)- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Viewing only)- Community created data sets (Viewing only)
- City of Ottawa Ward Boundaries (OpenData)
Social Planning Council of Ottawa
Using Population Health Data to Profile the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Eastern Ontariohttp://www.cims-scic.ca/CYHNEO_atlas
Community Created Data
Data produced by researchers collected/created/assembled • by the researcher
• In collaboration with communities (Aboriginal hunters, northern community elders, etc.)
• when the subject is also a data contributor
ISIUOP - Data Collection
Data & Software- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)
- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only- Data will become part of IPY Canada
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)
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IPY – Research funding and data management
http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html
Data – Uncertain & RestrictiveCybercartographic atlases are created with:• Restricted Data
Library and Archives Canada – Maps & Photographs Statistics Canada, expensive due to Cost Recovery
Policies also limiting licence
• Uncertain Data Access• atlascine.org Film Canada Year Book• Alliance atlantis• Cinemaclock
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases
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Data - Open and Semi Open
Cybercartographic atlases are created with:
• Data accessed from open access sources• GeoGratis (NRCan) - Landsat Mosaic - Unrestricted User License• GeoBase (NRCan) - Framework Data - Unrestricted User License• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Antarctic Treaty System
• Data from semi open access sources• Data Liberation Initiative, CU Library - Restricted to University• Google Maps - Open APIs, useable but under terms
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Atlases
Atlas of Arctic Bay- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (New BSD)- Google API (Semi Open)
Atlas of Arctic Bay- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (New BSD)
- Geogratis Framework Data (Unrestricted terms of use)
- Statistics Canada Trade Division Data (Restricted use and $$$$$)
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases
NRCan
http://www.geoconnections.org
http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca
http://www.geobase.ca
http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/
GCRC – Guiding Principles
• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public Whenever possible open access comes first
BSD License Use data from open access sources Creative Commons 0 Share as much as possible Publish in Open Access Journals Create and use open source software, tools,
widgets, etc. Design for open source browsers Participate in open access, open data, open source
fora Encourage these principles in public consultations Education & Capacity building
Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications
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Openness
The more open, accessible, interoperable, 0 cost and discoverable public data are the more innovation we will see, the more stories we can tell about Canada from multiple points of
view. Public policy can also become more intelligent as citizens, researchers, NGOs, business and other levels of government when they too have access to the data they need to
inform it.
These are the public's data after all!