Eliminating Barriers to Data Sharing - WhereCamp5280 Plenary

by James Fee on Aug 14, 2009

Eliminating Barriers to Data Sharing

Eliminating Barriers to Data Sharing

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Eliminating Barriers to Data Sharing - WhereCamp5280 Plenary — Presentation Transcript

Eliminating Barriers to Data Sharing James Fee

Why is Sharing Spatial Data so Hard?

Build it and they will use it!?!?

XML is not Human Readable

Metadata is not Human Readable

Time to Kill Metadata No one updates it No one reads it No one shares it

Much like XML - Metadata is Machine Readable

Metadata for Humans GeoCommons WeoGeo Finder! Market

SEO

SEO Gaming Google for Personal Gain

City of Nanaimo, BC Do You See Spiders? Making Government Data Truly Open http://bit.ly/3wQDxM

No Turning Back! http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/joshmiller/54979424/

“Geoportals” aren’t working because they are created by experts, for experts

“Geoportals” aren’t working because they are created by experts, for experts The CyberNun

Simple interfaces work best

X Simple interfaces work best

Use Maps to Deﬁne Area of Interest

Stay Agile

GeoZen

Thank You James Fee email: jfee@weogeo.com twitter: @cageyjames blog: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com mobile: 480.225.2287