[Geodata] What is the value of free data? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Pat Cappelaere]

Bruce,

This document articulates clearly the value of the data.  This is the  
kind of business case I am looking for... in the US.
Thanks for pointing this out.  This is a great step in the right  
direction.

Providers of free data have to be ready to justify the economic value  
of their own data.  Saying that it is invaluable is not an enabler to  
make it free and could be construed as the opposite by some.

Pat.

On Sep 13, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:

> IMO:
>
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> There was some research done recently into trying to determine the  
> value that the spatial information industry contributed to the  
> Australian economy. By extension, arguments could be made as to the  
> value of the spatial data that is driving the industry.
>
> Personally, I thing that the data is invaluable.
>
>
> The research was done in 2007 by ACIL Tasman:
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> http://www.crcsi.com.au/uploads/publications/PUBLICATION_323.pdf
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>
> For those coming to Sydney for FOSS4G-2009, this paper will also be  
> presented.
>
>
>
>   Bruce Bannerman
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geodata-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:geodata-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Pat Cappelaere
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 September 2009 12:57 AM
>> To: geodata at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [Geodata] What is the value of free data?
>>
>> It is great to make geodata free.  However, we could get more
>> of it if we could quantify the value of that data.
>> We need to justify the business case.
>>
>> Interestingly, for opensource software projects, you can
>> compute the potential cost of developing that software.
>> This is an approximation of the value of that code [but not
>> the value that is enabled by the code] So I am looking for a
>> similar and still imperfect metric.
>>
>> Any suggestion?
>>
>> Cost of similar commercial imagery?
>> Economic value of imaged area?
>> Potential damage assessment (disaster)?
>> Scientific value of imagery?
>>
>> How do we estimate this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pat.
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