dr. ir. B. (Bastiaan) van Loenen

Bastiaan van Loenen holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology, and a M.Sc. from The University of Maine (Spatial Information Science and Engineering) and TU Delft (Geodetic Engineering). Bastiaan is chairing the Geo-information studies theme group at the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment.

Research
Currently his main focus is on open data: the stimulation of re-use of public sector geo-information (PSGI). Other research interests include the development and assessment of Spatial data infrastructures (SDI), the assessment of access and re-use policies and legal aspects of geographic information (e.g., location privacy, harmonising licenses, intellectual property rights).
Bastiaan is chairing the legal and socio-economic committee of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), is a member of the Geo-information infrastructure committee of the Dutch Geodetic Commission, participated as an expert in the European INSPIRE State of Play project and in the eSDInet+ project, and has advised several European countries on INSPIRE implementation. Van Loenen was in 2010 awarded the professor J.M. Tienstraprijs for most talented young Dutch researcher in the geo-sciences domain.
He has (co-)authored over a 100 publications including the co-editorship of SDI Convergence; Research, Emerging Trends, and Critical Assessment (2009), A Multi-View Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures (2008) and Spatial data infrastructure and policy development in Europe and the United States (2004).

Education
For the Dutch MSc. programs Geomatics and Geographical Information Management and Applications (GIMA), he coordinates the courses on legal and organisational aspects of geo-information and geographic information infrastructures.

Other activities


Bastiaan is editor of GIM international.

Relevant literature

• Kulk, S., B. van Loenen, Brave New Open Data World? International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 2012, Vol.7, 196-206.
• Grus, Ł., W. Castelein, J. Crompvoets, T. Overduin, B. van Loenen, A. van Groenestijn, A. Rajabifard, A. Bregt (2011), An assessment view to evaluate whether Spatial Data Infrastructures meet their goals, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 35(3): 217-229.
• Welle Donker F., van Loenen B., Zevenbergen J. (2010), Geo Shared licences: a base for better access to public sector geoinformation for value-added resellers in Europe , Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 37(2) 326 – 343.
• Onsrud, H.J., J. Campbell, B. van Loenen (2010), Towards Voluntary Interoperable Open Access Licenses for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) , International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (IJSDIR), Vol. 5, pp. 194-215.
• Loenen, B. van (2009), Developing geographic information infrastructures: the role of access policies , International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23(2): 195-212.
• Crompvoets, J., A. Rajabifard, B. van Loenen, T. Delgado Fernández (editors) (2008), A Multi-View Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures , The University of Melbourne.
• Loenen, B. van (2006),Developing geographic information infrastructures; the role of information policies. Dissertation. Delft University of Technology. Delft: DUP Science.
• Kok, B.C. and B. van Loenen, (2005), How to assess the success of national spatial data infrastructures?, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 29, pp. 699-717.
• Ploeger, H.D., Nasarre-Aznar, S, & Loenen, B van (2005). Eurotitle: paving the road to a common real estate market . In K Reid (Ed.), Ius commune conference 2005 (pp. 1-6). Edinburgh, UK: University of Edinburgh, School of Law.  

All publications
Overview publications Bastiaan van Loenen

More information
www.bastiaanvanloenen.nl