Openness, the bridge to

societal impactopen data as an instrument, challenges and threats

#FOSS4G, Bonn, 26 August 2016

Ton Zijlstra, @ton_zylstra, ton@thegreenland.eu https://grnl.eu/foss4g

@textkoch

@foss4g

big promises

are we looking at the right things?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ringroadproductions/144808172/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeppestown/12105522476/

Copernicus Sentinels’ Products Economic Value: Winter Navigation in the Baltic (Sept 2015)

Up to 116 ME p.a.

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participatory budgeting

value, efficiency, impact

reasoning from where impact is wanted

(policy) issue

stakeholders open data

reasoning from impact, deploy open data as intervention

child day care as re-user

tulip farmer as re-user

real issues, real contexts, real results

serious issues

serious data=

tree locations

beneficial ownershipvs

open data vs leaking

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sectors close to the public interest

Data, that

is pro-actively published, in machine readable formats

can be freely used, re-used & redistributed

by anyone

for any purpose

Case Study: Statistics Germany

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Users: +1800% Downloads: +800%

new actors (5k people, 500 apps)

value, efficiency, impact

new stakeholders / new agency create the impact

(policy) issue

stakeholders open data

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gov finding new agency: 6.5m GBP saved

OPEN data

open

DATAvs

shared data

BIG datanor

don’t stop doing ‘open’ because it is hard

OPEN data

openness needs rigorous defense

http://www.provinciegroningen.nl/objecten

open by design makes open less visible

fragmented data provision

national data infrastructure

geo is often the linking pin

open data

biggest data=

reducing fragmentation

the role of open geodata is shifting

geo data privacy=

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/philips_newscenter/15012024990/

sensors everywhere, humans as objects on real time maps

new role for CSO’s?

foss4g ethics by design?

geo data visibleless

fundamental role, but not always visible in result

when the map is a tool but not part of result

geo data visibleless

ingredient with attitude, or just a catalyst?

my open data challenges to you

• where do you want impact?

• keep focus on open in open data

• spread your foss values: ethics by design

• actively shape geo’s role as linking pin

to build the bridge to deeper societal impact

Thank you!

All photos: Ton Zijlstra, byExcept screenshots, and where mentioned on the photo.

Slides: Ton Zijlstra / The Green Land, by nc sa

Slides: https://grnl.eu/foss4gBlog: https://zylstra.org/Contact: ton@thegreenland.eu @ton_zylstra