OpenData & Public ResearchTracey P. Lauriault

Open Access Week: Ottawa UniversityDesmarais Hall, room 4101

Thursday, Oct. 21 from 17:00-19:00

(With information contributed by D. R. Fraser Taylor & Amos Hayes from the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University (http://gcrc.carleton.ca)

Global Sharing

Global Map

ISCGM: http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgiData Use Agreement: http://www.iscgm.org/agreement.html

GCRC & Global Map: https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Global+Map

GEOSS

GEOSS: http://www.earthobservations.org

Open Data Inspires Research

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

http://scadm.scar.org/

Example of funding in a research centre

GRCR Research Centre Funding

• SSHRC • Initiative on the New Economy

(INE) Major Collaborative Initiative Grant

• Image, Text, Sound and Technology (ITST) Strategic Grant

• INE Outreach Grant & Standard Research Grants

• International Polar Year Canada• NSERC• Indian & Northern Affairs• Canadian International Polar

Year Secretariat Office

• Government of Nunavut• Inuit Heritage Trust• Kitikmeot Heritage Society (NPO)

• Government of Canada HRSDC - Data Development Projects on Homelessness Program

Heritage Canada - Gateway Fund

Statistics Canada, Geography Division

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Grant

Natural Resources Canada

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research• Inukshuk Wireless

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Degrees of openness - access

Data - Various Access

Cybercartographic atlases are created with:• Data from partners & funders:

• Cities of Calgary & Toronto, Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal• Federation of Canadian Municipalities Quality of Life Reporting System• Kitikmeot Heritage Society

Social Planning Council of Ottawa Community Information and Mapping System

(CIMS)

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https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Data & Software- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework ( BSD)

- Data Liberation Intiative (DLI) Statistics Canada (Restricted use)

- FCM QoLRS (Viewing only)

- City Neighbourhood framework data files (Viewing only)- Toronto Community Housing (Viewing only)

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Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness

Community Information and Mapping System (CIMS)http://www.cims-scic.ca/

Data & Software- CIMS Infrastructure (Open Source)- Health Districts(Viewing only)- Community Social Data Strategy Data (Viewing only)

- Geogratis Data (unrestricted use)- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Viewing only)- Community created data sets (Viewing only)

- City of Ottawa Ward Boundaries (OpenData)

Social Planning Council of Ottawa

Using Population Health Data to Profile the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Eastern Ontariohttp://www.cims-scic.ca/CYHNEO_atlas

Community Created Data

Data produced by researchers collected/created/assembled • by the researcher

• In collaboration with communities (Aboriginal hunters, northern community elders, etc.)

• when the subject is also a data contributor

ISIUOP - Data Collection

Data & Software- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)

- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only- Data will become part of IPY Canada

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

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IPY – Research funding and data management

http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html

Data – Uncertain & RestrictiveCybercartographic atlases are created with:• Restricted Data

Library and Archives Canada – Maps & Photographs Statistics Canada, expensive due to Cost Recovery

Policies also limiting licence

• Uncertain Data Access• atlascine.org Film Canada Year Book• Alliance atlantis• Cinemaclock 

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

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Data - Open and Semi Open

Cybercartographic atlases are created with:

• Data accessed from open access sources• GeoGratis (NRCan) - Landsat Mosaic - Unrestricted User License• GeoBase (NRCan) - Framework Data - Unrestricted User License• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Antarctic Treaty System

• Data from semi open access sources• Data Liberation Initiative, CU Library - Restricted to University• Google Maps - Open APIs, useable but under terms

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Atlases

Atlas of Arctic Bay- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (New BSD)- Google API (Semi Open)

Atlas of Arctic Bay- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (New BSD)

- Geogratis Framework Data (Unrestricted terms of use)

- Statistics Canada Trade Division Data (Restricted use and $$$$$)

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

NRCan

http://www.geoconnections.org

http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca

http://www.geobase.ca

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

GCRC – Guiding Principles

• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public Whenever possible open access comes first

BSD License Use data from open access sources Creative Commons 0 Share as much as possible Publish in Open Access Journals Create and use open source software, tools,

widgets, etc. Design for open source browsers Participate in open access, open data, open source

fora Encourage these principles in public consultations Education & Capacity building

Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications

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Openness

The more open, accessible, interoperable, 0 cost and discoverable public data are the more innovation we will see, the more stories we can tell about Canada from multiple points of

view. Public policy can also become more intelligent as citizens, researchers, NGOs, business and other levels of government when they too have access to the data they need to

inform it.

These are the public's data after all!