Research and analysis

Access to Geospatial Data

A data sharing assessment tool was developed to help data publishers overcome their reluctance to share data due to perceived risks that may or may not exist.

• From: Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office and Geospatial Commission
• Published: 9 June 2020
• Last updated: 16 December 2020
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  1. 16 December 2020

     Data Sharing Assessment (DSA tool) Added a 'Version history' sheet and referenced it from the README sheet. Added one question to the DSA_tool sheet - Question 1. Renumbered questions to account for change above. Added column ‘INSPIRE Element Mappings – Limitations on Public Access’ for datasets in scope of INSPIRE.

  2. 25 August 2020

     Replaced XLS format with ODS format. Included email address in README sheet for feedback and suggestions

  3. 9 June 2020

     First published.

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This summary report sets out key findings, recommendations and benefits from the Geospatial Commission’s data discoverability project which developed a standardised process for data publishers to assess the potential risks in various categories (eg GDPR, commercial, security etc) of sharing a dataset. It also looked at potential mitigation strategies.

As a result of this work, the Geospatial Commission produced a data sharing assessment tool to help data publishers responsibly publish data.