All posts in the topic Geodata] Request for Proposals: Measuring Public Value of Geospatial Commons: A MetroGIS Case Study (Short link)

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From: David William Bitner <email obscured>>
Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:40 AM
Subject: [Geodata] Request for Proposals: Measuring Public Value of
Geospatial Commons: A MetroGIS Case Study
To: <email obscured>


Greetings GeoData folks.
I am on the Coordinating group for MetroGIS, a regional data sharing
collaborative in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan
area.  We are currently seeking (deadline April 16th) RFPs to work on
an FGDC Cap Grant we have recently received. This study has potential
to have very wide ranging impacts as it looks at how data policy
impacts parcel data availability in the United States.
Full information for the RFP can be found at
http://www.metrogis.org/documents/10_0329_f_Rfp_QPV.pdf.
From the introduction:

The MetroGIS community has been awarded a 2010 NSDI Category 5 CAP
grant in the amount of $50,000. The project involves conducting a
Return on Investment (ROI) case study and creating a prototype of a
replicable methodology capable of quantifying value (direct and
indirect) to both the taxpayer and participating government
organizations when government organizations share geospatial data, in
particular, parcel data that adheres to standards that support
interoperability.
MetroGIS is a regional geospatial collaborative serving the
seven-county, Minneapolis- St. Paul metropolitan area. Participants
include representatives of local, county, regional, state, and federal
government entities serving the region, as well as private industries,
utilities, non-profits, and educational institutions.
The proposed Quantify Public Value (QPV) methodology will extend the
ROI methodology developed by Geospatial Information & Technology
Association (GITA) to account for multiple uses and reuse chains. A
range of MetroGIS community interests, in its broadest sense, using
and producing parcel-related data, comprises the project domain. The
geographical and administrative focus of the project is Hennepin
County, the largest county in Minnesota and 33rd in the United States
(by population). The premise is that demonstrating public value
created though data sharing is key to addressing matters of policy
that hamper fully realizing the potential of spatial data
infrastructure (SDI) not only in a regional context, such as fostered
by MetroGIS, but also at the state and national levels. QPV takes into
account value chains and reuse benefits over a longer-term
perspective. Understanding the public value of data sharing is a key
issue in discussions surrounding SDI development and continued
support.

Thanks,
David
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David William Bitner

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