Lecture given to DIT Spatial Planning Students, March 1st, 2011.
The lecture was intended to introduce students to the concept of open geodata and give a flavour of the myriad of projects and datasets available.
1. An Introduction to Open GeoData Richard Cantwell Senior GIS Consultant www.gamma.ie [email_address] Personal Blog: www.geographic.ie Personal Twitter: @GeoGraphicIE http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/
3. Open Knowledge: “ A piece of content or data is open if you are free to use, reuse, and redistribute it - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike.” http://www.opendefinition.org/ What is Open? http://flic.kr/p/7Aqgs5
4. Publish data in web-standard format (that means XML, not PDF, XLS, DOC...) Standards: INSPIRE, W3C, OGC. Community: Plug into existing, attract new userbase. Build it, Publicise it, Use it and they will come.. All dependent on Open Data & Standards http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/
5. New ways of visualising and exploring data http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4982034696/
6. New sources of GeoData http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4672160490
7. New methods of extracting GeoData http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/flickr-as-a-paintbrush/