The document discusses issues around geospatial data including determining data needs, sources, access, protection, and renewal. It notes different uses like research, planning, and disputes have varying accuracy and timeliness requirements. The document also raises establishing enabling platforms as a critical need and addresses emerging issues with geospatial data like certification, metadata, documentation, privacy, scalability, and ensuring data flows beyond individual projects.

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2. Social Life of (Geospatial)
Information
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 What do we need it for? (And hence what
accuracy, format, timeliness, “sovereign
certification”?)
 Research/Planning/Project
Implementation/Property disputes have different
requirements.
 Who has it? And how can I get them to give it
to me?
 How do I retrieve it?
 How do I protect it?
 How do I renew it?

3. Proverbial “Unified Data
Centre”
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4. Relevant Distribution of
Knowledge
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5. Critical Need:
Enabling Platforms – Where do we
start?
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6. Social Life of Information –
Emerging Issues
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 Certification/validity for use
 Metadata & mismatches
 Documentation
 Privacy
 Scalability (beyond replication)
 Flow vs stock – inclusion beyond the project
duration