Slides from presentation to students undertaking the MSc in Spatial Data Management at DIT Bolton St. in Ireland. Presentation given by Richard Cantwell, 10th December 2010.
4. Open Knowledge: “ A piece of content or data is open if you are free to use, reuse, and redistribute it - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike.” http://www.opendefinition.org/ What is Open? http://flic.kr/p/7Aqgs5
5. Publish data in web-standard format (that means XML, not PDF, XLS, DOC...) Standards: INSPIRE, W3C, OGC. Community: Plug into existing, attract new userbase. Build it, Publicise it, Use it and they will come.. All dependent on Open Data & Standards http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/
6. New ways of visualising and exploring data http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4982034696/
7. New sources of GeoData http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4672160490
8. New methods of extracting GeoData http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/flickr-as-a-paintbrush/