@inproceedings{3e017e57894a4a6a97f9d70d34f61c3c,
title = "Acces to government information unnecessary remains a case of professional elite",
abstract = "Value added use of geographic information is important in the development of geographic information infrastructures. In spite of the European directive 'Reuse of public sector information', the market for value-added geographic information products and services based on government information hardly develops in Europe under current circumstances. The value-added business community uses the information to a limited extent because of the high price and the restrictive use conditions. As a consequence the use of these public datasets remains limited to a stable group of professional users; the mass is not reached. However, this paper argues that the barriers can be levelled through an alternative to current access policies. The alternative access policy may be a first step towards the widespread availability of value added geographic information services satisfying the needs of the public data providers, the value-added businesses, and the citizen.",
keywords = "Conf.proc. > 3 pag, access policy, spatial information management, geographic information infrastructure, GII, SDI, spatial data infrastructure",
author = "{van Loenen}, B and JA Zevenbergen and {de Jong}, J",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
isbn = "87-90907-52-3",
publisher = "International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)",
pages = "1--12",
editor = "T Gollwitzer and K Hillinger and M Villikka",
booktitle = "Shaping the Change; XXIII international FIG congress",
note = "Shaping the Change; XXIII international FIG congress ; Conference date: 08-10-2006 Through 13-10-2006",
}