Sometime ago I blogged about studies in the UK and Australia that attempted to estimate the value of spatial data to national economies. At the end of August a study was released by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Ministry for Economic Development (MED) that estimates the contribution spatial information makes to the New Zealand economy. According to the report the use of spatial information added at least $1.2 billion, about 0.6% of GDP, to the economy last year through productivity gains, but the report indicates that wider and better use of spatial information could lead to even greater productivity and add another $481 million to the economy.
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