621 - Judge the relative merits of obtaining free data, purchasing data, outsourcing data creation, or producing and managing data in-house for a particular application or enterprise

Judge the relative merits of obtaining free data, purchasing data, outsourcing data creation, or producing and managing data in-house for a particular application or enterprise

Concepts

  • [DA2-3] Data availability
    - Identify potential sources of data (free or commercial) needed for a particular application or enterprise - Estimate the cost to collect needed data from primary sources (e.g., remote sensing, GPS) - Judge the relative merits of obtaining free data, purchasing data, outsourcing data creation, or producing and managing data in-house for a particular application or enterprise - data costs - open data - data licensing