The Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam (11-16 May 2013) carried the theme ‘Monetising Geospatial Values and Practices’. The theme conjures images of geospatial specialists hunched over their workstations trying to encode complex economic calculations and computations that can help them …
Public bodies are facing the most challenging INSPIRE deadline yet: by December any dataset within scope of INSPIRE must be published in its current form with a view service and a download service. INSPIRE requires public bodies to publish spatial …
The INSPIRE regulations provide a framework that describes how datasets that fall within specified categories should be published. This describes both how the data should be presented (data specifications) and how they should be accessed (view and download services – …
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As Chair of the UK Location Evaluation Subgroup I’m looking forward to reviewing the results from 2012 user survey of data.gov.uk. If you’ve not seen it yet the survey can be accessed here. User participation is key in developing the …
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It's always difficult knowing when and where to start, but with the fresh look to data.gov.uk and inclusion of the location tab this has been made easier with a fantastic step to 'putting place within the heart of decision making'. …
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