A presentation from the One Scotland Mapping Agreement annual seminar at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on 27th October 2015. Introducing Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and discussing how changes in attitude towards derived data through the Exemption process (and Presumption to Publish) have enabled HES data to be provided as Open Data from the Canmore and PastMap websites. #1Scotmap

1. The benefit of data exemptions:
a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
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The benefit of data exemptions - a case study from Historic
Environment Scotland
Peter McKeague
Data and Recording
Historic Environment Scotland
Email: peter.mckeague@rcahms.gov.uk
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

2. The benefit of data exemptions:
a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland is a new lead public body established
to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment
The Historic Environment Strategy for
Scotland
includes a number of cross-cutting strategic
priorities
Understand - Investigate and Record
Protect - Care and Protect
Value - Share and Celebrate
Scotland’s historic environment
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

3. The benefit of data exemptions:
a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
Heritage management
Designations
Scheduled Monuments
Listed Buildings
Gardens and Designed
Landscapes
Battlefields Register
Historic Marine Protection Areas
Casework
Over 300 properties in Care
Conservation
National body of record for the
archaeological and built heritage
Canmore database
over 300,000 site records
over 1.25 million linked
collection items
Historic Landuse Assessment
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

4. The benefit of data exemptions:
PastMap 2003: used proprietary ArcIMS Map services.
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

5. The benefit of data exemptions:
http://pastmap.org.uk/
2012: design & technological refresh: using WFS to serve up vector data
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

6. The benefit of data exemptions:
• Concerns over OS terms and conditions
6.5 In the event of any infringement ..of our [OS IPR] (or IPR licensed by us) by any party
which we reasonably believe may have accessed such IPR from your End User Licensing,
you will, on request from us, use your best endeavours to assist us with investigating,
pursuing and/or remedying any such infringement or breach, including, in particular,
identifying relevant Internet Protocol addresses, details of what Licensed Data
has been supplied, dates of supply…
• Help deliver our core business - to understand, protect and value the Historic Environment
o Widen digital access to information on Scotland’s places
o Part of an interactive and an integral part of the world-wide network of cultural heritage data.
o Achieve further efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in the use of government resources
• To publish INSPIRE related datasets as WMS and WFS
• Existing contractor and end user licenses limited what could be done with data
• Exempted data should remove the need for user registration
• Need to meet expectations of our users - particularly the growth of community led projects
The case for exemption
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

7. The benefit of data exemptions:
supports the Government's transparency agenda and will
allow members of the public sector agreements to publish
more of their derived data on Open Data terms.
You do not need to keep records when you are making your
derived data available on Open Data terms.
You just need to have notified us about the derived data you
are making available in that manner.
There are some circumstances when records will be
required, such as when you are providing Licensed Data to
others by other routes
And benefits
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

8. The benefit of data exemptions:
Scottish Government Open Data Strategy 2015Scotland’s Digital Future A Strategy for Scotland 2011
and helping meet digital data strategies
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

9. The benefit of data exemptions:
Canmore – http://canmore.org.uk/ Searchable online database relaunched in May 2015
Benefits: relaunch of our Canmore database
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

10. The benefit of data exemptions:
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Benefits: relaunch of our Canmore database
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

11. The benefit of data exemptions:
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Benefits: relaunch of our Canmore database
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

12. The benefit of data exemptions:
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Unless stated otherwise the Canmore dataset contains Ordnance Survey derived data which is
delivered through Canmore website under the terms of the OPEN GOVERNMENT End User Licence.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/licences/os-opendata-licence.pdf
Canmore-download-Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:06:21 +0100.csv
CANMORE ID SITE NUMBER SITE NAME SITE TYPE SITE EASTING SITE NORTHING
12658NH54NE2 Redcastle
Crannog,
Cauldron 258570 848950
83328NH64NW41 Coulmore Crannog 261020 847640
Benefits: relaunch of our Canmore database
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

13. The benefit of data exemptions:
The new download function for CANMORE data, in GIS-
ready formats, has made developing thematic mapping or
illustrating specific aspects of the historic environment a
much more rapid and relatively painless task. In
combination with other open access geographic and
geological resources it is a valuable tool and facilitates
education and dissemination of complex cultural heritage
datasets to specialists, students and members of the
public alike.
Wider benefits: Wessex Archaeology
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

14. The benefit of data exemptions:
AOC Archaeology group provide training to
Community groups on how to use CSV and
KML data in QGIS and Google earth. The
ability to easily download data under an
open licence makes mapping archaeology
really easy for anyone to do.
"A really sensible step in the right direction
to make Canmore data integrate easily
with the kind of software that heritage
groups and professionals are using.“
https://twitter.com/innerforth/status/644233458764615680
Wider benefits: AOC Archaeology Group
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015

15. The benefit of data exemptions:
Wider benefits: AOC Archaeology Group
Peter McKeague
Data and Recording
Historic Environment Scotland
Email: peter.mckeague@rcahms.gov.uk
The benefit of data exemptions- a case study from Historic Environment Scotland
One Scotland Mapping Agreement Annual Seminar - Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 27 October 2015