Post on 13-Dec-2014
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Civil Society reaction when access to Public Sector Information
is restricted
Chris CorbinePSIplus Analyst
Brighton, England, 29th November 2007
funded by eContentPlus
Introduction
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• The public services in all countries collect a large amount of information from society on the behalf of society in order to deliver the services required and to develop and monitor policies.
• Much if this data is collected and used at the local level for example at the City of Brighton and Hove level
• Another example is the topographic maps produced by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
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• For 20 years there have been initiatives at the European and Global levels to open up these public sector information vaults for re-use by others in society whether that be for commercial gain or otherwise. E.g. the citizen.
• By 1999 the European Union realised that the voluntary code of sharing public sector information was not delivering. To address this a new law was brought forward which came into being at the European Union level on 31st December 2003. (Reference Directive 2003/98/EC)
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Here in the UK the law has been implemented via secondary legislation:
The re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 - 1515).
The law came into effect within the UK on 1st July 2005.
The UK leading public body is:
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) that operate and have implemented a number of very helpful facilities such as the:- click use licence- Information Fair Trader Scheme (of which the Ordnance
Survey is a full member of).
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Back ground information on ePSIplus
The ePSIplus Thematic Network is a European Union funded project to monitor how the Re-use of public sector information is progressing since the law came into force within all Member States on 1st July 2005.
– Supports the implementation of the European Directive on PSI re-use.– The network will be active for 30 months*.– Cover all Member (EU, EEA, EFTA) and candidate states.– Covers all PSI domains.– Will focus on five major themes.
* Commenced on the 1st September 2006 and will be operational through to 28 th February 2009. (which covers the period leading up to the PSI Directive review in 2008 by the European Parliament.)
Has now been operational for 15 months and during that time has established network links with Australia, Canada, Southeast Asia and the OECD. That is the topic is a global one not just European or national.
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One of the prime objectives of the law is to stimulate innovation and as such stimulate the UK and European information society and knowledge economy.
How ever UK Government data and information policy contains impediments which makes it very difficult to achieve especially in the area of digital maps.
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What is the connection to this evenings OpenStreetMap launch of the digital map created by the people of the City of Brighton & Hove for use by the people and organisations of the City of Brighton & Hove?
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Example 1: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 1: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 1: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
Rather dominant on this map which has the prime purpose of supporting local democracy.
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Example 2: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 3: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 3: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 3: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
Requires viewer to identify themselves by cookies needing to be set.
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Example 3: Impact on the City Council
Copied from the City Council web site.
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Example 4: Impact on the local bus company
Copied from the Brighton & Hove bus company web site.
Map
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Example 4: Impact on the local bus company
Copied from the Brighton & Hove bus company web site.
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Example 4: Impact on the local bus company
Copied from the Brighton & Hove bus company web site.
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Example 5: Impact on the central government
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Example 5: Impact on the central government
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Example 6: impact on charity
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Example 6: Raising money for charity
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Example 6: Raising money for charity
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Example 7: Impact on Research
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Summary
The significance of the City or Brighton & Hove OSM digital map is that:
- there is no need to break intellectual property law. (You have a choice)
- there is no need to enter into lengthy dialogues with public bodies.
- it is a digital map and therefore can be used within digital applications.
- there is no financial charge involved to use it.
- there are no restrictions placed on its re-use and as such it maybe used in a way that suits YOU. No need to use open public data stores - you have the choice of what level of privacy you require.
- the digital map can grow in that people and organisations within the City can keep it current and enhance the map. Even at the current time it is more up to date than most other digital maps for the City. The more that use it the better it will be!
- although it is local it is connected into a national map, a European digital map and a Global map - so you can work at a neighbourhood level through to a global level!
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Summary
The City or Brighton & Hove OSM digital map has been created
For YOU and for local organisations as such it is a resource to be used and built upon and we
hope that this will help keep the City of Brighton & Hove at the leading edge of innovation within the global information
society.
Interested in PSI? Then why not visit:
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Thank you for your attention
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