Presentation at Where2.0 conference about open access to open data (not as it seems!).

1. Title How Open is Open?

2. New customer Announcement

3. About Advertisement Founded in 2006 Web-driven GIS, not vice versa (no GIS legacy hangover) User-led research Current customers (or 2003) Informal space (neighborhoods) Mass transit More to come… www.bigsearchengine.com

4. “ Denial of Data” Part I

5. Chelsea MTA Map Dangerous Maps

6. MTA Map Detail Very Dangerous Maps

7. MTA email “… PDF copies of the MTA Neighborhood Map. I currently have…”

8. MTA email “… exactly what you plan to do with electronic version of an MTA neighborhood map.” “… our overall impression of what you plan to do involves a traditional license agreement.”

9. MTA email “… interested only in subway entrances as indicated on on the map.”

10. MTA email “… we cannot release MTA neighborhood maps…”

11. MTA email “… it’s unclear to me how they can be ‘un-released,’ especially given that large format maps exist in each station and the very public nature of subway exits.”

12. MTA email Read between the lines.

13. NYC.gov Web Map Bureaucratic Silliness

14. NYC.gov Web Map w egress Bureaucratic Silliness Lesson First scrape, then ask

15. LA reject letter “ I have been advised that this information is considered a security and safety sensitive which, if released, could be used by a third party to harm the riding public…Government Code 6255.” Bagel Preservation

16. US-FOIA US Copyright Act (17 USC §105) No federal copyright Many states agree (some don’t) FOIA/public records request as a public response/check Part II ©

17. US-Copyright Santa Clara County High-priced GIS data Release data at reasonable prices Public Policy Meets GIS County: “no,” pulls data and hides behind national security Court: “no, no” must be available at cost County: says bad idea, public safety at risk and trade secrets violated Court: Rejected safety/trade secret argument. Data must be available and at reasonable cost (May 2007) PS: parcel data drops from $250k to $20k

18. US-Copyright2 US-Copyright Greenwich, CT Citizen request for GIS data in 2001 City: Data constitute a trade secret, contain economic value. Free release of GIS data would invite mayhem ! Public Policy Meets GIS (Again) Court: Info available elsewhere, not a trade secret; “ generalized claims of a possible safety risk” are not sufficient

19. US-Copyright2 US-Copyright Philadelphia County, PA El Paso County, CO DuPage County, IL How Much is Your Parcel? St Louis County, MO $0.00 $460,000 $720,000 $31.88

20. Sean Gorman The Sean Gorman Problem “… burn it.”

21. RAND report The Geospatial Reality Under 1% of publicly-available web sites could help terrorists Consider Accuracy Perishability Planning FGDC Guidelines Promote access, restrict if necessary

22. NGA Quote “ If there was a situation where any imagery products were being used by adversaries to kill Americans, I think we should act” [to restrict imagery] - Vice Adm Murrett, NGA, 8 May 2007 Ever try un ringing a bell? Sobering (Uninformed?) Comments?

23. Where is the pentagon? Where in the World is…?

24. US-FOIA Embodiment of facts Part III ©

25. Mt St Victoire Photo Fact?

26. Mt Ste Victoire Paintings Or Fact?

27. FACTS Fact(s) Is legal protection even available for spatial data?

28. UK-Ordinance Survey All Your Streets Are Belong to Us (UK Mix) Want base map data? Want postal code boundaries?

29. EU-INSPIRE INSPIRE (EU) harmonize EU geotata policies/develop coherent spatial data infrastructure access to data may be uniformly onerous and increase usage across agencies, not for civic purposes increasing restrictions over the life of the initiative

30. Summary In Sum Security is Code for Bureaucratic Malaise Un-releasing of Data is Difficult (Impossible?) Facts Are Not Always Facts

31. Thank Youmud Thank You [email_address] (37.775429, -122.397314)