Since the appearance of Spatial Data Infrastructure several years ago, there has been a tremendous increase in spatial data available on the Internet. This situation raises several research issues, in terms of identifying the content actually accessible via this medium and its impact on governance and local authority management. Our study proposes a mixed methodology applied to 45 French institutional infrastructures, to compare the objectives stated by their promoters, their content, and the actual services provided. The methodology, based on an analysis of interviews with Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) coordinators and their answers to questionnaires, as well as a study of their websites and an exploration of over 160,000 metadata in their metadata catalogues, produced varied results concerning data accessibility, stakeholder networks, the interoperability of tools, and informational equality in different regions. Despite the proactive stance of SDI promoters, only 15.7% of data are open-access. Their interoperability remains restricted to specific types of actors and themes. Although geocollaboration organised by SDIs is very active, it only concerns the public sector. These disparities also concern their informational dimension, as some regions have considerable resources at their disposal, but others do not.
Since the appearance of Spatial Data Infrastructure several years ago, there has been a tremendous increase in spatial data available on the Internet. This situation raises several research issues, in terms of identifying the content actually accessible via this medium and its impact on governance and local authority management. Our study proposes a mixed methodology applied to 45 French institutional infrastructures, to compare the objectives stated by their promoters, their content, and the actual services provided. The methodology, based on an analysis of interviews with Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) coordinators and their answers to questionnaires, as well as a study of their websites and an exploration of over 160,000 metadata in their metadata catalogues, produced varied results concerning data accessibility, stakeholder networks, the interoperability of tools, and informational equality in different regions. Despite the proactive stance of SDI promoters, only 15.7% of data are open-access. Their interoperability remains restricted to specific types of actors and themes. Although geocollaboration organised by SDIs is very active, it only concerns the public sector. These disparities also concern their informational dimension, as some regions have considerable resources at their disposal, but others do not.
Titre
en
Spatial Data Sharing: A Pilot Study of French SDIs
Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique UMR 6554 ( 14266 )
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Université de Caen Normandie ( 7127 )
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Normandie Université ( 455934 )
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Université d'Angers ( 74911 )
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École Pratique des Hautes Études ( 110691 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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Université de Brest ( 300314 )
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Université de Rennes 2 ( 406201 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6554 ( 441569 )
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Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes ( 530572 )
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Université de Nantes 93263 ( 93263 )
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PRODIG -
Pôle de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique
( 522584 )
- PRODIG - 2 rue Valette - 75005 Paris
- France
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( 67872 )
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Université Paris-Sorbonne ( 123821 )
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AgroParisTech ( 148117 )
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Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( 300301 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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MICA -
Médiation, Information, Communication, Art
( 136101 )
- MSHA, 10 esplanade des antilles, 33607 pessac cedex
- France
Université Bordeaux Montaigne UR4426 ( 412629 )
URL éditeur
http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/4/99
Audience
Internationale
Comité de lecture
Oui
Vulgarisation
Non
Nom de la revue
IJGI -
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
(ISSN : 2220-9964)
MDPI
Publié par MDPI
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
Langue du document
Anglais
Licence
Licence Ouverte - etalab
Date de publication
2017-03-28
Volume
6
Numéro
4
Domaine(s)
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie
Mots-clés
en
informational equality, geocollaboration, spatial data infrastructure (SDI), accessibility, interoperability
Matthieu Noucher, Françoise Gourmelon, Pierre Gautreau, Jade Georis-Creuseveau, Adeline Maulpoix, et al.. Spatial Data Sharing: A Pilot Study of French SDIs. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017, 6 (4), ⟨10.3390/ijgi6040099⟩. ⟨halshs-01517140⟩