G8 leaders (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union) have recently signed a charter on open data.
The Open Data Charter sets out 5 strategic principles that all G8
members will act on. G8 members also identified 14 high-value sectors
from which they will release data which include geospatial and
infrastructure.
Open data principles
The G8 countries to follow a
set of principles that are the foundation for access to, and the release
and re-use of, data collected by by G8 governments.
- Open Data by Default
- Quality and Quantity
- Usable by All
- Releasing Data for Improved Governance
- Releasing Data for Innovation
Ond of the 14 high-value sectors identified by the G8 leaders was geospatial data.
Open Geospatial Data in Germany
In Germany since March 2013, legislation has been in place to enable all federal data to be available free of charge and for unrestricted commercial and non-commercial use (with attribution).
At the INSPIRE conference yesterday, Stefan Sandmann gave a fascinating overview of the very rapid adoption of open data at the federal level in Germany.
Dec 2011 – Start of legislation initiative
Jan-Feb 2012 – Publc consultation with all ministries and Laender
Feb-Sep 2012 – Consltation with upper and lower houses of German Parliament
16 Nov 212 – Open data legislation comes into force
23 Mar 2013 – Conditions for use come into force
Comparison of revenue and cost of bureacracy for geospatial data
Netherlands – KvK 19.50 %
United Kingdom – Companies House 20.73 %
Austria – BEV 26.5 %
Germany – BKG 0.24 %
Germany – SenStadt 10.38 %
Denmark – DECA 0.82%
Spain – IGN-CENIG 4.12%
Spain – Cadastre 0.00%
France – Cadastre 0.55%
Italy – Cadastre 0.50%
Netherlands – Cadastre 6.57%
At the European level, the INSPIRE legislation permits charges for geospatial data.- Hamburg
- Baden-Wurtemburg
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Berlin
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Finland
- Iceland
- France
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