Best practice guidance and tools for geospatial data managers and onwards to 2025…

Following on from their search engine optimisation recommendations for data publishing, the UK Government Cabinet Office and Geospatial Commission have combined forces to produce a comprehensive set of best practice guides and tools for geospatial data managers. Included in the set are:

• Linked identifier schemes: How to apply unique identifiers to integrate spatial and non spatial data
• Geospatial glossary: An A-Z of geospatial terms and useful links 
• Geospatial data relevance assessment guide: Guidance on organisation trustworthiness and geospatial data confidence assessment procedures
• Access to geospatial data: Data sharing assessment tool
• Finding geospatial data: The importance of search engines and metadata

Also recently published by the Geospatial Commission is the UK’s geospatial strategy 2020 to 2025 – Unlocking the power of location. The report identifies four critical mission objectives and nine opportunities to pursue with the end goal of a  ‘coherent national location data framework‘ by 2025. Highlighted in the report is the importance of open data sources/formats and collaboration with organisations such as the Open Geospatial Consortium, as key components for meeting those objectives.