Re: [OSM-talk] presenting the case for open data to local government?
On Oct 10, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Daniel Joseph wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone had experience conveying to local government all > the reasons for opening up data. The city where I grew up has a clunky "GIS > web portal" with which you can only view data. A neighboring city will > provide data but their data release form includes the following: "The data is > provided solely for the use of the requesting party and may not be made > available to anyone else." > > I want to put together a succinct and well-documented argument that I can > send along to a city council member/ mayor/ city manager/ etc. > > Anything you're willing to pass along (comments, suggestions, something > you've written up, research, etc) would be much appreciated. The cities we work with at Code for America are already pretty much on-board with open data, but the GIS departments and data owners often have reservations. They worry about how the inevitable mistakes in the data will be perceived, about liability, and about a wider community of data users complaining to them. Do you have the bandwidth to hold hands a bit, and offer a chance for cities to accept data changes from the broader community? Many of the OSM-based change detection projects like OWL and Changewithin might help with this. I've been working on an update to Changewithin designed to address cities beyond New York, for example: https://github.com/migurski/changewithin Some chit-chat on the subject here: https://github.com/osmlab/changewithin/pull/14 -mike. michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/cahttp://mike.teczno.com/contact.html ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] presenting the case for open data to local government?
Hey Dan, I realize these aren't arguments per se but solid people to talk to. You may want to hit up Elliot Plack , who works for Baltimore County GIS and recently helped open the county's GIS data under public domain for contribution to OSM. Another high level contact might be Colin Reilly https://twitter.com/ColinReillyNY at NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications who helped open the NYC building footprint data in a practical way. -- ian twitter.com/ian_villeda (https://twitter.com/ian_villeda) On Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Daniel Joseph wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone had experience conveying to local government all > the reasons for opening up data. The city where I grew up has a clunky "GIS > web portal" with which you can only view data. A neighboring city will > provide data but their data release form includes the following: "The data is > provided solely for the use of the requesting party and may not be made > available to anyone else." > > I want to put together a succinct and well-documented argument that I can > send along to a city council member/ mayor/ city manager/ etc. > > Anything you're willing to pass along (comments, suggestions, something > you've written up, research, etc) would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dan > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org (mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org) > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] presenting the case for open data to local government?
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had experience conveying to local government all the reasons for opening up data. The city where I grew up has a clunky "GIS web portal" with which you can only view data. A neighboring city will provide data but their data release form includes the following: "The data is provided solely for the use of the requesting party and may not be made available to anyone else." I want to put together a succinct and well-documented argument that I can send along to a city council member/ mayor/ city manager/ etc. Anything you're willing to pass along (comments, suggestions, something you've written up, research, etc) would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
