Subject: ‘public data’
| November 18, 2009 Ordnance Survey Data to be Made Freely AvailableDataA press release from the British government entitled “Re-mapping the future for Ordnance Survey – making public data public” has announced that the Ordnance Survey will “will open up its data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information.” The announcement comes after a protracted battle by groups such ... read more October 7, 2009Cost of Withholding GIS Data? Half a Million DollarsData, Issues in GISThe County of Santa Clara in California, which has battled fiercely against public information record requests for its GIS data, has recently paid a $500,000 settlement to the First Amendment Coalition. The settlement will cover the legal fees of the watchdog organization which first sued the county in 2006 for refusing to provide GIS data ... read more |
