Locatum

So, 4 weeks on from the launch of the geospatial strategy , and having written a light-touch reflection  on the event and the strategy I thought I’d now surface some of the questions and more broadly policy ambitions asked by the (virtual) audience on the Remo virtual platform (that will become more familiar I am sure) that day.   A public service if you like. (c) Remo I’ve taken a somewhat liberal rather than literal view of the questions, hacking them into sub-themes or subject areas.  Of course, there are others but these are some of those that continue the conversation. Geospatial data , in particular open geospatial data, opening up data and maintaining that data was a prominent area of interest and concern.   With the new PSGA and the launch of the OS DataHub on 1 st July the public sector has never had better access to OS data or greater opportunity to derive new insights.  At the same time are cash-strapped local authorities able to co...

Or has some wit had it (I spy Bob Barr), another national geospatial strategy. Amid a recent flurry of things geospatial and amid a veritable storm of everything data, evidence and the digital economy, the Geospatial Commission last week launched  Unlocking the Power of Location , the UK's Geospatial Strategy. The questions you're asking are likely, is it any good, is it worthwhile, does it set out a clear vision, is it indeed a strategy, and you may well have drawn your own conclusions.  You should definitely read it. For all the old hacks going "here we go again", it is safe to say that as someone who bleeds geospatial and whose own career has paralleled the rise of digital geography and latterly location intelligence, you can never really get enough of what the former Director of the Geospatial Commission, William Priest, termed this geospatial moment.  And long may it continue. The Zoom launch was always going to be a challenge as strategies are necessa...