The Geospatial Commission is an expert committee within the UK government, established in 2018, that sets the UK's geospatial strategy and coordinates public sector geospatial activity. It focuses on unlocking economic, social, and environmental opportunities by improving the use of location data and boosting the UK's global geospatial expertise. The Commission works with partners like the British Geological Survey and Ordnance Survey and makes targeted investments in data projects to accelerate innovation in geospatial data applications.
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Lord True CBE is Minister of State for the Cabinet Office and supports the Geospatial Commission developing a dialogue to explore public views about location data to help maintain public confidence in how location data is accessed and used.
Tom Saunders, Head of Public Engagement at UK Research and Innovation, supports Sciencewise’s role in the Geospatial Commission’s project on the ethics of location data use.
The Geospatial Commission has aggregated housing, land, and planning geospatial datasets to signpost to more than 60 relevant open datasets and a list of over 300 planning and housing datasets.
The Geospatial Commission will work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Homes England, HM Land Registry, and the housing and planning sector to consider collective priorities for location data improvement.
As part of the Geospatial Commission’s Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, over 5,500 public sector organizations will have direct and immediate access to Ordnance Survey’s most detailed location data via a suite of APIs.
The Geospatial Commission and Innovate UK are funding 28 winners of a transport location data competition worth £2 million.
Innovate UK delivered the transport location data competition on behalf of the Geospatial Commission using the Small Business Research Initiative process.
The Geospatial Commission published the report 'Enhancing the UK’s Geospatial Ecosystem' on 2020-11-24.
Thalia Baldwin is Director of the Geospatial Commission and is a speaker at the 24 November 2020 launch.
Sir Andrew Dilnot is Chair of the Geospatial Commission and is a speaker at the 24 November 2020 launch.
The Geospatial Commission established a Transport Location Data Taskforce chaired by Dr Steve Unger, independent commissioner.
The Geospatial Commission partnered with Innovate UK to create a new £2 million competition focused on how location data can support the future of mobility in the UK.
The UK Government Geospatial Commission, Scottish Enterprise, and the Scottish Government are helping to establish the Scottish Geospatial Network Integrator with a £200,000 joint investment.
The Geospatial Commission and Innovate UK created a £2 million transport location data competition to support the future of mobility for the United Kingdom.