This is really good - argument for making government data available for
free instead of having to pay (again) for it, as the US government does.
Ordnance Survey in particular is given a good drubbing.
To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited
Technology site, go to http://technology.guardian.co.uk
Give us back our crown jewels
Our taxes fund the collection of public data - yet we pay again to access
it. Make the data freely available to stimulate innovation, argue Charles
Arthur and Michael Cross
Charles Arthur and Michael Cross
Thursday March 09 2006
The Guardian
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