Grant I don't have this on any authority, other than a brief 2 minute conversation with one of the guys in the department while I was there. There could be broken telephone, and I don't know to what extent this is the case. In any case, if it makes it easier / cheaper / better for them to purchase their information from a private company... then why not? I don't think they are doing that good a job in any case if they are handing out warnings about the accuracy of their data when they distribute (e.g. street names). I think we will have a more detailed / up to date set in any case.
Regards, Brendan If you are looking for more info on this, I suggest contacting the department. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Grant Slater <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > brendan barrett wrote: >> >> There's no need to chat to them about feeding data back as they are >> not going to maintain their data moving forward. They told me that >> they are going to switch to using data from the local mapping company >> (the same one Google Earth is getting its data from). >> > > Truly terrible! I can think of nothing worse. > > The South African Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) of 2000 > (http://www.acts.co.za/prom_of_access_to_info/) gives every citizen the > right to information held by the State at the cost of distribution! (eg the > price of a blank CD). > > Once the City of Cape Town licenses the data from Navteq / Teleatlas / BCX / > Whoever this becomes NULL and void. Yes, GIS data is expensive to maintain, > but it's absolutely vital for the functioning of a modern society and > increasingly for online activities. > > Brendan: can you find out more information? Who, What, How... and details of > how this will effect the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 from > the City of Cape Town. > > / Grant > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
