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Exploring Open Data Portals for Geospatial Data Discovery Purposes

In: Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics

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  • Matthias Hinz

    (University of Rostock)

  • Ralf Bill

    (University of Rostock)

Abstract

Open Data has recently caught much attention from research, politics, and the economy as a resource that fuels innovation and growth. As more data becomes public within an ever-increasing amount of data portals, it can be hard for users of Open Data to keep an overview and find what they are seeking. Therefore, this paper evaluates Open Data portals by their metadata for getting insights about their content and thematic disposition, including measures of interest for the geospatial domain. It summarizes case studies of nine data portals from the German-speaking area of Europe, ranging between national, regional, and local scopes. At these examples, strengths and problems of current data catalogs are shown as well as new perspectives on their content that may improve future data discovery applications.

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  • Matthias Hinz & Ralf Bill, 2021. "Exploring Open Data Portals for Geospatial Data Discovery Purposes," Progress in IS, in: Andreas Kamilaris & Volker Wohlgemuth & Kostas Karatzas & Ioannis N. Athanasiadis (ed.), Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics, pages 147-162, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prochp:978-3-030-61969-5_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61969-5_11
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    Open data; DCAT; Metadata; Geodata;
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