The Shared Location Information Platform, otherwise known as SLIP, is an open data platform for

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. The aim of SLIP is to improve access to, and use of location data across the public, private and research sectors. SLIP is delivered on behalf of the Government of Western Australia by

Landgate The Western Australian Land Information Authority operates under the business name of Landgate. Formerly known as the Department of Land Information (DLI), the Department of Land Administration (DOLA) and the Department of Lands and Surveys ( ...

; and is supported through a whole-of-government collaboration called

WALIS Elis () or Eleia ( el, Ήλιδα, Ilida, grc-att, Ἦλις, Ēlis ; Elean: , ethnonym: ) is an ancient district in Greece that corresponds to the modern regional unit of Elis. Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on th ...

. SLIP is a key component in delivering on the Western Australian Whole-of-Government Open Data Policy (2015), which states that government agencies should make their datasets publicly available. SLIP delivers data to users through services, including Maps such as Locate and

Open Geospatial Consortium The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international voluntary consensus standards organization for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web and Internet of Things, GIS data processing and data sharing. It originated in 1994 ...

(OCG) compliant web services that can be used through

Geographic information system A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...

. SLIP is now accessed through the WA Government's open data website
data.wa.gov.au
(DataWA).

References

* {{cite web , url = http://slip.landgate.wa.gov.au/, title = About SLIP , publisher = Landgate , accessdate = 2008-06-04

External links

Landgate Website

SLIP Portal
Government of Western Australia