The Impact of Open Geodata –follow up study after 5 years

Ulla Kronborg MazzoliAgency for Data Supply and Efficiency

Denmark

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Outline

• The road to open

• Before and after measurements

• An example of free geodata – the value chain

• Potentials and barriers

• INSPIRE view and reflections

The road to open …

Competitive position and productivity

Demographic profile

Public sector economy

Digital rawmaterial

Easy acsessCombinable

Quality and standardization

A baseline 2012

Free geodata = SDFE data (GST)

o topography

o cadaster

o elevation

o ortophoto

o place names

o administrative borders

o ……..

Value 2012 = 1.6 billion DKK

The measurement

• Based on the base-line • Socio-economic value 2016

• Examples of value creation

• Potentials and barriers

• Private enterprises

• Public authorities• Government, regions, municipalities

• Utility companies

• Production effect• Private and public producing products and services• Private – turn over• public – resources (personnel) used

• Efficiency effect• Cost savings – value of saved time • Public, private utility companies

• Welfare gains – not included• Improved environment + health• Time saved private citizens

• Questionnaire

• In depth interviews

Free geodata – the basis for climate proofing

• ”Scalgo Live Flood Risk” cloud based software solution

• A national flood risk platform • climate adaptation

• urban planning

• emergency

• management of watercourses

• Municipalities, utility companies, consulting engineers, insurance companies…..

What is really, really interesting….

The value-generative role of geodata

Geodata value chain in climate proofing

Private company(NIRAS)

• Turn over doubled• Scalable solution• No cost for data

purchases

Municipality 2

Municipality 1

Utility company A

Utility company B

water and wastewatercompany

The freegeodata

• Wider dissemination in organization

• Cheaper screenings• Added value at

customer level

SCALGO

• Time saving screenings

• Less resources used on infrastructure maintenance

1. link users 2. link users 3. link users

Use of free Geodata X 4

Number of users X 75

Value of free Geodata X 2

Development 2012 - 2016

Potentials

• Government work and efficiency

• Improving quality of task performance

• Business growth

• Optimism concerning future market potentials

• New sectors and areas of management

• Finance, facility management, industry analysis

• More cross sector collaboration

• Standardized and combinable data

Common ground

• Ensure high quality

• Need for continuous updating

• Data must be guarantied valid and trustworthy

• Additional free datasets

Certain barriers can be handled by SDFE itself

Others must be handled in joint-government cooperation • state, regions and municipalities

Some examples

• Competences - data analytics

• Sparring about use

• Easy-to-use APIs

• Combinability - standardized data models even “outside”

• Submission of errors, bugs and improvement suggestions

• Uncertainty concerning the nature and scope of the role of public authorities

INSPIRE?

• Combinable and user friendly – no need for a PhD!

• Easy to access and connect – Google-like APIs

• Paradox – make it simple vs. Private sector solutions

• SME – international open data

• Common themes – cross administration• streams, roads, buildings, soil conditions

• Non-technical metadata – user relevant information• Information about how-to-use and where to gain

Conclusions

• Yes – you can measure an effect of free geodata

• No, not all problems are solved

• Yes, there is still a lot of potential

• INSPIRE Inspired now inspire INSPIRE

Free and open is good but real value takes a bit more

Links

• http://sdfe.dk/media/2916777/de-frie-geodata-eftermaaling.pdf

• http://inspire-danmark.dk/ (English summary)

• http://scalgo.com/

• https://uk.fm.dk/publications/2012/good-basic-data-for-everyone/