A Local-State Government Spatial Data Sharing Partnership

A Local-State Spatial Data Sharing Partnership Model to Facilitate SDI Development
Q7b: In general, have the partnerships or collaboration for sharing of data or resources resulted
in:
� Greater benefit to the other organisation
� Approximately equal benefit to both organisations
� Greater benefit to your organisation
Q7c: The exchange/sharing of spatial data is necessary for council to meet its business needs
� Strongly Disagree � Disagree � Neither � Agree � Strongly Agree
Q7d: How do you rate the importance of the following obstacles/barriers to collaborating with
state government agencies for data exchange/sharing?
Obstacles/Barrier Not
important
Data sets being exchanged are
not of equal value
Data standards
Lack of trust or goodwill
Lack of management or
political support
Cost/price of data
Finding and accessing suitable
data
Legal liability for Council
Copyright restrictions
Privacy of data
Time and effort required to
establish agreements
IT communication/ network
infrastructure
Other please specify
……………………………
(1)
Limited
Importance
(2)
268
Moderate
Importance
(3)
Important
(4)
Very
Important
(5)
Q7e: Rate the following benefits and/or business drivers for your local government in establishing
data sharing/exchanging spatial data with other agencies:
Benefit/Business
Driver
Improved quality of
data ie data matching
and checking
Less duplication of
effort and resources
Cost savings
Single authoritative
source of data
Reduced requests of
data by other
authorities
Improved service to
rate payers
Better decision making
Other please specify
……………………
Not
important
(1)
Limited
Importance
(2)
Moderate
Importance
(3)
Important
(4)
Very
Important
(5)