Dr. Tina Svan Colding
Head of Function - Private Sector
The Danish Geodata Agency
Denmark

Biography
Tina Svan Colding is Head of Function - private sector, The Danish Geodata Agency, The Danish Ministry of Environment. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography, University of Copenhagen (2005), and a M.Sc. in Agricultural Geography, University of Copenhagen (1997). Dr. Colding has participated in the process of opening op the geographical data in Denmark – from business case to the actual implementation of open data.

Abstract
The Value of Open Geographical Data - the Danish Case

In 2012 a positive business case contributed in convincing Danish politicians to approve a basic data program, which gives both the public and the private sector free access to many of the most valuable Danish public data. Once the initiatives have been fully implemented, the benefit for society is expected to be approx. DKK 800 million annually. Private-sector benefits will be up to DKK half a billion annually. The financial gain for the private sector of open geographical data alone is expected to be approx. 100 million DKK annually. As part of the Basic data program The Danish Geodata Agency (Ministry of the Environment) gave free access to all topographic data, cadastral maps and Digital Elevation Model on Jan. 1st, 2013. The Danish Geodata Agency has decided to measure the effect of the open geographic data in the public sector (efficiency) and in the private sector (growth). The effect will be measured by using reference data (baseline analysis) from 2012, which will be compared to a post-measurement in 2016. The reference data covers statistics about who was using which dataset, for what, and what was the value of the use of data. This presentation briefly introduces the process behind open geographical data in Denmark, including a presentation of the positive business case. The presentation focuses on the research design used for measuring the effect of open geographical data in Denmark. Finally, the preliminary responses of open geographical data in the private and the public sector will be presented.