The aim of this paper is to present a requirement for assessing the quality of data and the development of efficient methods of valuing and exchanging data among Web Observatories. Using economic and business theory a range of concepts are explored which include a brief review of existing business structures related to the exchange of…
Geonames provides a number of premium services with various service levels for commercial users of their data. A nice example of how they make money out of open (government) data.