Pour un observatoire des données géographiques du Web - Expérimentation à partir des infrastructures de données géographiques françaises.

Extensive uses of geographic information generate a data deluge on many Web infrastructures. Monitoring and analyzing the content of these platforms is still a research challenge because these can be considered as very dynamic informational and algorithmic black boxes. The concept of "geographical information observatory" appears as an appropriate mean to monitor, analyze and then provide a better understanding of the evolution of the volume and flows of the spatial data available on a specific web infrastructure. Nevertheless, its implementation raises several methodological questions discussed in this paper, starting from the experimentation of a diachronic data observation of French Spatial Data Infrastructures. Finally, the importance of regular monitoring of these systems is also highlighted.