Institutions matter; The impact of institutional choices relative to access policy and data quality on the development of geographic information infrastructures
B van Loenen (TU Delft - OLD Geo-information and Land Development)
J de Jong (TU Delft - OLD Geo-information and Land Development)
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Abstract
Access to geographic information is critical for the development of geographic information infrastructures (GIIs). Two access policy options are dominant: open access and cost recovery. Cost recovery policies are generally thought to be associated with high-quality datasets, while open-access policies are thought to be associated with poor-quality data. However, how data collection is organized is more critical for the quality and the use of the dataset than access policies are. We compared parcel and large-scale topographic datasets in five jurisdictions of comparable sizes, population densities, and socioeconomic levels and argue that institutional choices affect GII development.
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