3 Ways Open Data Can Help Forests | Open Government Partnership

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-08-23

Summary:

"Global Forest Watch (GFW) (link is external), an online forest monitoring platform, has helped make data accessible and visible to the public. Data that is open is provided in an online form that allows for direct management. Tools, such as easy-to-use mapping applications, enhance the 'openness' of data by enabling users to derive more meaning and benefit from the information. Open forest data may be created and released by governments, companies, academics, civil society organizations, and increasingly citizen science. It can describe how forests are changing and being used by people over time. Understanding the geographic arrangement of data can help solve forest challenges. Finding open data for forests can be difficult. Those who own the data may be reluctant to share (link is external)information for fear it will be misused or improperly cited, or because of intellectual property or confidentiality restrictions. A lack of international data sharing requirements and standards also limits access. GFW is working to meet these challenges to make timely, decision-relevant forest information available through data mining, partnership and advocacy. The Open Data Portal (link is external) makes forest data easy to locate, preview and download. Users can create web-maps from the data using ArcGIS Online (link is external). Here’s how this kind of open data can help solve complex forest challenges ..."

Link:

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/asa-strong/2015/08/21/3-ways-open-data-can-help-forests

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oa.new oa.comment oa.geodata oa.psi oa.environment oa.agriculture oa.conservation oa.biodiversity oa.government oa.data

Date tagged:

08/23/2015, 07:17

Date published:

08/23/2015, 03:17