Geodata is geographic or spatial information - anything from postcodes to maps to aerial views. Accurate geodata is often very expensive to produce, but its value to the public is high. Because of this, debates about geodata, like the current debate about whether the Ordnance Survey should sell its data at a profit, tend to centre around public access. Open geodata is free of copyright restrictions and is accessible to anyone at minimal or no cost.
Royal Mail: closing job search over data dispute while sacking workers
Jim Killock 05 October 2009
Public sector information: officially better when shared
Michael Holloway 14 March 2008
APIG DRM public inquiry hearing
Suw Charman Anderson 02 February 2006
