1Spatial's Steven Ramage contacted us last week in his
capacity as a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC's) Data
Quality Working Group regarding an effort in which he is involved. He
wanted to make our readership aware of an OGC survey to collect data to
"ascertain what organizations involved in the market place currently
understand and mean when using the term spatial data quality." Here are
Ramage's reasons why you should pay attention to this effort, and
respond to the survey.
- You'll have an opportunity to highlight what you
see as the drivers and issues for spatial data quality.
- You can contribute to an industry-wide issue that
spans all continents.
- You'll be a part of the standards process and
help determine mechanisms for building on ISO19000 series standards
relating to data quality.
- You can help build momentum in the industry
around spatial data quality and share ideas and approaches.
- You'll need to think carefully about the bottom
line impact of not having “fit for purpose†data within your own
organization.
I would guess that every reader of
Directions
Magazine has faced spatial data quality problems during their
careers. An
article
by Ramage (PDF, page 5) about the effort appeared in GITA's
Networks
Magazine. You can
access
the survey directly.