Aspects of Licensing and Pricing Model for a Multi-producer pan-European Data Product

Abstract

A customer-driven pricing and licensing model is a prerequisite for the business success of EuroDEM. Additionally, the implementation of the pricing and licensing model underpins the goals of INSPIRE and PSI Directives. EuroDEM is a pan-European geoinformation product that covers 40 countries in Europe. National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies own the DEM but EuroGeographics, whose activities focus on promoting the European Spatial Data Infrastructure, represents it collectively. A systemic approach to the development of the pricing and licensing model is introduced. The customer’s needs, competing products, national pricing and licensing rules and principles, and the European Union’s information policies have an effect on the model. Furthermore, the will of human beings to act and contribute to common goals is crucial. As a result, a proposal for a new pricing and licensing model is presented.