Why Geospatial Data is Infrastructure
summary
Argument: treat geospatial data as critical infrastructure equal to roads and energy, because it underpins pandemic response, routing and planning. Evidence and specifics: ODI helped publish 2000 datasets including LiDAR; core assets are UPRNs and registers and new systems like the National Underground Asset Register; major failure modes are fragmentation across agencies, differing platforms, weak standards and restrictive licenses; commercial risks include the Google Maps API price hike in 2018 that pushed costs up for users. Solutions: open licensing, shared identifiers, standards and ethical access.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:55What is data infrastructure
- 3:59Geospatial data as critical infrastructure
- 5:23Data holders and the ecosystem
- 7:50Commercial dominance in geospatial
- 9:35Open vs closed data spectrum
- 10:59Core data assets in the UK
- 12:01Challenges in UK geospatial data
- 13:23Strengthening geospatial infrastructure
- 14:45Ethical and equitable access
- 15:46Q&A on government data separation
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