Zusammenfassung
Summary
Open government data is a global trend aiming for more transparency in government and for the economic re-use of public sector data. Surveying and mapping agencies are challenged by open data since the creation and the management of geospatial data is a cost intense task. Government must find new ways to finance the provision of geospatial information. In this context open data is also a chance to grow the user community of authoritative geospatial data. This will support the use of innovative business models, such as becoming a central service provider in a cloud-computing environment, developing so-called freemium offerings or forming public-private-partnerships.