Spatial data trusts: an emerging governance framework for sharing spatial data

Data Trusts are an important emerging approach to enabling the much wider sharing of data from many different sources and for purposes, backed by confidence clear unambiguous governance. combine technical infrastructure with governance framework a legal trust. The concept Trust applied specifically spatial offers significant opportunities new future applications, addressing some longstanding barriers sharing, such as location privacy sovereignty. This paper introduces explores ‘spatial Trust’ identifying explaining key functions characteristics required underpin data. work identifies five features that demand specific attention connects these history relevant in field, including infrastructures (SDIs), privacy, quality. conclusions identify several strands research development this rapidly sharing.