Optimizing the Value of Geospatial Data
summary
GeoValue frames a concrete checklist: follow the geographic information value chain—acquisition, harmonization, accessibility—to turn datasets into assets. Evidence: 108,000 US cities and 3,142 counties create redundant collections, so upfront standardization reduces conversion costs. Practical proposals include tiered licensing for risk-sensitive reuse, publishing individual layers or services (roads, bridges), a catalog/discovery portal, routing and spatial-analysis APIs, and archival versioning to track past states; these are implementable steps, not vague promises.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:00Geographic Information Value Chain
- 1:56Actions
- 2:13Cost Avoidance
- 3:02Explicit Knowledge
- 3:39Harmonization
- 4:41Accessibility
- 5:17Data Integration
- 5:55Data Interpretation
- 7:02Curation
- 8:10Licensing
- 9:16Base Map
- 10:12Catalog
- 10:34Routing
- 11:02Archival
- 11:24GeoValue
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