Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem?: Lessons learned from geoportal research

Bastiaan van Loenen; Joep Crompvoets; Alenka Poplin

Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research

Bastiaan van Loenen, Joep Crompvoets, Alenka Poplin

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Abstract

Many countries and also cities have their own open data portal, which provide geographic data that can be used even by citizens. One of the current challenges is to satisfy user needs to ensure that the data that is provided through the portal is
actually used. This paper provides insights in the findability of datasets through of a special kind of portal: the geoportal. It presents the main findings of research accomplished on the findability, attainability and usability of geoportals through an
assessment of the transaction costs involved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017)
Editors	Joaquin Huerta, Fernando Benitez, Mohammad Medhi Moradi, Christoph Schlieder, Diego Pajarito
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	AGILE 2017: 20th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science - Wageningen, Netherlands Duration: 9 May 2017 → 12 May 2017 https://agile-online.org/index.php/conference/conference-2017

Publication series

Name	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume	1952
ISSN (Electronic)	1613-0073

Conference

Conference	AGILE 2017: 20th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Wageningen
Period	9/05/17 → 12/05/17
Internet address	https://agile-online.org/index.php/conference/conference-2017

Keywords

open data portal assessment

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van Loenen, B., Crompvoets, J., & Poplin, A. (2017). Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research. In J. Huerta, F. Benitez, M. Medhi Moradi, C. Schlieder, & D. Pajarito (Eds.), Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017) (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 1952). CEUR-WS.

van Loenen, Bastiaan ; Crompvoets, Joep ; Poplin, Alenka. / Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research. Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017). editor / Joaquin Huerta ; Fernando Benitez ; Mohammad Medhi Moradi ; Christoph Schlieder ; Diego Pajarito. CEUR-WS, 2017. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

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van Loenen, B, Crompvoets, J & Poplin, A 2017, Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research. in J Huerta, F Benitez, M Medhi Moradi, C Schlieder & D Pajarito (eds), Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1952, CEUR-WS, AGILE 2017: 20th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Wageningen, Netherlands, 9/05/17.

Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research. / van Loenen, Bastiaan; Crompvoets, Joep; Poplin, Alenka.
Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017). ed. / Joaquin Huerta; Fernando Benitez; Mohammad Medhi Moradi; Christoph Schlieder; Diego Pajarito. CEUR-WS, 2017. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 1952).

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van Loenen B, Crompvoets J, Poplin A. Open data portals as part of the open data ecosystem? Lessons learned from geoportal research. In Huerta J, Benitez F, Medhi Moradi M, Schlieder C, Pajarito D, editors, Joint Proceedings of the 5th Open Data for Open Cities Workshop on Re-use and discovery level, applied to the spatial point analysis process on linear networks and 4th Geogames and Geoplay International Workshop co-located with the 20th International Conference (AGILE 2017). CEUR-WS. 2017. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).