Friday Lunchtime Lecture: Open data is more than just putting it out there!

As the growth in Open Data published by government continues to accelerate, the need to underpin this with high quality and maintained geospatial data has never been greater. In Great Britain, open geospatial data has been ubiquitously available from Ordnance Survey, the National Mapping Agency since 2010. For this talk a range of case studies will be presented that demonstrate the application of this open data in support of successful initiatives that deliver economic growth, increased public sector transparency and citizen inspired social good. David Henderson is the Head of Data Products at Ordnance Survey. He has worked across most of Ordnance Survey’s commercial and government customer groups before leading the management and future development of Ordnance Survey’s geospatial content and data products - including OS’s Open Data product portfolio. David is also the Chair of the Association of Geographic Information (AGI) and a regular speaker at industry events. Our videos: bit.ly/odi_vimeo Our photos: bit.ly/odi_flickr Our audio: bit.ly/odi_soundcloud Our slides: bit.ly/odi_scribd Our tweets: bit.ly/ODIHQ_tweets Our website: theodi.org ODI Summit videos: bit.ly/odisummit_video What is open data?: bit.ly/what-is-open-data