Sharing will save everyone time and resources - DATAFreetown GIS Conference 2013
Supported by…
Mr Jobo Samba, GIS Expert
INTRODUCTION Cost of collecting data
Benefits of sharing data
How to share data
Issue involved in sharing of data
COST OF COLLECTING DATA Data is the ingredient for social, economic
and environmental development planningTopographic Data-SL Settlement Data – SL British Sierra Leone Ordinance Statistics Survey Department
1960s
2004
COST OF COLLECTING TOPO. DATATopographic Data Acquisition
By Aerial Survey
- High Winged Aircraft
- Human Resource ( Pilot, data processing team)
- Financial Resources
- Not less than six months for nation wide survey
COST OF COLLECTING SETTLEMNT DATA
Settlement Data Acquisition
By Field Campaign
- Human Resource (78 Field Officers)
- Equipment ( GPSs, Vehicles etc.)
- Financial Resources
- 25 Months to cover the entire country
BENEFITS OF DATA SHARING Key Data Sharing Benefits:
- Harmonization of national development planning among MDAs
- Saves Time
- Saves Resources
DATA SHARING METHODS shared network file server (for example, within a
research group, school or department) intranets or content management systems
online collaboration tools or groupware (for example, Google Docs and Spreadsheets)
proprietary enterprise software (for example, Microsoft Sharepoint)
social networking sites for researchers (such as myExperiment)
KEY CHALLENGES IN DATA SHARING Common data management principles
Sharing Protocol, IPR, ownership…..,
Data standards
Data types – What is needed
Data quality – Fitness for Use
KEY CHALLENGES IN DATA SHARINGData Volume – How much is enough
Metadata, vocabularies
Who Pays
Benefits/incentives for sharing
Data Security – Open access vs sensitive data
Data download & Use tracking
The increasingly popular decision at the municipal and regional levels is to provide GIS data as a free public good and service
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