[GSDI Legal Econ] Value of spatial information (2008)

[Francis Harvey]

Hello,
I would need a cost-benefit analysis of the exercise first....;)

Francis

On 26 Mar 2008, at 06:39, Vlado Cetl wrote:

> Dear Roger,
>
> It is a very good idea to make it and I think it could be a very  
> interesting
> research. I will give it a try (but time is always a limit factor ...)
>
> Regards
>
> PhD Vlado Cetl
> Faculty of Geodesy
> Institute of Applied Geodesy
> Chair of Spatial Information Management
> Kaciceva 26, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
> Tel. ++385 1 4639 191
> Fax. ++385 1 4828 081
> Web: www.geof.hr
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Longhorn" <ral at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "SDI-legal-econ" <legal-econ at lists.gsdi.org>
> Cc: "Kate Lance" <lancekt at aya.yale.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [GSDI Legal Econ] Value of spatial information (2008)
>
>
>> It might be an interesting exercise for some enterprising academic  
>> - or
>> academics - from within the Working Group to do a comparative  
>> analysis
>> of the methodologies, assumptions and findings between what are now  
>> two
>> in-depth studies into the 'value of spatial information/GI' to a
>> national economy - i.e. the OXERA study of 1999 which Ordnance  
>> Survey GB
>> quotes repeatedly - which stated that national mapping underpinned  
>> 100
>> billion GBP of the British economy - and this new study. Perhaps  
>> with a
>> side analysis of the PIRA International study of 2000 into the  
>> economic
>> and investment value of public sector GI to the European economy and
>> information market.
>>
>> Any takers?
>>
>> Roger Longhorn
>> co-Chair GSDI Legal & Socioeconomic W.G.
>>
>> Kate Lance wrote:
>>> http://www.crcsi.com.au/pages/news.aspx?NewsArticleID=433&Display=1
>>> <http://www.crcsi.com.au/pages/news.aspx? 
>>> NewsArticleID=433&Display=1>
>>> Value of spatial information (2008)
>>> According to a new study on the economic impact of spatial  
>>> information
>>> released by Australia's Spatial Information Council (ANZLIC), the
>>> spatial information industry is a major contributor to the national
>>> economy generating revenue of A$1.37 billion in the 2006/07  
>>> financial
>>> year. This is a contribution of between $6.4 and $12.6 billion to
>>> Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  The study also estimated that
>>> inefficient access to data reduces the direct productivity of some
>>> sectors by between five and 15 per cent.
>>> The complete study is available for download at
>>> http://www.crcsi.com.au/UPLOADS/PUBLICATIONS/PUBLICATION_324.pdf
>>>
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