CHadley_OS-presentation-for-EG-workshop-on-open-data-Feb-2022.pdf
- 1. R E S P O N D I N G TO T H E C H A L L E N G E S O F O P E N DATA I N G R E AT B R I TA I N Clare Hadley, Chief Geospatial Office, Ordnance Survey
- 3. Source: David Zaharchuk, IBM Institute for Business Value New industries, jobs, skills Sustainable Economic Growth Decreased risk of recidivism Improved Public Services Decreased unit cost per outcome Improved Public Administration Safe, vibrant communities Increased economic & social benefits to taxpayers Increased trust in government Enhanced citizens’ awareness of their rights Accelerated discovery of cures R&D Excellence Objective Example Outcome
- 4. OPEN DATA IN THE UK
- 6. T H E O R D N A N C E S U RV E Y E X P E R I E N C E
- 7. Past
- 8. David Lidington, Cabinet Office Minister, June 2018 Past
- 9. GB Overview Maps MiniScale OS Open Zoomstack 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster OS OpenMap – Local OSVectorMap District Boundary-Line OS Open Greenspace OS Open Rivers OS Open Roads OSTerrain 50 Code-Point Open OS Open Names OS OpenTOID OS Open UPRN OS Open USRN OS Open Linked Identifiers OS Linked Identifiers OS Names OSVectorTile OS Features OS Maps OS Downloads Downloads APIs Current Open Open & PremiumVersions Depends on API being automated
- 10. Current OS OpenTOID OS Open UPRN OS Open USRN OS Open Linked Identifiers Topographic Identifier (TOID) A unique identifier, consisting of the letters ‘osgb’ and followed by up to sixteen digits,associated with every feature in many of Ordnance Survey’s large scale products.TheTOID is based upon the Digital National Framework concept and the principles that underpinned it.TheTOID will remain with the feature throughout the feature’s life and will not be reassigned to a new feature when the existing feature is deleted. Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) A unique numeric identifier for every spatial address in Great Britain and can be found in OS's Address products.It provides a comprehensive,complete, consistent identifier throughout a property's life cycle – from planning permission through to demolition. Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) A unique identifier assigned to each Street where the street name/number/descriptor and locality information is the same.This number is allocated by the local highway authority. Linked Identifier The relationship between UPRNs, USRNs andTOIDs, and metadata
- 11. Current
- 12. Current OS OpenMap – Local Map, visualise and truly understand your data at street level. Data Structure: Raster, Vector Format: ESRI® Shapefile, GML, GeoPackage, and GeoTIFF
- 13. Current OS Open Zoomstack A comprehensive basemap of Great Britain showing coverage from national level right down to street detail. Data Structure: Vector Format: GeoPackage, and VectorTiles “This new product is going to be something of a game changer and so far I can't think of anything I don't like about it” “Up and running in development in under an hour” “Companies can utilise OS Open Zoomstack as a near plug-and-play toolkit”
- 14. • Everything delivered on time, to great feedback • Massive user engagement which has embedded user engagement practices & customer focus • Huge amount of usage for the various new APIs, with growth in both public and private sector usage of authoritative data increase in like-for-like OS OpenData orders since OS Data Hub launched Current features released under OGL terms orders of new OS OpenData
- 15. In the future OS is focusing on improving the use of existing products and APIs, through developing sample code, tutorials and getting started guides. Future How have we decided what to build? Ongoing OpenData Activity
- 16. O P E N DATA C H A L L E N G E S
- 17. Clarity in Government Objectives Building an Ecosystem Sustainable Funding
- 18. “Our data.gov.uk portal has been instrumental in enabling the UK government to open up over 27,000 datasets since its launch in 2010. However, despite considerable recent progress, government data can still be difficult to find and use. Too much government data is still held in organisational silos, which are costly and inefficient to maintain.The data we currently make available openly does not always meet users’ needs in terms of format, quality and timeliness.At the same time, data publishing processes across government do not fit a standard model. They are not always automated or embedded in ‘business as usual’, which can mean there is sometimes duplication and overlap in the data government holds.” - UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18
- 19. Transparency Public Sector Service Delivery Socioeconomic benefit and Innovation Objective SupportingActions • Better data access and curation • Support with data interpretation • Assistance with common procurement • Sharing of good practice • Developer Outreach and Incubation • Enable User input • Open Data is a means to an end – it needs to solve problems to be useful • Different problems mean different objectives, which need different types of policy support
- 20. OS OpenData Central Government SMEs Developer Community Local Authorities Big Tech Introduce new users to wide range of data Understand and respond to user needs, across all stakeholders Support users by giving them easy- to-use tools, and leadership into what is achievable
- 21. • Sponsorship • Speaking opportunities • Hands-on (hackathons) • Exhibition Engage • Workshops • Showcases • OpenData Masterclasses • Competitions • Online engagement Educate Webservices and APIs Freemium Pricing Model Developer Outreach OS Data Availability
- 22. BRITAIN’S PIONEERING LOCATION DATA LAB The Hub is an incubator space designed to support individuals, SMEs and corporate innovators
- 23. • Discovery interviews and surveys • 9 trials with 1000+ users • Customer Advisory Group covering: • Start-ups • OS Partners • Public Sector • Open Data Institute
- 24. Need to acknowledge that data costs money to produce and develop sustainable funding mechanisms Collection Curation Hosting Sharing Engagement Data Asset Repeating Process
- 25. • The first OS OpenData agreement was funded by government at £20m pa for a period of 10 years.This covered the initial release of 11 products. • The 2015 release of a further 4 products was funded by OS by adopting a ‘freemium’ business model. • The Public Sector Geospatial Agreement which was signed in 2020 includes the provision of open data products and services over the next 10 years.
- 26. C O N C L U S I O N
- 27. • It is important to consider not only what data is provided, but why and how data is provided. Regularly reviewing the original objective and monitoring its achievement will inform actions in the future. • OS has responded to the challenges of open data by focusing on supporting users, using new innovation to improve the National Geospatial Database, and on the creation of additional value from the data by, for example, making identifiers open. Also by making the case to government for sustainable funding. • The concept of ‘open data’ is one-dimensional – ‘open’ or ‘closed’.The issues are far more complex and a more nuanced approach is needed.This could be FAIR Improving Data… Quality Discoverability Interoperability Accesss
- 28. Source: Wikipedia and GoFair
- 29. T H A N K YO U ! C L A R E . H A D L E Y @ O S . U K