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Chapter Three - Right Place

Major tasks of Geospatial Commission

Coordination Quality Safeguard Regulation Strategic Advice
Formulation
Liaise with • Ensure data Provide
different quality, ease of Develop suggestions to
organisations, incl. use, and review open spatial authorities on
the Ordnance any other data data policies open data
Survey, the British available for free;
Geological Survey, • Monitor
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The U.K. has had a number of government agencies that
collect and study geographic data, e.g. the more-than-
200-year old Ordnance Survey, and the British Geological

Survey, which will celebrate its 185th anniversary next year.

At the end of 2017, the U.K. government announced
establishing a new Geospatial Commission. The new set-

up is under the Cabinet Office with a goal to boost the
productivity of public and private organisations and has an
annual budget of £40 million (HK$400 million).