Open Data Powered Location Based Services in UK Higher Education | OUseful.Info, the blog...

"One of the Good Things about open data is that with the data being open, there’s less pressure to lock down or restrict access to any of the apps that might build on top it. Whilst some open data initiatives are based around dumping partial, broken or unmaintained datasets “just because”, other open data initiatives are actually using open data as part of a workflow, where the publication of the open data can be seen as opening up a window onto, and tap into, a working data pipeline (e.g. Putting Public Open Data to Work…?, Open Data Processes – Taps, Query Paths/Audit Trails and Round Tripping). A couple of recent announcements show how universities are start to actually put their open data to work through location based services ..."