15. Economic Value of Open Data
Open Gov Data in EU would increase
business activity by up to €40 bn/year
EU Direct & indirect benefits up to €140
bn/year (0.7% of GDP)
Spanish study found ~€600m of business from
open data with >5000 jobs
Australian study: ~500% ROI from open data
Deloitte found open data was reused 10x-100x
more than charged-for data
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All economic analysis and case studies
point the same way
16. Open Data as a Transport Investment
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TFL Open Data
ROI = 58:1
HS2
ROI = 1.4:1
(if we’re lucky)
21. National Information Infrastructure
Global Positioning System data now has
$122bn/yr benefits to US economy alone
UK National Mapping Agency data supports
£100bn/yr of GDP activity
Open Weather Data in US has created 400
companies employing 4000 people
Open addressing data in Denmark now gives
€14m/yr benefits and 70:1 ROI
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31. Open Data improving public services
Publishing the UK’s 240 cardiac surgeons’ individual
clinical outcomes reduced deaths by 1000 a year
1000s of apps delivering public transport information
in the United States – 68 in New York alone
UK released data on location of 300,000 bus-stops;
OpenStreetMap corrected 18,000 of them, improving
official data accuracy.
Sharing Open Data within public agencies in
Manchester (city of 2.6m people) saves US$14m/yr
Open Data on public agency purchasing has allowed
a “whole of government” view to get best prices and
performance from key suppliers
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38. Open Data for Accountability
Open Data exposed CAN$3.2bn misuse of charitable
status in tax code in Canada
Publishing UK Senior Civil Servants’ expenses
reduced claims by ~40-50%
Open Data exposed racial discrimination in water
supply in Zanesville, United States – victims won
$10.9m compensation
UK civil service pay data exposed people paid twice
as much as the Head of the Civil Service and three
times as much as the Prime Minister
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40. Everyone thinks that they are an exception
It’s held separately by n different organisations, and we can’t join it up
It will make people angry and scared without helping them
It is technically impossible
We do not own the data
The data is just too large to be published and used
Our website cannot hold files this large
We know the data is wrong
We know the data is wrong, and people will tell us where it is wrong
We know the data is wrong, and we will waste valuable resources
inputting the corrections people send us
People will draw superficial conclusions from the data without
understanding the wider picture
People will construct league tables from it
It will generate more Freedom of Information requests
It will cost too much to put it into a standard format
It will distort the market
Our IT suppliers will charge us a fortune to do an ad hoc extract
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43. When Open is not Open
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“You shall not use the data made
available through the GC Open Data
Portal in any way which, in the opinion
of Canada, may bring disrepute to or
prejudice the reputation of Canada.”
46. Citadel Project
Sense location
Locate data repository
Search for required data
Obtain metadata
Build strategy and tool
chain to use the data
Access data, convert,
and display it
Now over to the user