The impact of access policies in the development of a national GDI

Within the context of Geodata- and Service Infrastructures (GDI) access-to-government data policies are important the existence and successful use of the data, and the success of the GDI itself. Two access doctrines are dominant in the literature: open access policies and cost recovery policies. Many researches have attempted to compare open...

One access policy for high-quality geographic information: results from a US - EU comparative study