Open Data and Beyond

Journal Article (2016)
Author(s)

FM Welle Donker (TU Delft - OLD Geo-information and Land Development)

Bastiaan Loenen (TU Delft - OLD Geo-information and Land Development)

AK Bregt

Research Group
OLD Geo-information and Land Development
Copyright
© 2016 F.M. Welle Donker, B. van Loenen, AK Bregt
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5040048
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Publication Year
2016
Language
English
Copyright
© 2016 F.M. Welle Donker, B. van Loenen, AK Bregt
Research Group
OLD Geo-information and Land Development
Issue number
4
Volume number
5
Pages (from-to)
1-16
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Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of releasing public sector information as open data. Governments worldwide see the potential benefits of opening up their data. The potential benefits are more transparency, increased governmental efficiency and effectiveness, and external benefits, including societal and economic benefits. The private sector also recognizes potential benefits of making their datasets available as open data. One such company is Liander, an energy network administrator in the Netherlands. Liander views open data as a contributing factor to energy conservation. However, to date there has been little research done into the actual effects of open data. This research has developed a monitoring framework to assess the effects of open data, and has applied the framework to Liander’s small-scale energy consumption dataset.