From 'Free Information' to Its (Geo)referencing and Analisys: The 'Costs' of Open Source

• Autore: Tamara Bellone, Francesco Fiermonte, Chiara Porporato
• Pagine: 299-300

From “Free Information” to Its (Geo)referencing

and Analisys: The “Costs” of Open Source

TAMA RA BEL LON E, FR ANC ESC O FIERMO NT E, CHI ARA PO RP ORAT O∗

SUMM ARY:1. Introduction – 2. From Data to the Geo-referred Information – 3.

Geocoding – 4. Geo-data Mining – 5. Geographic Knowledge Discovery and Partici-

patory Mapping – 6. Conclusion

1. INT RODU CT ION

In principle, within a “participatory decision-making”1all actors into

play can “collaborate” because they share – preferably jointly – the infor-

mation required to properly manage data f‌lows and processes called for the

contingent situation. To ensure to “communicate”, students should also use

the same codes for the same conventional signs, which are coded and univer-

sally recognizable, also using identical or at least easily recognizable “instru-

ments” for a “standardized format” – through simple computing processes.

Mapping – also in its ultimate form, the digital one – is not an excep-

tion to the “rules” described above. The signs that appear on a paper must

be clearly understood and shared to ensure an absolutely immediate read-

ing without misunderstandings. Even before caring for the “visual” aspect

it is essential to step back. It is essential, therefore, to f‌ind and use “off‌i-

cial” data sets widely meta-documented and f‌it for purpose. In this context,

during recent years in Europe, several projects and directives have been in-

volved to specify and formalize not just the “representation” – a topic that

remains open and of not immediate solution – but the methodology required

to “share” catalogs of data on a large scale, in order to:

(a) tackling unnecessary and harmful phenomena of duplication - which

also generate problems of “certif‌ication” and “off‌icial nature” of

sources, among other things;

∗T.Bellone is associate professor at Technical Universityof Turin (Politecnico di Torino).

She is active in the f‌ield of Data processing in geomatics; F. Fiermonte works in the Dis-

trict of Architecture (Politecnicodi Torino) at Laboratory of Territorial and UrbanResearch

(LARTU); C. Porporato has a Ph.D. in “Drafting and surveying for the protection on the

territorial and building heritage” at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy).

1T. BELLON E, A. CI TTAD INO, F. FIERM ONT E,Participatory Mapping. Information

Sharing on the Web, in “Proceedings of the ConferenceCar tographic Challenges. Movement,

Participation, Risk” (Bergamo, 23-24 April 2009).

“Informatica e diritto”, Vol. XXII, 2013, n. 1, pp. 299-307

XXXIX annata – Seconda Serie - Fasc. monografico S. Faro, N. Lettieri (a cura di), "Law and Computational Social Science", ESI, Napoli, 2013, 352 p.